HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No. 1025 - Friday, August 20, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE FINANCIAL REVIEW Kate Marshall p60 Moran warns Canberra of threat to aged care. The Moran Health Care Group has warned the Federal Government that the nursing homes problem will worsen if it does not act soon. (HM200900) Mandy Bryan p66 ACA hears the call on mobile radiation. The Australian Communications Authority has announced it will put in place new standards on mobile phone radiation emission by next year. (HM200901) John Breusch p74 Coastal housing for a golden age. Qld developer Village Life has announced plans to introduce affordable retirement villages across Australia. (HM200902) Mandy Bryan p66 Telstra operation nets doctors. Article discusses the proposed launch next week of Health Direct, an Internet site designed to link Australia�s 18,000 general practitioners. (HM200903) THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Julie Robotham p5 Use your brain...then send it to work. Article discusses brain donation and the function of the Brain Bank in Sydney. (HM200904) Mark Robinson p6 Better job security for hospital staff. The NSW Health Department and the health care workers� union have struck a deal which will see thousands of casual staff become the permanent workforce. (HM200805) Judith Whelan p3 No more room in intensive care. Article highlights the problem of overcrowding at the Royal North Shore Hospital. (HM200906) Julie Robotham p3 UK trips �risk bad blood�. The Australian Red Cross will assess whether British tourists should be prevented from donating blood in fear of transmitting the Mad Cow Disease. (HM200907) Paola Totaro p2 MPs unite to fight changes. Article discusses the growing antagonism among NSW MPs against the State Government�s decision to introduce drug law reform. (HM200908) THE AGE Victoria Button pA4 100 years old and no place to go, almost. Article profiles WWII veteran George Cooper who was recently rejected from his hostel. (HM200909) The Age pA8 MPs will review human cloning. Australia will have its first parliamentary debate on human cloning in the next few months. (HM200910) Richard Salmons pC3 CSL�s new plant gets to work. CSL Ltd has revealed that it is developing a new line of biotechnology products using its new $14 million plant in Vic. (HM200911) Brett Foley pA3 Police seize assets in drug blitz. Melbourne Police have uncovered two organised heroin networks in a raid yesterday. (HM200912) pA8 Wooldridge backs Red Cross blood. NSW AMA adviser Craig Lilienthal has reassured GPs that the recent case of HIV transmission on a schoolgirl will not expose them to greater legal liability. (HM200913) Lyall Johnson pA4 Nitschke plans a pill for death. Euthanasia and Lisa Riley campaigner Philip Nitschke has revealed that he is currently researching to find a new suicide pill. (HM200914) THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Francesca Hodge p13 Golden girl Lee shines on Daffodil Day. Article discusses cancer with information that one in three men and one in four women can expect a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. (HM200915) Francesca Hodge p26 Early drug lessons backed. Perth psychologist Aldo Gurgone has warned of the increasing number of children using illicit substances and has called for a drug education program for toddlers. (HM200916) THE COURIER MAIL John Wright p10 Modified food sparks growing concern. Nutritionists and public health specialists have criticised the Federal Government for rushing into accepting genetically modified foods. (HM200917) ADELAIDE ADVERTISER Andrew Gavin p1 Skill, not age, say Jean and Douglas. Article highlights the fight of an Adelaide couple who wish to retain their drivers licence. (HM200918) Sam Weir and p6 The driver who kept a town at bay. Article David Eccles profiles an elderly drivers who is reckless on the road. (HM200919) Mel Hein p11 Shock course on drug peril. Federal MP Trish Worth is campaigning to include graphic pictures of drug overdose victims in school drug education. (HM200920) THE HERALD SUN p11 Just one year from that to this. Article profiles Leanne Marrell who has lost half her weight in one year. (HM200921) TIME Lisa Clausen p36 Drying up the creek. Article discusses the methods being used by the townships of Tennant Creek and Katherine in order to combat alcohol abuse among its citizens. (HM200922) MAJOR MEDIA RELEASES Australian Democrats Democrats support Vodafone research initiative in Telecommunications the UK. Australian Democrats spokesperson on Spokesperson Lyn Telecommunications Lyn Allison congratulates Allison Vodafone UK for administering research into the health effects of mobile phones. (HM200923) Federal Shadow Policy failure all too clear - who will they blame Employment and next?. Federal Shadow Employment and Training Training Minister Minister Martin Ferguson has slammed Government Martin Ferguson policy failure in responding to entrenched long- term unemployment. (HM200924) Foreign Affairs Australia to help Turkish earthquake victims. Minister Alexander Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer has Downer announced that financial assistance will be given to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to help with relief efforts in Turkey. (HM200925) AusAid Turkish earthquake relief efforts. AusAid has called on Australians thinking of travelling to Turkey to delay plans due to the crisis currently taking place there. (HM200926) The Department