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NSW government tries to stay relevant in health system future

June 3, 2009 – 7:12 am

In a well-executed media stunt (labelled an ‘exclusive’ by the Daily Telegraph, LOL) the NSW Government has come up with an idea to try and carve out a future in the (mis)management of the state’s health system. Apart from being an ‘exclusive’, the stunt also has two other elements designed to give it media appeal: [...]

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Red Cross passing on ’stacks’ of complaints

January 13, 2009 – 2:11 pm

A little while ago I wrote about my revulsion at the NSW Government’s decision to rip apart the Australian ethos around blood donation: ‘freely given, freely received’. Yesterday, Red Cross rang me in response to my email of complaint and said they had received ’stacks’ of complaints and were passing them on to the NSW [...]

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I eat Vegemite and I vote

January 9, 2009 – 4:37 pm

Faced with an emerging political nightmare courtesy of Australia’s social engineering health bureaucrats, Julia Gillard did the only sensible thing and ruled out a ban on Vegemite. If Gillard hadn’t ruled it out the Rudd Government would be considering a ban on Vegemite while leaving tobacco legal. Tobacco by the way is still the biggest preventable [...]

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Just a joke. Della Bosca damns booze as Rees opens a brewery

December 6, 2008 – 3:04 am

Premier Rees was alive to the irony: 
“This speech was written before the last week so it’s full of light-hearted puns around excessive amounts of alcohol,” Mr Rees said in his speech.
“I’m having to scan as I go through.”
Meanwhile, health ministers have agreed to look at tougher restrictions on alcohol advertising. The idea was presented by Health [...]

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Why I stopped giving blood

December 5, 2008 – 6:31 am

I am glad to see that this issue is starting to get some traction. I voiced my outrage about it a few weeks ago:
Health Minister John Della Bosca has made a lame attempt to justify the ludicrous charging for blood decision. Really, you can only hope he doesn’t believe this nonsense. I’ve also written to the Red [...]

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Time to fix childcare and maternity leave

November 19, 2008 – 9:14 pm

Australia’s childcare system was broken before ABC Learning Centres and CFK Childcare hit their recent well-publicised financial problems.
Demand for formal care is growing fast. According to the ABS which re-issued its 2005 child care data yesterday:
Over the three year period from June 2002 to June 2005, the numbers of children aged 0-11 years who attended [...]

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Another terrible day for the NSW ALP

November 15, 2008 – 10:53 am

The Rees Government is starting to resemble the famous ‘dead parrott’ sketch, this dear readers is a dead government. So many fronts, so much bad news. If it hangs around until 2011, the Rees Government will destroy Labor in NSW for a generation, if not forever.
Here are some of today’s highlights:

NSW Treasury Secretary, John Pierce, [...]

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