HEALTHMonitor produced by Media Monitors ACT Pty Ltd distributed by Health Communication Network Limited Issue No.1042 - Thursday, September 16, 1999 PRINT MEDIA SUMMARY THE AUSTRALIAN Penelope Green p2 Blacks� housing not good enough. Federal Family and Megan and Community Services Minister Jocelyn Newman has Sanders criticised the building industry, claiming poor work practices were the biggest threat to Aboriginal housing. Speaking at a workshop aimed at improving indigenous housing, Newman said Aboriginal living standards were worsened by second-rate design and construction. (HM160900) THE FINANCIAL REVIEW Mandy Bryan p35 Y2K risk assessment bombshell. Reports from the US and UK governments suggest there will be disruptions to health, power and telephone services in Russia, China, Indonesia and other countries over the new year due to the millennium bug. Australia is among the best prepared nations. (HM160901) Andrew Main p59 Babyflow just the formula for Gradipore. It is expected medical technology company Gradipore is preparing for a Nasdaq listing, with its share price currently reflecting high expectations for its Babyflow product. (HM160902) THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Sue Lowe p3 Bloodless clues for cutting-edge surgeons in specs. RACGP NSW chairman David Storey believes virtual reality will be a useful tool in the future for training surgeons, meaning they can practice procedures before performing them on a human. (HM160903) Helen Trinca p11 The modified woman. Feminist Germaine Greer has addressed the annual Homebirth Australia conference in Byron Bay, warning that technology is hijacking pregnancy and birth. (HM160904) THE AGE Carolyn Webb p2 Doubt on future of class actions. Defence lawyers in the class action of Australian women who became pregnant after using Filshie clip sterilisation devices will argue that the existing class action procedure is unconstitutional. (HM160905) Victoria Button p3 New surgery keeps the hearts beating. Royal Melbourne Hospital cardiac surgery director James Tatoulis yesterday predicted new �beating-heart- surgery� would surpass conventional techniques within three years. The new technique allows the heart to keep beating during by-pass operations and is said to leave patients feeling less pain and with a decreased risk of stroke. (HM160906) Sophie Douez p3 Warning on water for babes. The Vic Human Services Department has advised parents to boil drinking water before giving it to children under six months. (HM160907) p4 Nurses to close beds a Frankston. Staff shortages have prompted nurses at Frankston Hospital to impose work bans. (HM160908) Sandra McKay p11 ALP plans to deliver a $329m surplus. The Vic Opposition has claimed the credibility of the State Government�s campaign costings is questionable, indicating there was a multi-billion dollar funding hole, mainly relating to health promises. (HM160909) Sandra McKay p11 Bracks calls for Intergraph probe. Vic Opposition Leader Steve Bracks has promised a royal commission into the Intergraph ambulance contract affair. (HM160910) THE CANBERRA TIMES Roderick p1 Syndicate �sold up to $1m heroin in ACT�. The ACT Campbell Supreme Court has heard that around $1 million worth of heroin could have been sold in Civic in four months by an Asian drug racket. (HM160911) Catriona Jackson p3 Seminar looks into threat of nuclear dump. Medical Association for the Prevention of War president Sue Wareham will tell a seminar tonight that Australia will become the world�s nuclear waste dump. (HM160912) Jim Dickins p4 Dealer paid wages to staff to sell drugs�. The ACT Magistrates Court has heard that a man recruited staff to work for him selling drugs, paying them regular wages. (HM160913) Roderick p4 Court upholds decision not to jail ACT drug Campbell dealer. An ACT woman has avoided a drug term after pleading guilty to three counts of possessing a traffickable quantity of heroin. (HM160914) Catriona Jackson p5 ACT Health calls for changes to pamphlet. The ACT Department of Health has suggested that an abortion pamphlet should be changed before being supplied to those seeking abortions. (HM160915) p12 Data. Researchers have confirmed that Dolly the cloned sheep actually carries genetic material from two female