Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        AIHW, Health Expenditure Australia 2003-04, September 2005, pp.18-19.

[2]        Submission 157, pp.5-6 (DoHA).

[3]        Submission 157, p.6 (DoHA).

[4]        AIHW, Health Expenditure Australia 2003-04, September 2005, p.2.

[5]        Submission 157, p.6 (DoHA).

[6]        Submission 157, pp.6-7 (DoHA).

[7]        Senate Community Affairs References Committee, The Cancer Journey: informing choice, June 2005, p.17.

[8]        Submission 55, Attachment 1, p.6 (NRHA).

[9]        ABS, Population clock (accessed 13 September 2007).

[10]      Submission 90, p.1 (RDAA).

[11]      Senate Community Affairs Committee, Breaking the silence: a national voice for gynaecological cancers, October 2006, p.87; see also Submission 157, p.7 (DoHA).

[12]      Mr Robert L. Chynoweth, member for Dunkley, House of Representatives Hansard, 7 October 1986, p.1587.

[13]      As noted by the Department of Health and Ageing, the transfer of the travel scheme predated self government in the ACT. Submission 157, p.7 (DoHA).

[14]      The Hon. Neal Blewett, MP, Minister for Health, 'Budget Information 1986-87', Press release 147, 19 August 1986 and House of Representatives Hansard, 17 September 1986, p.847.

[15]      The Hon. Neal Blewett, MP, Minister for Health, House of Representatives Hansard, 17 September 1986, p.847.

[16]      Submission 157, p.7 (DoHA).

[17]      Submission 157, p.16 (DoHA).

[18]      Submission 157, Attachment B, p.1 (DoHA).

[19]      Submission 157, Attachment B, p.1 (DoHA).

[20]      Submission 55, Attachment 1, p.6 (NRHA).

[21]      Submission 188, p.3 (NSW Health).

[22]      ABS, 2006 Census QuickStats, www.censusdata.abs.gov.au (accessed 2 August 2007).

[23]      NSW Department of Health, Transport for Health Policy 2006-2011, August 2006, p.1; see also Submission 188, p.7 (NSW Health).

[24]      Submission 188, p.8 (NSW Health).

[25]      Submission 188, p.11 (NSW Health).

[26]      Submission 188, pp.18-20 (NSW Health).

[27]      ABS, 2006 Census QuickStats, www.censusdata.abs.gov.au (accessed 2 August 2007).

[28]      Submission 150, p.1 (ACT Government).

[29]      ABS, 2006 Census QuickStats, www.censusdata.abs.gov.au (accessed 2 August 2007).

[30]      Submission 164, p.3 (NT Government).

[31]      Submission 164, p.3 (NT Government).

[32]      Submission 164, p.3 (NT Government).

[33]      Submission 164, pp 2-3 & 9 (NT Government).

[34]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.48 (Dr L Firth, NT Government).

[35]      ABS, 2006 Census QuickStats, www.censusdata.abs.gov.au (accessed 2 August 2007).

[36]      Submission 184, p.2 (Queensland Health).

[37]      Submission 184, p.2 (Queensland Health).

[38]      Submission 184, p.3 (Queensland Health).

[39]      Submission 184, pp.3-4 (Queensland Health).

[40]      ABS, 2006 Census QuickStats, www.censusdata.abs.gov.au (accessed 2 August 2007).

[41]      Submission 165, p.4 (SA Government).

[42]      Submission 165, pp.7-8 (SA Government).

[43]      ABS, Population Distribution, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians 2006, Cat. No. 4705.0, p.5.

[44]      Committee Hansard, 23.7.07, p.4 (Dr P Renshaw, Launceston General Hospital).

[45]      Submission 183, p.3 (Tasmanian Government).

[46]      DHHS, 'Patient Travel Assistance Scheme (PTAS)', interstate and intrastate information sheets, www.dhhs.tas.gov.au/services (accessed 14 August 2007).

[47]      Submission 183, p.4 (Tasmanian Government).

[48]      Submission 182, pp.2,5 (Victorian Government).

