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AUS: Transcript: Howard Interview
Monday, 9 August 1999, 3:17 pm | Unknown
Subjects: Mark Taylor; referendum; East Timor More >>
Statistics This Week
Monday, 9 August 1999, 3:01 pm | Unknown
Releases due from Statistics New Zealand this week. More >>
Visit To Australia By The Queen
Monday, 9 August 1999, 2:56 pm | Unknown
As previously indicated, The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have accepted my invitation on behalf of the Government and people of Australia to visit Australia next year. More >>
AUS: One In Four Aussie Kids Has Asthma
Monday, 9 August 1999, 2:55 pm | Unknown
Asthma is to become Australia's sixth National Health Priority Area - in recognition of the unacceptably high rates of the disease which now affects one in four Australian primary school children. More >>
AUS: Review Of The Health System
Monday, 9 August 1999, 2:55 pm | Unknown
The Federal Government has considered the request by State and Territory leaders for a review of Australia's health care system and does not believe such a review would be productive. More >>
AUS:Ministers Unite Against Cardiovascular Disease
Monday, 9 August 1999, 2:54 pm | Unknown
Australia's Health Ministers today united to combat the nation's leading fatal health problem - cardiovascular disease. More >>
AUS: Push For More Coordinated Care Trials
Monday, 9 August 1999, 2:52 pm | Unknown
Australian Health Ministers meeting in Canberra today considered early findings from the evaluation of the coordinated care trials currently underway and agreed to taking the trials further. More >>
AUS: Depression - The Ailment Of The 21st Century
Monday, 9 August 1999, 2:51 pm | Unknown
Young people, single or divorced Australians and those living alone are most at risk from suffering depression, a major new report has found. More >>
AUS: New NationalCouncil To Oversee Health Safety
Monday, 9 August 1999, 2:51 pm | Unknown
Health Ministers meeting in Canberra have agreed to establish a new Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, to improve Australia's health care system. More >>
AUS: New Blood Screening Test
Monday, 9 August 1999, 2:49 pm | Unknown
All Australian Health Ministers, meeting in Canberra today, agreed that the Australian Red Cross Blood Service needed to implement as quickly as possible a newly developed test that more accurately screens blood donations for HIV and hepatitis C. More >>
AUS: Review Of Bureau Of Air Safety Investigation
Monday, 9 August 1999, 2:48 pm | Unknown
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Regional Services, John Anderson, has received the final report of the review of the Bureau of Air Safety Investigation (BASI) that was announced on 9 February 1999. More >>
AUS - FFC Appointments
Monday, 9 August 1999, 2:46 pm | Unknown
Four new appointments have been made to the Australian Film Finance Corporation (FFC)-the Commonwealth-owned company which invests in the production of qualifying Australian films. More >>
AUS - Benefits Of Biotechnology Highlighted
Monday, 9 August 1999, 2:45 pm | Unknown
The opportunities and challenges of biotechnology and its impact on Australian agriculture were highlighted at a meeting of the Agricultural and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand (ARMCANZ) in Sydney today. More >>
CLEAR Service To Revolutionise Business Networking
Monday, 9 August 1999, 11:58 am | Unknown
CLEAR Communications has announced that it is developing an IP-based wide area network (WAN) service that will be the first of its type in New Zealand, and among the first in the world. More >>
Timberlands exposes Government's hypocrisy
Sunday, 8 August 1999, 5:48 pm | Unknown
The National Government has put its mark on Conservation Week this year by commencing unsustainable logging of a pristine, old-growth native forest, home to eight threatened wildlife species. More >>
Students See Debt As Key Election Issue
Sunday, 8 August 1999, 11:52 am | Unknown
Students from the seven Tertiary Institutes in Christchurch and Otago gathered yesterday to form DEBTiE - Determined to Elect Better Tertiary Education. DEBTiE aims to campaign in the lead up to the General Election against the oppressive tertiary policies which ... More >>
Reclaiming APEC Conference Next Month
Saturday, 7 August 1999, 10:57 am | Unknown
The "Reclaiming APEC" conference is to begin in Auckland a month tomorrow and immediately before the APEC meeting of Heads of State. More >>
The Sporting Scoop: Brits Hope For Rain
Saturday, 7 August 1999, 10:16 am | Unknown
Ian Little, an unrepentant British sports fan, reports on the second day of the third test with G and T in hand and the TV turned on. More >>
ACCC Against Promoters of Health Devices
Friday, 6 August 1999, 7:41 pm | Unknown
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has filed proceedings in the Federal Court, Sydney, against Colin Ronald Dixon, Vital Earth Company Pty Limited and its director Darryl John Jones and Raylight Pty Ltd and its director Herbert Nathan, ... More >>
AUS: National Foods LTD Country of Origin Claims
Friday, 6 August 1999, 7:41 pm | Unknown
National Foods Limited is voluntarily changing the labels of its strawberry yoghurt and strawberry Fruche® products to remove the "Product of Australia" representation following concerns expressed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. More >>
