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Issue No. 997 - Monday, July 05, 1999
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Lynne O�Donnell p8 Drugs trail from poppy soup to Australian addicts.
Article discusses the value to the international
drugs fight if the Chinese-Burma border where much
of the world�s opium supplies are grown, can be
brought into global drug enforcement strategies.
(HM050500)
Misha Schubert p14 Regional have-nots are �dying�. National Farmers�
Federation executive director Wendy Craick
yesterday claimed that country people were dying
from treatable diseases because of the inadequate
medical services in regional and rural areas.
(HM050501)
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
Jennifer Cooke p11 Food for thought. Article discusses how British
scientists are continuing to monitor the
population for signs of nvCJD, a new variant of
Cretuz-feldt-Jakob disease, to gauge the extent of
infection caused by the mad cow scare in 1997.
(HM050502)
THE AGE
Ewin Hannan pA1 Era of austerity draws to an end. Victorian
Treasurer Alan Stockdale yesterday unveiled the
State�s Budget which features $383 million in new
spending initiatives and a $147 million boost to
health and welfare services. (HM050503)
Darren Gray pA3 Sharp rise in medical complaints. The Medical
Practitioners Board of Vic annual report, tabled
yesterday in State Parliament, has revealed that
complaints against doctors rose 35 per cent last
year, with most relating to practice standards.
(HM050504)
Farah Farouque pA3 Private battlers speaks for public care.
Publicity shy Janette Howard yesterday spoke of
her experience of cancer when she launched the new
Alfred Clinic for Blood Diseases and Cancer at the
Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. (HM050505)
pA4 Heroin gallery stands firm. The organisers of the
illegal �shooting gallery� at the Wayside Chapel
in Sydney said yesterday they would reopen the
service if its was closed down by police,
following criticism of their behaviour by State
Attorney General Jeff Shaw. (HM050506)
pA4 Rural hospital to get training funds. Federal
Health Minister Michael Wooldridge has announced
an extra $1 million for the University Department
of Rural Health at the Goulburn Valley Base
Hospital in Shepparton. (HM050507)
Darren Gray pA4 Forgotten folate a vital vitamin. Vic Health
Minister Rob Knowles yesterday launched a campaign
to increase public awareness among women about the
role the vitamin folate plays in preventing birth
defects including spina bifida. (HM050508)
Gabrielle Costa pA10 Country emerges a winner. The Vic Budget,
released yesterday, featured $18.6 million in
extra funding to upgrade aged-care facilities and
$4.1 million for the redevelopment of acute and
aged-care beds in rural and regional areas.
(HM050509)
pA15 Viagra: women may want it as well. University of
Boston researcher Jennifer Berman says her study
of Viagra use among 17 women has revealed that it
can help sexual dysfunction among females when it
is related to physical mechanisms. (HM050510)
Vivienne pA20 Mother facts. Vivienne McCutcheon discusses her
McCutcheon role as daily care-giver for her three-year-old
grand-daughter Charlotte, outlining how she
retired so as to be better able to assist in her
grandchildren�s upbringing. (HM050511)
THE CANBERRA TIMES
Kirsten Lawson p1 Carnell jubilant as Budget tilts towards black.
The ACT Government�s Budget, released yesterday,
forecasts a surplus of $2 million by 2001-2001,
following funding cuts, including a $12 million
reduction at Canberra Hospital. (HM050512)
p3 Crashes before cigarettes. Psychologist Melissa
Finucane has been awarded the Australian Sceptics
Eureka Prize for Critical Thinking following her
finding that more people believe they will die in
a place crash than from smoking cigarettes.
(HM050513)
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN
Keryn Ashworth p26 MP wants another medical school. WA MP for
Joondalup Chris Baker has called for a second
medical school to be established in the State
saying WA�s growing population and severe shortage
of rural doctors required an increase in medical
graduates. (HM050514)
THE COURIER MAIL
Ali Lawlor p3 Parents run shooting galleries to keep addicted
children alive. Qld drug rehabilitation workers
yesterday claimed parents of addicts had been
running heroin shooting galleries in their homes
for years to ensure their children could inject
safely. (HM050515)
Simon Pristel p4 Obesity trends bad for bulk of Aussies. A Federal
and Simon Lomax Health Department report has revealed that
Australian children are now approximately 2
kilograms heavier than their counterparts in 1985,
with higher weight gains for adults, following
increases in the use of labour saving technology.