of Consular travel advice - Turkey. The Department Foreign Affairs and of Foreign Affairs and Trade has advised Trade Australians to defer all non-essential travel to the areas of Turkey affected by the August 17 earthquake. (HM200927) Prime Minister John Announcement of members of the Prime Minister�s Howard community business partnership. Prime Minister John Howard has announced that Federal Family and Community Services Minister Jocelyn Newman will be the Deputy Chairman of the Prime Minister�s Community Business Partnership. (HM200928) Families and Friends Zero Tolerance - zero results. Families and for Drug Law Reform Friends for Drug Law Reform has released a report card critical of Prime Minister John Howard�s approach to the issue of illicit drugs. (HM200929) Deafness Forum chief Department proposes removing deaf rights. executive Officer Deafness Forum chief executive Officer Brian Rope Brian Rope says that the Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts is hampering hearing impaired people�s rights. (HM200930) The Australian Time to fix aged care income testing mess. The Nursing Home and Australian Nursing Home and Extended Care Extended Care Association discusses the need for urgent action Association into the issue of income testing. (HM200931) Alzheimer�s Australia Alzheimer�s Australia Requests Availability of Drugs. Alzheimer�s Australia has called on the Federal Government to list the drugs used for people suffering from dementia on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. (HM200932) Federal Government Returns Land to Traditional Owners. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Minister John Herron has handed over the Urrpantyenye title deed to members of the Yewerre Aboriginal Land Trust. (HM200933) Federal Shadow Howard Government�s Day of Shame. Federal Shadow Attorney General Attorney General Robert McClelland and Shadow Robert McClelland and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs and Shadow Aboriginal and Reconciliation Minister Daryl Melham says the Torres Strait decision of the United Nations Committee on the Islander Affairs Elimination of Racial Discrimination has confirmed that Australia�s native title laws are in breach of international obligations. (HM200934) Aboriginal and Torres Funding for Indigenous regional jobs. Aboriginal Strait Islander and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Minister John Affairs Minister John Herron comments on funding that will be made Herron available by the Federal Government to indigenous regional job projects. (HM200935) Federal Sport and A new picture of older travellers. Federal Sport Tourism Minister and Tourism Minister Jackie Kelly comments on a Jackie Kelly study by the Bureau of Tourism regarding the needs of elderly travellers. (HM200936) The Yellow Pages Small business sees health as top priority for Small Business Index most Govt. The Yellow Pages Small Business Index that is to be released on the 31 August says that small business sees health as the top priority for State and Federal Governments. (HM200937) The Productivity Gambling Hearings. The Productivity Commission Commission has announced it will hold a second round of public hearings following the release of its draft report into Australia�s Gambling Industries. (HM200938) ELECTRONIC MEDIA SUMMARY 19/8 2CN 0900 Independent policy institute for health. University of Sydney faculty of medicine dean Stephen Leeder discusses the establishment of Australia�s first independent health policy institute, the aim of which is to produce written material for professional policy makers regarding various health management/administration set ups. Intv: Stephen Leeder, dean, faculty of medicine, University of Sydney. (Dur: 5.00) (HM200939) 19/8 2RN 0600 The control of tuberculosis. World Health Organisation (WHO) communicable disease epidemiologist Chris Dye discusses the WTO�s study on tuberculosis control world-wide. The report shows that at least one-third of the world�s population is infected with micro bacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. Many people have proven to be naturally protected against infection, but that one in ten will develop the disease. Intv: Chris Dye, epidemiologist, communicable disease program, WHO. (Dur: 8.30) (HM200940) 19/8 3AK 1300 The need for activity for the heart. The Heart Foundation Robin Sharwood discusses the issue of heart health in relation to maintaining healthy weight and the importance of avoiding the dieting �merry go round�. About 60 per cent of Australian men and 40 per cent of Australian women are overweight or obese, with Sharwood reiterating the importance of physical activity. Intv: Robin Sharwood, Heart Foundation. (Dur: 8.24) (HM200941) OTHER PRINT ARTICLES 20/8 Advertiser 81 and not fit to drive p1 (Adelaide) 20/8 Courier Mail Clone inquiry spurs debate p4 18/8 Newcastle Numbers for emergency p15 Herald 19/8 Newcastle It�s politics over people p10 Herald 19/8 Newcastle Royal wait worst p13 Herald 18/8 NT News Private hospital hospital for Alice in p16 �01 19/8 Illawarra Bowral burden hits Bulli Hospital p8 Mercury 20/8 Australian MPs got a lot of living to do. p12 20/8 Australian Smoking: it�s no use blaming others. p12 Letter to the Editor. ____________________________________________________________________________ HealthMonitor is produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd ACN 008 597 939 - Australia's leading media information service. 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