[49]      Submission 182, p.8 (Victorian Government).

[50]      Submission 182, p.6 (Victorian Government).

[51]      Submission 182, p.3 (Victorian Government).

[52]      ABS, 2006 Census QuickStats, www.censusdata.abs.gov.au (accessed 2 August 2007).

[53]      Submission 39, p.1 (WA Government).

[54]      Submission 39, p.2 (WA Government).

[55]      Submission 39, p.3 (WA Government).

[56]      In addition, two inquiry reports include recommendations that aim to improve travel assistance for specific consumer groups. The Senate Community Affairs Committee recommended that 'the importance of access to appropriate transport and Patient Assisted Travel Schemes for people with disabilities be reflected in the terms of the next CSTDA', Funding and operation of the Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement, February 2007, p.98. The (former) Senate Community Affairs References Committee recommended that: 'the Commonwealth Government work with State governments to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who have to give birth outside their communities by funding an accompanying family member, with funding provided through their patient transfer assistance schemes.', Rocking the Cradle – A Report into Childbirth Procedures, December 1999, p.15.

[57]      Senate Community Affairs Committee, Breaking the silence: a national voice for gynaecological cancers, October 2006, p.100.

[58]      House of Representatives Standing Committee on Primary Industries and Regional Services, Time Running Out: Shaping Regional Australia's Future, February 2000, p.326.

[59]      The Commonwealth Government, Response to the Committee's Report - Breaking the Silence: a national voice for gynaecological cancers, February 2007, https://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/committee/clac_ctte/gynaecological_cancer/gov-resp.pdf  (accessed 15 May 2007).

[60]      Radiation Oncology Jurisdictional Implementation Group Final Report, September 2003.

[61]      Australian Health Ministers' Conference Joint Communique, 'Australian Health Ministers Announce Radiotherapy Plans', Press release, 28 November 2003.

[62]      Clinical Oncological Society of Australia, Cancer Council Australia and the National Cancer Control Initiative, Optimising Cancer Care in Australia, February 2003.

[63]      Clinical Oncological Society of Australia, Cancer Council Australia and the National Cancer Control Initiative, Optimising Cancer Care in Australia, February 2003, p.xvii.

[64]      Submission 55, Attachment 1, (NRHA).

Chapter 2 - Health service delivery: Regional, rural and remote Australia

[1]        Hugo, G., 'Australia's Changing Non-metropolitan population', in Wilkinson, D. & Blue, I. (eds.) The New Rural Health, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2002, p.13.

[2]        Hugo, G., 'Australia's Changing Non-metropolitan population', in Wilkinson, D. & Blue, I. (eds.) The New Rural Health, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2002, p.13.

[3]        Hugo, G., 'Australia's Changing Non-metropolitan population', in Wilkinson, D. & Blue, I. (eds.) The New Rural Health, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 2002, p.14.

[4]        AIHW, Australia's Health 2006, p.240.

[5]        AIHW, 2003. Rural, regional and remote health: a study on mortality. AIHW cat. no. PHE 45. Canberra: AIHW (Rural Health Series no. 2), p.5.

[6]        AIHW, 2005, Rural, regional and remote health – Indicators of health. AIHW Cat. No. PHE 59. Canberra: AIHW (Rural Health Series no. 5).

[7]        AIHW, 2005, Rural, regional and remote health – Indicators of health. AIHW Cat. No. PHE 59. Canberra: AIHW (Rural Health Series no. 5), pp.8-12.

[8]        AIHW, 2005, Rural, regional and remote health – Indicators of health. AIHW Cat. No. PHE 59. Canberra: AIHW (Rural Health Series no. 5), pp.12-19.

[9]        AIHW, 2003. Rural, regional and remote health: a study on mortality. AIHW cat. no. PHE 45. Canberra: AIHW (Rural Health Series no. 2), pp.3-4.

[10]      See for example, Submission 55, p.2 (NRHA) and Submission 47, p.5 (AMA).

[11]      Submission 136, p.2 (ARRWAG).

