Tag Archives: Nanny State

Don’t believe the Nanny-pushers – this is the “must read” report in health

September 2, 2009 – 3:24 pm

It was entirely predictable that yesterday’s launch of the National Preventative Health Strategy – which you can download here in all its glorious weight – would provoke cries of the Nanny State. (In fact I predicted it several weeks ago in this Crikey article which explores something of the history of the term, as well [...]

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Moving beyond the Nanny State debate in public health

July 2, 2009 – 11:17 am

The debate last night between public health advocate Professor Mike Daube and former health minister Tony Abbott - Welcome back nanny? Civil liberties vs the public good – was much tamer than I’d been anticipating.  I have written a piece about the Nanny State for today’s Crikey bulletin.
But here is an extract from Daube’s speech that [...]

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