In terms of impacts on human lives, the current outbreak of swine flu in North America is minimal.
Nicola Roxon
Homebirth advocate calls for a fair go
Justine Caines, Secretary of Homebirth Australia, critiques the recent media coverage about the dangers of homebirth.
It’s time to put the community into “community” pharmacy
The next Community Pharmacy Agreement with the Pharmacy Guild is a perfect opportunity for Health Minister Nicola Roxon to bring the consumer voice in from the margin, writes Michael Johnston.
Access and alcopops and evidence for hire
Access Economics’ alcopops report has rightly been described by Health Minister Nicola Roxon as being “as dodgy as a three day-old kebab”, writes Professor Mike Daube.
Roxon’s ambassadors: homophobic, sexist and totally inappropriate
No Government should be entirely comfortable with such people as Warwick Marsh and Barry Williams as a representative of a taxpayer-funded program, writes Bernard Keane.
The Special Hair Edition
It’s Movember!
Agnostics need faith in private hospital sector
You can’t be agnostic when the whole point of contracting out public services is to gain the cost and productivity benefits of the more efficient private sector, writes Jeremy Sammut.
Maternity services turf wars have not helped women
The Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has given support to considerable maternity reform, particularly the appropriate usage of the midwifery workforce, writes Justine Caines.
Spin watch: To Roxon, wine is good, Bundie is evil
Welcome to Health Minister Nicola Roxon’s confected moral universe, writes Trevor Cook.
Back to square one on the Mersey Hospital
Ten months later and hundreds of political bickering days after the infamous Federal Government takeover in the marginal electorate of Braddon in North West Tasmania, today the Mersey Hospital is back under State Government control, writes Mike Walker.
The Media Monitors’ Top 20
Morris Iemma almost pips Brendan Nelson and Nicola Roxon’s up into fourth place, as health dominates the agenda in the latest Media Monitors’ Top 20.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
The first 100 days … Chuckling at the ABC … Tick and flick … Loose Use of Left … The Daily Reality Check … The Pick of this Morning’s Political Coverage …
Roxon gets the health premium headlines that matter
Nicola Roxon got the headlines she wanted on private health insurance premiums, but the reality is a little different, writes Bernard Keane.
Rudd’s failure to clean out the public service has Canberra angry
Since its arrival in office two months ago, the Rudd Government has signed five-year job contracts with two departmental secretaries noted for their enthusiastic links to the Howard administration. It hasn’t gone down well in Canberra, the seat of power. Here’s why, writes Alex Mitchell.
Premier Dilemma: presiding over a state of ill-health
After six months of excuses, evasion and duck-shoving, NSW Premier Morris Iemma has been forced to bow to the public fury over the crisis in the public health system and establish a special committee of inquiry, writes Alex Mitchell.
Complementary medicine: time to put public interests first
In Canberra tomorrow, I will be advising Senator Jan McLucas, parliamentary secretary to Health Minister Nicola Roxon, that she has a unique opportunity to correct an imbalance in Australia’s regulation of complementary medicines, writes Dr Ken Harvey.
People’s Choice: The 20 most appealing people of 2007
Votes
%
Maxine McKew
46
6.98%
Julia Gillard
37
5.61%
Kevin Rudd
27
4.10%
Bob Brown
18
2.73%
Penny Wong
16
2.43%
Al Gore
14
2.12%
The Chaser
14
2.12%
Bernie Banton
13
1.97%
Matt Price
11
1.67%
Cate Blanchett
9
1.37%
Barack Obama
8
1.21%
Paul Keating
8
1.21%
Peter Garrett
8
1.21% […]
Why Labor shouldn’t just listen to doctors on health
Nicola Roxon is claiming to be more than a “health minister for doctors”, a less than veiled reference to the influence wielded by the AMA with her predecessor Tony Abbott; but what will the reality be? asks Fiona Armstrong.
Crikey Cabbie Panel: Rudeness and politics
Yesterday was a bad day for Tony Abbott, highlighted by a tense moment shared with his debating opponent Nicola Roxon. Unfortunately for him it was caught on camera.
Crosby/Textor: l’etat, il n’est pas you
“Rudd is now preferred PM, this being the most important influence on vote for many,” leaked Crosby Textor polling reproduced in full for the very first time in Crikey today warned the Prime Minister back in June, writes Christian Kerr.
Don’t ban Shrek, ban Emily’s List
Labor leader Kevin Rudd seemed less than enthusiastic about his health spokesperson Nicola Roxon’s war on fast food ads when he spoke to the meeja yesterday
