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Media Release, Mary Wooldridge: Coalition provides more Victorians with concessions

Wed, 02/05/2012 - 8:49am
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The Victorian Coalition Government is making a record investment in concessions in the 2012-13 State Budget to help ease cost of living pressures, Community Services Minister Mary Wooldridge announced today.

VAADA Media Release: New figures show recreational drug users collateral damage in the “War on Drugs”

Fri, 13/04/2012 - 2:43pm
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 Friday, 13 April 2012

New figures from the Australian Crime Commission show that the “war on drugs” is increasingly criminalising recreational drug users while failing to stop drug dealers. 

Media Release, AMA: AMA Takes Strong Stand On Non-Medical Prescribing

Fri, 30/03/2012 - 11:23am
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In response to a growing trend to grant prescribing rights to more non-medical health professionals, the AMA has adopted a formal position rejecting all forms of non-medical practitioner prescribing, with the exception of dentists.

Media Release, AIHW: Chronic disease risks embedded in Aussie lifestyle

Thu, 29/03/2012 - 10:30am
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 Most Australians have at least one preventable risk factor for chronic disease, according to a new report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
 
The report, Risk factors contributing to chronic disease, provides a comprehensive picture of the lifestyle behaviours of Australians that can contribute to chronic diseases such as arthritis, Type 2 diabetes, depression, asthma and osteoporosis.
 
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