Nicola Roxon

Public 'not ready' to raise drinking age

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

The community isn't ready for a change in the legal drinking age, Health Minister Nicola Roxon says.

Public 'not ready' to raise drinking age

The Age (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

The community isn't ready for a change in the legal drinking age, Health Minister Nicola Roxon says.

Health minister dismisses rise in drinking age

The Age (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has dismissed calls to increase the drinking age to 19.

Drinking age rise dismissed

The Age (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has dismissed calls to increase the drinking age to 19.

Battle over cataract rebates to continue

The Age (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Eye doctors say they were "summonsed" by Health Minister Nicola Roxon simply to be told the government wasn't going to back down on its Medicare rebate cuts.

• Battle over cataract rebates to continue - Sydney Morning Herald

Health insurance reform back on table

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Health Minister Nicola Roxon has reintroduced Labor's private health insurance reforms, setting up another potential double-dissolution trigger.

• Health insurance reform back on table - The Age

Curbed midwives push to break free

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

MIDWIVES' ability to work independently - promised by the federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon - would depend on endorsement by individual doctors under an amendment to proposed legislation that has infuriated women's groups.

• Groups spurn midwife plan - The Age

Roxon denies bowing to doctors' pressure

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Health Minister Nicola Roxon denies the federal government bowed to doctors by changing draft laws giving nurses a bigger role in health services.

• Roxon denies bowing to doctors' pressure - The Age
• Roxon back-pedals on nurses power plan - The Age
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Cataract rebate slashed, for now

The Age (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

Patients face paying hundreds of dollars more for cataract surgery after Health Minister Nicola Roxon sidestepped the Senate and slashed the Medicare rebate.

Roxon takes a step back on cataract rebates

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

THE federal Health Minister, Nicola Roxon, is preparing to abandon the Government's hard line on cataract operations in a bid to prevent a Medicare debacle next week.

Roxon tells overweight Aussies to walk

The Age (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009

Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon is imploring Australians to get active - or risk an early death from chronic diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

Roxon tells overweight Aussies to walk

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009

Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon is imploring Australians to get active - or risk an early death from chronic diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

Roxon launches swine flu vaccine program

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009

Australia's biggest vaccination program has been launched by federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon, in a bid to combat swine flu.

• Roxon launches swine flu vaccine program - The Age

Medical companies on notice

The Age (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009

Medical device companies accused of lavishing doctors with inducements to win business have been warned by Health Minister Nicola Roxon.

National rollout as swine flu vaccine approved

The Age (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009

A swine flu vaccine has been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration, Health Minister Nicola Roxon has confirmed.

• CSL swine flu drug approved - News.com.au
• Swine flu vaccine approved - Courrier Mail
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