(HM050516)
Elizabeth p8 Nursing home funds stalled. Federal Aged Care
Meryment Department spokesperson David Graham yesterday
conceded problems with Qld�s nursing home funding
might not be addressed until the 2000 Budget.
(HM050517)
p9 Overseas doctors plan wins support. The Senate
Estimates Committee has heard that all State and
Territory Governments except Tas have expressed
support for the Federal Government�s plan to allow
overseas-trained doctors to work in rural and
regional communities. (HM050518)
p7 Fears radio prize may plant false hopes.
Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons spokesman
Dan Kennedy has attacked Brisbane radio station
B105�s offer of breast-enlargement surgery as a
competition prize as irresponsible (HM050519)
p14 In sickness and in health. Three brief articles
on the Federal Government overhaul of
complementary medicines; Griffith University
bacteriologist Ifor Beacham�s warning on emerging
infectious diseases; and the Federal government�s
extension of funding for a range of vaccines.
(HM050520)
p20 Gates in $38m AIDS care gift. Microsoft chairman
Bill Gates has donated $38 million for AIDS
vaccine research to the private sector, non-profit
New York-based International AIDS Vaccine
Initiative. (HM050521)
p2 Budget to target health, jobs. The Federal Budget
is expected to contain major spending initiatives
for health and unemployment services with $100
million allocated for country health services
including the development of regional health
centres. (HM050522)
ADELAIDE ADVERTISER
p10 Asthma inhalers jump in price. Pharmacies Guild
of Australia SA President Humphrey George
yesterday attacked the Federal Government for
allowing a $6 rise in the cost of new
environmentally friendly asthma inhalers to $17.
(HM050523)
Simon Prestel p25 God�s on our side. Religious leaders involved in
the launch of the shooting gallery at the Wayside
Chapel in Sydney claim their actions are supported
by God and have reiterated their opposition keep
the illegal service open. (HM050524)
Anthony Keene p42 Faulding�s healthy outlook. Pharmaceutical
company FH Faulding yesterday reached an out-of-
court patent agreement with Hoechst Marion Roussel
that would allow it to market its version of the
hypertension and angina drug Cardizem CD.
(HM050525)
p43 Clinic begs for a medic. The Cellier Memorial
Clinic in Broken Hill has failed to find any
buyers since its placement on the market last year
for $400,000. Developed by Adelaide
physiotherapist Janet Cellier, the building could
house a number of medical services. (HM050526)
THE HERALD SUN
Sarah Pellegrini p12 Hospital blamed on teen death. Vic Coroner Iain
West yesterday found that Angliss Hospital and
three of its staff were responsible for the death
of 18-year-old Matthew Weightman in 1997,
following an inaccurate diagnosis. (HM050526)
Helen Carte p27 Men suffer post natal depression. Mercy Hospital
for Women�s Mother Base Unit director Barbara
Minto said yesterday that 10 per cent of new
fathers experience symptoms similar to post natal
depression, particularly when their partner is
also afflicted. (HM050527)
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
p3 Radiation warning. Integral Energy chief
executive Jeff Alle has admitted that more than
10,000 people in NSW have been exposed to
radiation from their electricity meters, but
denied the dose would have any harmful health
effects. (HM050528)
Mark Day p11 Getting to the point of a sad social crisis.
Article argues the Wayside Chapel�s illegal
shooting gallery is a publicity stunt, rather than
a serious attempt to provide injecting drug users
with a safe and hygienic facility. (HM050529)
THE HOBART MERCURY
Eve Lamb p3 I won�t pay, says Robin in crusade over
disability. Former ABC Tas announcer Robin
Wilkinson has refused to pay Home and Community
Care fees saying the service should be free to all
disabled people. Wilkinson now faces having her
property seized. (HM050530)
MAJOR MEDIA RELEASES
Federal Health and Another million dollars for Shepparton University
Aged Care Minister Department of Rural Health another step closer.
Michael Wooldridge Federal Health and Aged Care Minister Michael
Wooldridge says medical training in rural Vic will
be improved following the allocation of $1 million
to the Goulburn Valley Hospital for infrastructure
development. (HM050531)
Federal Health and Victoria�s health budget on the right track.