[12]      Submission 60, p.3 (GlaxoSmithKline).

[13]      Submission 136, p.8 (ARRWAG).

[14]      Submission 109, p.11 (Cancer Council Australia).

[15]      AIHW, 2005, Rural, regional and remote health – Indicators of health. AIHW Cat. No. PHE 59. Canberra: AIHW (Rural Health Series no. 5), pp.19-20.

[16]      Submission 47, p.5 (AMA).

[17]      Submission 157, pp.10-11 (DoHA).

[18]      Submission 136, p.3 (ARRWAG).

[19]      AIHW, 2006, Australia's Health 2006, AIHW Cat. No. AUS73, Canberra: AIHW, p.328.

[20]      Submission 90, p.2 (RDAA); see also Submission 47, p.4 (AMA).

[21]      Submission 45, p.3 (ARNM).

[22]      Submission 5, p.2 (Social Issues Committee – Country Women's Association of NSW).

[23]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.67 (Mr W Atkinson, Shire of Sandstone).

[24]      Submission 96, p.2 (ANF).

[25]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.5 (Mr S Sant, RDAA).

[26]      Submission 136, p.5 (ARRWAG).

[27]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.15 (Mrs C O'Farrell, WA Country Health Service).

[28]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.66 (Mr K Pearson, Shire of Ashburton).

[29]      AIHW cited in Submission 157, p. 12 (DoHA); see also Submission 136, p.7 (ARRWAG).

[30]      Submission 54, p.3 (Leukaemia Foundation WA).

[31]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.6 (Mr S Sant, RDAA).

[32]      Submission 136, pp.3-4 (ARRWAG).

[33]      Submission 157, pp.15-16 (Department of Health and Ageing).

[34]      Submissions 150, p.1 (ACT Government); 164. p.8 (NT Government); 165, p.6 (SA Government); 182, p.2 (Victorian Government); 184, p.2 (Queensland Health).

[35]      Submissions 182, p.5 (Victorian Government); 165, p.2 (SA Government).

[36]      Submission 90, Additional information, 26.6.07 (RDAA).

[37]      Submission 136, p.5 (ARRWAG).

[38]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.6 (Mr G Gregory, NRHA).

[39]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.15 (Mrs C O'Farrell, WA Country Health Service).

[40]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.15 (Mrs C O'Farrell, WA Country Health Service).

[41]      Submission 165, p.15 (SA Government).

[42]      Submission 55, p.6 (NRHA).

[43]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.16 (Ms S Stratigos, RDAA); see also Submission 157, Answers to questions on notice, p.2 (DoHA) for information on research on the cost effectiveness of early and appropriate intervention.

[44]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.5 (Ms S Stratigos, RDAA).

[45]      Committee Hansard, 6.8.07, p.3 (Dr E Roos, Southern Queensland Rural Division of General Practice).

[46]      Submission 188, p.23 (NSW Health); see also Submission 183, p.6 (Tasmanian Government).

Chapter 3 - Pats design and administration

[1]        Submission 27, p.2 (Cancer Voices WA).

[2]        Submission 45, p.3 (Australian Rural Nurses & Midwives).

[3]        Submission 109, p.8 (Cancer Council Australia).

[4]        WA Department of Health, Engaging Rural Doctors Final Report 2007, pp.11, 31.

[5]        WA Department of Health, Engaging Rural Doctors Final Report 2007, pp.11, 31.

[6]        For example, see Committee Hansard, 6.8.07, p.4 (Dr E Roos, Southern Queensland Rural Division of General Practice); Submissions 31, p.1 (Isolated Children's Parents' Association of NSW); 34, p.12 (Hay Shire Council); 69, p.4 (Health Consumers of Rural and Remote Australia); 103, p.3 (Queensland Rural Women's Network).

[7]        Submission 4, p.1 (Yorke Peninsula Division of General Practice).

[8]        Submission 31, p.4 (Isolated Children's Parents' Association of NSW).

[9]        Submission p.2 (Southern Queensland Rural Division of General Practice).

[10]      Submission 124, p.1 (Mrs C McLean).

