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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 >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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