Aged Care Minister Federal Health and Aged Care Minister Michael
Michael Wooldridge Wooldridge has welcomed Vic Budget�s $147 million
boost to health funding saying the package
addresses key areas of concern in Victoria
including ambulances, cancer research mental
health and aged care. (HM050532)
Federal Industry, Government advises ANTSO of environmental
Science and Resources requirements for replacement research reactor.
Minister Nick Minchin Federal Industry, Science and Resources Minister
Nick Minchin has accepted Federal Environment
Mnister Robert Hill�s recommendations on the
replacement nuclear research reactor at Lucas
Heights. (HM050533)
Salvation Army Drug shooting galleries (so-called �safe injecting
rooms�) pose serious legal and policing problems.
The Salvation Army has attacked the concept of
shooting galleries for drug addicts outlining a
number of law and order, health, administrative
and ethical concerns. (HM050534)
Returned & Services RSL scholarship winner announced. RSL National
League of Australia Secretary Derek Robson has announced that
University of Ballarat student Craig Hollaway has
been awarded the RSL Captain Reg Saunders
Scholarship for 1999. The scholarship is for drug
and alcohol abuse studies by students of an
indigenous background. (HM050535)
Vic Treasurer Alan 1999-2000 State Budget presentation. Vic
Stockdale Treasurer Alan Stockdale has delivered his eighth
State Budget to Parliament. The 1999-2000 Budget
includes $383 million in new initiatives and $1.36
billion for extra capital works with healthcare
funding exceeding $5 billion for the first time.
(HM050536)
Vic Health and Aged $19m boost to Royal Melbourne in Budget - Rob
Care Minister Rob Knowles. Vic Health and Aged Care Minister Rob
Knowles Knowles says the State Budget has allocated $19.3
million to the Royal Melbourne Hospital to
guarantee its future as one of Melbourne�s leading
three emergency and critical care centres.
(HM050537)
ELECTRONIC MEDIA SUMMARY
04/05 1230 2BL Sydney shooting gallery controversy. Anglican
priests Reverend Peter Jensen and Reverend Bill
Crusise discuss the controversy sparked by
yesterday�s opening of a safe injecting room at
The Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross. The pair
outline how the safe injecting room is run by
Anglican Church leaders and health workers and
will be on trial for three days a week for one
month. (Dur: 3.54) (HM050538)
04/05 1400 4QR Mental health benefits of chocolate. Qld
Association for Mental Health spokesperson Keith
Williams discusses how chocolate works as a
positive mood enhancer and so can sometimes help
alleviate depression. Williams also talks about
the placebo effect of chocolate and how many
people use it as comfort food. (Dur: 32.00)
(HM050539)
04/05 1700 2NC Newcastle drug forum. Report on the two-day drug
forum being held in Newcastle this week and the
suggestions made by delegates as to how use of
illicit drugs can be reduced along with harm
minimisation and treatment strategies. Intvs:
Robyn Constandine, Hunter Centre for Health
Advancement; Judy, mother of heroin overdose
victim. (Dur: 14.00) (HM050540)
OTHER PRINT ARTICLES
5/5 Sydney Morning The fix on sacred space (Editorial) p14
Herald
5/5 Sydney Morning Heroin signals - good, bad and ugly p14
Herald (Letters to the Editor)
5/5 The Age Staff contributed to death: coroner pA4
5/5 The Age Modest rise in hospital funding pA9
5/5 The Age �Shonky� figures fail to deliver: Bracks pA10
5/5 The Age The right to pain relief( Letter to the pA18
Editor)
5/5 The Age Bashing raises deeper issues (Letter to pA18
the Editor)
5/5 The Age Kennett just ran out of excuses pA19
5/5 The Age Putting policy before vote-buying p19
5/5 Canberra Times Hundreds of PS jobs to disappear p1
5/5 Canberra Times A pledge broken , but Canberra turns the p13
game around
5/5 Canberra Times From dependence to sustainability p28
5/5 West Australian Test claim: Viagra can help women p17
5/5 West Australian Victorians get a Budget �pay-back� p29
5/5 Courier Mail Pseudo dentists (Letter to the Editor) p16
5/5 Advertiser Too many computer chips make us fat p10
(Adelaide)
5/5 Herald Sun Pay Day p1
5/5 Herald Sun Heroin chapel claims victory p4
5/5 Herald Sun Hospitals get $147m p11
5/5 Herald Sun Bush doctor push p22
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