sheep, making her more chimera than clone. (HM160916) p12 So why is it? Article discusses the potential dangers of high voltage fields. (HM160917) THE WEST AUSTRALIAN Francesca Hodge p6 AMA: Watch new health plan. The AMA says that the administrative and supply service shake-up in Perth hospitals must not place more strain on nurses and doctors. (HM160918) Francesca Hodge p6 Staff levels put on hold: ward stays shut. A moratorium on all new staff hiring has seen a 20- bed ward remain closed at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. (HM160919) Joe Kosterich p16 Time to break deathly silence. Former AMA WA vice president Joe Kosterichhas called for a stronger approach to suicide, not the �softly softly� approach of the past. (HM160920) Gareth Malpeli p26 Mussel farmers want inquiry. Mussel farmers affected by the arsenic spill at Cockburn Sound have called for an inquiry into the spill. (HM160921) Anne Buggins p38 Hanging leads to payback spear attack. Two men have been speared for bringing alcohol into a dry community, after a man arrested for consuming alcohol hanged himself. (HM260922) THE COURIER MAIL Susan Schwartz p2 Taskforce tables drugs report. A report released today in Qld recommends alternatives to imprisonment and harsh penalties for drug use. (HM160923) p2 Go bananas. Scientists are researching the possibility that genetically modified fruits and vegetables could be used for vaccinations. (HM160924) Allison White p3 Grumble-bums, some mothers do have �em. English researchers have found that one in six babies are born irritable. (HM160925) Glenis Green p6 Sewage pollution alleged. A caravan park which allegedly illegally discharged sewage has been charged by the Qld Environmental Protection Agency after a contagious virus was detected in the water near the discharge outlet. (HM160926) Sean Parnell p11 Urgent patients left out on a limb. National standards on maximum waiting times for urgent patients are not being met in 40 per cent of cases in Qld hospitals. (HM160927) Anna Reynolds p15 Dose of dignity. Article comments on the new approach taken by the Brisbane Lord Mayor to treating drug addiction in Qld. (HM160928) Sean Parnell p18 Health. The blood glucose levels of diabetics who drink alcohol are better overall than those who do not drink. (HM160929) ADELAIDE ADVERTISER David Eccles and p13 Private hospital to pay $500 bonus. A $500 bonus Barry Hailstone will be paid to nurses working on new years eve at an Adelaide private hospital. (HM160930) p14 Birdbath algae helps cancer fight. Cyanobacteria, a bacteria found in a researcher�s suburban birdbath, is being used to develop drugs for cancer and malaria. (HM160931) p25 Ambulance charge attacked by Labor. The SA Opposition says people should be angry over a plan to charge ambulance service fees. (HM160932) THE HERALD SUN Sarah Pellegrini p10 Jeweller on drug charge. A Toorak jeweller has been charged with trafficking cocaine. (HM160933) Tanya Taylor p21 Waiting list now longer. In the past 18-months waiting lists at Royal Melbourne Hospital have doubled. (HM160934) Tanya Taylor p30 Cancer drug on trial. Trials of the leukaemia inhibitory factor developed in Melbourne have begun. The drug prevents damage to nerve ends during chemotherapy. (HM160935) THE DAILY TELEGRAPH p17 Happy mothers eat more fish. A researcher has found a link between low fish intake and a high rate of postnatal depression. In Australia, 20 per cent of mothers suffer postnatal depression. (HM160936) p23 Rethink on wards. A threat by nurses to strike has put on hold a move by Westmead�s New Children�s Hospital to close its baby and toddler wards. (HM160937) Charles Miranda p25 Drug lords lose $6m in assets. The seizing of the assets of drug dealers in Sydney and Melbourne is expected to be worth $6 million, the proceeds of which will fund the victims of crime. (HM160938) p26 Ship pests crackdown. A crackdown on foreign ships introducing exotic pets into Australian waters has been announced by Federal Fisheries Minister Warren Truss. (HM160939) MAJOR MEDIA RELEASES Federal Family and National workshop examines Indigenous housing. Community Services Federal Family and Community Services Minister Minister Jocelyn Jocelyn Newman has launched the National Newman 15/9 Indigenous Housing Guide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. (HM160940) Australasian College CHC claims AMA speaks out of ignorance. of Nutritional and Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Environmental Medicine president Ian Brighthope Medicine president claims AMA federal president David Brand�s Ian Brighthope 15/9 criticism of regulation of the alternative health industry was made �out of ignorance�. (HM160941) ELECTRONIC MEDIA SUMMARY 15/9 2CN 0700 AIHW: nursing figures. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare director Warwick Con claims the ratio of nurses to patients in Australia�s hospitals has declined over the past decade, with figures indicating there are 197,000 nurses across Australia while the general population has increased by 11 per cent. Con also highlights the fact that patient numbers have increased but there has been a decline in the length of their hospital stay, a reduction in the number of full-time nurses and an increase in number of nurses working in private hospitals. (Dur:09:40) (HM160942) 15/9 4QR 1000 Alternative Health practitioners. Australian Medical Association president David Brand yesterday called for the regulation of the alternative medicine industry through the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, with fears over misdiagnosis of health problems by alternative health practitioners. Qld Naturopathic Association spokesperson Tracey Sypel has rejected any further regulation of the alternative health industry, claiming that there is simply insufficient public knowledge about naturopathy and its regulation. Sypel claims that reports of unusual treatment are not a common occurrence in naturopathy, and that practitioners must achieve a high level of qualification. (Dur:09:55) (HM160943) 15/9 RILL 0930 Operation Paradox. The program dealing with child A sexual abuse, Operation Paradox, is on again after nine successful years. A broad spectrum of people are expected to ring in with information although organisers are quick to dispute that more calls mean an increased incidence of abuse. The Department of Community Services, Department of Health, Australian Federal Police and other non- government agencies are involved. Intvs: Brian Page, team leader, Australian Federal Police Joint Investigation Team, Operation Paradox; Alison, assistant manager, Joint Investigation Team. (Dur:06.00) (HM160944) OTHER PRINT ARTICLES 16/9 Australian It could be a depressing though: we don�t p3 eat enough fish 16/9 Sydney Morning The doctor�s good oil on fish oil was p11 Herald really quite depressing 16/9 Sydney Morning Medical goals (letter to the editor) p14 Herald 16/9 Age Election diary Day 23 p10 16/9 Age Nurses who give so much for so little p18 (letter to the editor) 16/9 Age Come on now, Mr Bracks (letter to the p18 editor) 16/9 Age Come off it, Mr Knowles (letter to the p18 editor) 16/9 Age What�s hot in the biotechnology sector? pC4 16/9 Canberra Times NSW seizes $6m in assets from gang p3 16/9 Canberra Times Abortion case: the law v compassion p10 (editorial) 16/9 Canberra Times Yarralumla looks best for Hospice (letter p10 to the editor) 16/9 Courier Mail Backyard bug beats malaria p9 16/9 West Australian Disease cure lurks in slime p2 16/9 West Australian New light on birth blues p6 16/9 West Australian Arsenic poisons a few reputations p14 (editorial) 16/9 Advertiser Bewildering, frightening messages (letter p12 (Adelaide) to the editor) 16/9 Advertiser Cartoon on ambulance fees p16 (Adelaide) 16/9 Advertiser We pay to save them money (editorial) p16 (Adelaide) 16/9 Advertiser Unhappy new year p19 (Adelaide) 16/9 Advertiser Fish intake wards off postnatal p23 (Adelaide) depression 16/9 Herald Sun A case of too much (editorial) p18 16/9 Herald Sun Can of tuna a day keeps blues away p26 16/9 Daily Telegraph Birdbath algae a new cure p22 HEALTHMonitor is produced by Naomi Westerhuis and Jason Gray Transcripts, clippings, video and audio tapes, further information Please call (02) 6239 5233 or simply complete this form and FAXBack to (02) 6239 7143 Ref no: Transcript Audio tape Video tape Press clipping ............................... ............................... ............................... 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