Category Archives: plain packaging

What did Minister Roxon achieve? Some wins. But the ambulance is still parked below the cliff

January 20, 2012 – 12:29 pm

When asked to assess Nicola Roxon’s tenure as Health Minister, Croakey contributors gave varying responses (see here and here) late last year. However, there was fairly wide agreement that she will be best remembered for her achievements in public health, especially tobacco control, where she helped to make Australia a world-leader in passing legislation mandating [...]

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Some more advice for the new Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek

December 14, 2011 – 6:56 pm

      Continuing the theme of a recent Croakey post, below are some more suggestions for the new Health Minister Tanya Plibersek from Crikey Health and Medical Panel members, who were asked: 1. What useful advice might the outgoing Health Minister Nicola Roxon give her successor? 2. What have been Nicola Roxon’s most significant [...]

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The latest health and medical reading from The Conversation

July 15, 2011 – 5:41 pm

Thanks to Reema Rattan for this latest wrap on health and medical reading at The Conversation. It covers articles on plain packaging, an argument for increased alcohol taxes, pain management, diabetes, Hendra research, the treatment of asylum seekers, lupus and a call for online public health advocacy and promotion. *** Big Tobacco v Australia: dangers [...]

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An invitation and a note of explanation to Croakey readers

July 12, 2011 – 1:02 pm

If you have read the funding arrangements for Croakey, you will understand that editing this blog is, by necessity, very much a part-time activity for me. I am usually writing and editing articles in haste around multiple other commitments. Often I am wanting to alert readers to new reports/research etc that may be of interest, [...]

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