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05/20/2012
Vaccine go-ahead despite objection - The Australian
The Australian
DRAMATIC details have emerged about an emergency session of Queensland's Supreme Court where doctors fought to vaccinate a newborn child despite the religious objections of the parents. The baby, who was only 40 hours old, was suspected of contracting ...
Kids' rights vs parents' rights: It's a fine line
Judge orders hep B mum to vaccinate
Judge ordered parents to vaccinate newborn
05/20/2012
Sex tourism to Thailand and Indonesia driving rise in HIV cases - Courier Mail
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Courier Mail
DRUNKEN lads' holidays in Thailand and Indonesia, involving unprotected sex with prostitutes, are boosting Queensland's HIV rate. And men from north Queensland are picking up the virus from trips to nearby Papua New Guinea, a country with one of the ...
Protest as govt cuts gay health funds
Funding stripped from sexual health campaigns
Government pulls funding from gay health group
05/20/2012
Two-thirds opposed to easing of drug laws - Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane Times
Sydney Morning Herald
AUSTRALIANS remain firmly against relaxing illicit drug laws despite declarations by a group of eminent Australians and a global commission that the war on drugs has failed. A Herald/Nielsen poll has found two-thirds of Australians oppose ...
Voters oppose relaxing drug laws despite failure of 'war'
Policies sending 'mixed messages'
Policy on drugs endangers youth
05/20/2012
Cross-sex treatment on the rise - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald
AN INCREASING number of Australian children are receiving treatment at a special clinic for gender identity disorder, including hormone treatments to make them feel more like the opposite sex. Since 2003, a publicly funded clinic at Melbourne's Royal ...
by: Marianne Betts, Erin Michael
05/18/2012
Western Australia introduces court for mentally ill - ABC Online
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ABC Online
The West Australian Government plans to introduce a specialist court to deal with offenders suffering from mental illness. WA Mental Health Minister Helen Morton says the state government will draw on the experience of other jurisdictions for its ...
Courts under fire in mental health row
court for mentally ill
A personal look at mental illness
05/17/2012
Government dumps hospital IT system - ABC Online
ABC Online
By Peta Carlyon The State Government has dumped the hospital IT system HealthSMART after a $500 million cost blowout. The Government dumped the system saying it was not viable to restore it in the same way the Government has stuck by myki.
Vic scraps HealthSMART system
Huge E-Health Program Called Off
Victoria kills HealthSMART IT project
05/18/2012
Coroner recommends sedative monitoring - ABC Online
ABC Online
A Victorian coroner has recommended that the use of prescription sedatives be more closely monitored after finding a Melbourne man had died from his abuse of prescription medication. The AMA says the fact the inquest heard prescription drugs ...
Coroner calls for restrictions on sleeping pills
Prescription drug deaths prompt call for monitoring
05/18/2012
Poor hospital staffing played part in teen death - The West Australian
The West Australian
The West Australian
An understaffed Northam Regional Hospital failed to properly supervise an inexperienced young nurse who was left to make important treatment decisions without the proper training or management, State Deputy Corner Evelyn Vicker has found.
Coroner Evelyn Vicker finds death of teenager Andrew Allan was avoidable
Mother speaks
05/20/2012
'poor' maps imperil dinosaur prints - The Australian
The Australian
ENVIRONMENTAL groups fear oil and gas giant Woodside is using misleading maps to drill at its $40 billion James Price Point gas hub site, putting at risk fossilised dinosaur tracks. The Wilderness Society has written to federal Environment Minister ...
Woodside rejects risk to dinosaur prints
05/19/2012
Born to talk and tweet: why some children are always on the phone - The Age
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The Age
ARE your children spending too much time talking and texting on their mobile phones? According to new research, it's your fault. Or more specifically, the fault of the genes you passed on to them. In a groundbreaking new study, researchers have used ...
Genes determine personality traits than home environment and surroundings ...
Genes responsible for self-control, decision-making and sociability!
Character Traits Determined Genetically? Genes May Hold the Key to a Life of ...