[11]      Submission 50, p.10 (Palliative Care Australia).

[12]      Committee Hansard, 6.8.07, p.4 (Dr E Roos, Southern Queensland Rural Division of General Practice); see also Submission 15, p.2 (Narrandera Local Health and Golden Cluster Health Advisory Committees).

[13]      Submission 123, p.2 (Ms N Wells).

[14]      Submission 83, p.2 (Tullawon Health Service).

[15]      Submission 31, p.1 (Isolated Children's Parents' Association of NSW).

[16]      Submission 50, p.11 (Palliative Care Australia).

[17]      Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.56 (Mrs A Pearson, Ronald McDonald House Westmead).

[18]      Submission 54, p.5 (Leukaemia Foundation WA).

[19]      Committee Hansard 6.8.07, p.51 (Mrs S McKiernan, Leukaemia Foundation WA).

[20]      Submission 33, p.1 (Advisory Committee for Older People).

[21]      Submission 101, p.4 (Carers WA).

[22]      Submission 31, p.4 (Isolated Children's Parents' Association of NSW).

[23]      Submission 166, p.6 (NSW Farmers Association).

[24]      Committee Hansard, 6.8.07, p.4 (Dr E Roos, Southern Queensland Rural Division of General Practice).

[25]      Submission 45, p.3 (ARNM).

[26]      Submission 87, p.4 (Australian Physiotherapy Association).

[27]      Submission 12, p.4 (Cancer Voices NSW). See also, Submission 45, p.3 (ARNM).

[28]      Committee Hansard 23.7.07, p.2 (Mr T Sanson, Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania).

[29]      Submission 12, p.4 (Cancer Voices NSW).

[30]      Submission 12, p.2 (Cancer Voices NSW).

[31]      Submission 30, p.3 (Social Work Department – Princess Margaret Hospital).

[32]      Submission 27, p.3 (Cancer Voices WA).

[33]      Submission 82, p.2 (Australian Red Cross).

[34]      Submission 65, p.2 (AMA Tasmania).

[35]      Submission 27, p.2 (Cancer voices WA).

[36]      Submission p.2 (Southern Queensland Rural Division of General Practice).

[37]      Committee Hansard, 6.8.07, p.47 (Mrs S McKiernan, Leukaemia Foundation).

[38]      Submission 40, p.2 (Albany Community Resource Agencies Network).

[39]      Submission 18, p.5 (Association of Independent Retirees).

[40]      Committee Hansard 13.7.07, p.14 (Mrs C O'Farrell, WA Country Health Service).

[41]      Submission 93, p.2 (Ingham Health Service).

[42]      See for example, Submission 83, p.3 (Tullawon Health Service).

[43]      Submission p.2 (Southern Queensland Rural Division of General Practice).

[44]      Submission 82, p.2 (Australian Red Cross).

[45]      Submission 52, p.2 (Murweh Shire Council).

[46]      Submission 116, p.1 (Ms D Mangili).

[47]      Submission 33, p.3 (Advisory Committee for Older People).

[48]      Submission 11, p.1 (SIRS).

[49]      Submission 13, p.1 (Karratha Cancer Support Group).

[50]      Submission 52, p.2 (Murweh Shire Council).

[51]      Submission 116, p.1 (Ms D Mangili); see also Submission 142, p.2 (Mr & Ms Fahl).

[52]      Submission 51, p.2 (Mallee Division of General Practice).

[53]      Committee Hansard 13.7.07, p.4 (Ms S Eslick, WA Country Health Service).

[54]      Submission 39, p.4 (WA Government).

[55]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.25 (Dr P Beaumont, AMA).

[56]      Submission 22, p.1 (Central Australian Division of Primary Health Care Inc); see also Committee Hansard 5.7.07, p.14 (Dr J Thurley, NT Divisions Network).

[57]      Submission 105, p.4 (Cancer Council Victoria).

[58]      Submission 133, p.1 (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre – Bendigo Radiotherapy Centre).

[59]      Submission 83, p.1 (Tullawon Health Service).

