Welcome back Jodie ...Let's start with private health insurance
15-Sep-2009
Liberal Senator Guy Barnett has welcomed Jodie Campbell back to work after time out for personal reasons.
"But Jodie Campbell has immediately criticised the Liberal's for our position in support of private health insurance and for not listening." (The Examiner, 15/9/09)"The Senate rejected the Government's legislation on private health insurance – ...
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Government fails on Preventative Health Taskforce Report
20-Aug-2009
Senator Mathias Cormann
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Health Administration Senator Guy Barnett
Coalition Scrutiny of Government Spokesperson Joint Media ReleaseHealth Minister Nicola Roxon has failed to make public the Government’s Preventative Health Taskforce report on the effects of obesity, tobacco and excessive consumption of alcohol ...
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North East Tasmania's Health Needs Neglected
30-Jun-2009
Health services for approximately three thousand North East Tasmanians remain up in the air and the State Government seems oblivious to the problem, according to Liberal Senator Guy Barnett.
‘Dr Paul McGinity remains obliged to engage a locum in order to be able to practice in Scottsdale, according to conditions imposed on him by the Medical ...
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High Handed Labor Fails to Consult Doctors on Eye Surgery Funding Cuts
05-Jun-2009
The Rudd Labor Government did not consult with the relevant medical professionals before slashing the Medicare rebate for cataract eye surgery in the Federal Budget, according to Liberal Senator Guy Barnett.
The Department of Health and Ageing confirmed in Senate Estimates this week that the Government had not consulted with the Australian Society ...
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Federal Labor Must Come Clean on Cancer services
08-Apr-2009
‘Federal Labor must come clean on the establishment of expanded cancer treatment services at the LGH,’ according to Liberal Senator Guy Barnett, today.
There are reports an imminent decision by the Federal Government.The call comes in the wake of Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon sitting on the State Government’s letter of recommendation to ...
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Joint Release - Tas Liberal Senate Team - Bass State Liberal Candidates: Cancer Services Delayed
27-Mar-2009
‘Federal Labor inaction and indecision could cause delays to vital cancer treatment for Tasmanians,’ according to the Tasmanian Liberal Senate Team, Tasmanian Liberal Members for Bass Peter Gutwein MHA and Sue Napier MHA, and Liberal candidates for Bass Michael Ferguson and David Fry.
The call comes in the wake of Federal Health Minister Nicola ...
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Cancer Services Delayed While Roxon Hesitates
20-Mar-2009
“Further Federal Labor inaction and indecision could cause delays to vital cancer treatment for Tasmanians,” Liberal Senator Guy Barnett has said in a letter to Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon.
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has been sitting on the State Government’s letter of recommendation to establish an expanded cancer treatment ...
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Rudd Hoodwinks Christian Community Over Abortion Aid Funding
10-Mar-2009
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has hoodwinked Australia's Christian community and now leads a Government funding abortions overseas, Liberal Senator Guy Barnett said today.
Mr. Rudd appealed directly to the Christian community for votes in the 2007 campaign and said Labor had '…no current intentions to change the rules relating to the funding of these ...
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Second Trimester Abortion: Government Must Respond
21-Dec-2008
The Federal government must respond to the Senate report into the Medicare funding of second trimester and late term abortions said Tasmanian Senator Guy Barnett today.
Senator Barnett has written to the Federal Minister for Health seeking a response to the Report and its findings which he said confirmed his own research and unearthed further ...
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LGH "Bursting at the Seams"
20-Nov-2008
The Launceston General Hospital is ‘bursting at the seams’ according to a senior health official who will speak at a public health forum in Launceston today.
Dr James Markos, Secretary of the Medical Staff Association at the LGH, believes that a lack of funding and finger pointing between State and Federal authorities is putting lives at risk and ...
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Senate Calls on Government to Fund Cost of Diabetes Study
13-Nov-2008
Tasmanian Liberal Senator Guy Barnett has secured Senate support for an inquiry by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare into the health costs of diabetes.
“Diabetes can lead to a range of health complications, including heart and kidney disease, blindness and limb amputations. The health costs can be significant.“We know that the social ...
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Response to Senate Inquiry: Medicare Item 16525
13-Nov-2008
Senator Barnett's response to the Senate Inquiry into Medicare Item 16525
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