[60]      Submission 160, p.4 (Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation).

[61]      Submission 83, p.1 (Tullawon Health Service).

[62]      See Queensland Government, The patient travel subsidy scheme, p.3.

[63]      Committee Hansard 22.6.07, p.26 (Mrs F Armstrong, ANF).

[64]      Submission 137, p.7 (Ronald McDonald House Charities).

[65]      Submission 124, p.2 (Mrs C McLean).

[66]      Submission 10, p.4 (Association of Independent Retirees).

[67]      Submission 72, p.6 (Anglicare Tasmania).

[68]      Submission 90, p.3 (Rural Doctors Association of Australia).

[69]      Submission 5, p.2 (Social Issues Committee, CWA NSW).

[70]      Submission 15, p.1 (Narrandera Local Health and Golden Cluster Health Advisory Committees).

[71]      Submission 182, p.3 (Victorian Government).

[72]      Submission 136, p.7 (ARRWAG).

[73]      Submission 27, p.5 (Cancer Voices WA).

[74]      Submission 33, p.2 (Advisory Committee for Older People). See also Submission 136, p.7 (ARRWAG).

[75]      Submission 156, p.2 (Dr S Thrussell).

[76]      Submission 27, p.5 (Cancer Voices WA).

[77]      Submissions 33, p.2 (Advisory Committee for Older People); 51, p.3 (Mallee Division of General Practice).

[78]      Submission 18, p.6 (Association of Independent Retirees).

[79]      Submission 2, p.1 (Ms L Barry & Mr D Webster).

[80]      Committee Hansard, 6.8.07, p.3 (Dr E Roos, Southern Queensland Rural Division of General Practice).

[81]      Committee Hansard 13.7.07, p.8 (Mrs C O'Farrell, WA Country Health Service).

[82]      Committee Hansard 13.7.07, p.11 (Mr K Mills, WA Country Health Service).

[83]      Submission 47, p.8 (AMA).

[84]      Submission 109, p.17 (Cancer Council Australia).

[85]      Submission 109, p.17 (Cancer Council Australia).

[86]      Submission 27, p.4.( Cancer Council WA).

[87]      Submission 4, p.1 (Yorke Peninsula Division of General Practice).

[88]      Submission 33, p.2 (Advisory Committee for Older People).

[89]      Submission 4, p.1 (Yorke Peninsula Division of General Practice).

[90]      Submission 47, p.8 (AMA).

[91]      Submissions 33, p.2 (Advisory Committee for Older People); see also Committee Hansard 22.6.07, p.26 (Mrs F Armstrong, ANF).

[92]      Submission 47, p.8 (AMA).

[93]      Submission  103, p.6 (Qld Rural Women's Network).

[94]      Submission  31, p.5. See also Submission  45, p.6 (ARNM).

[95]      Submission  39, p.6 (WA Government) and Submission  188, p.15 (NSW Health).

[96]      Submission  39, p.6 (WA Government).

[97]      Submission 55, Attachment, p.11 (NRHA).

[98]      Submission 12, p.4 (Cancer Voices NSW).

[99]      Submission 5, p.3 (Social Issues Committee, CWA NSW).

[100]    Submission 90, p.4 (Rural Doctors Association of Australia).

[101]    Submission 30, p.2 (Social Work Department – Princess Margaret Hospital).

[102]    Submission 65, p.2 (AMA Tasmania).

[103]    Committee Hansard 5.7.07, p.41 (Mr P Campos, NT Department of Health and Community Services).

[104]    Submission 69, p.5 (HCRRA).

[105]    Submission 39, p.1 (WA Government).

[106]    Submission 184, p.7 (Queensland Health).

[107]    Submission 65, p.2 (AMA Tasmania).

[108]    Submission 126, p.1 (Ms R Hall).

[109]    Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.8 (Ms S Stuckey, GlaxoSmithKline).

[110]    Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.55 (Ms J North, Ronald McDonald House Monash).

[111]    Submission 138, p.2 (Ms C O'Brien).

[112]    Committee Hansard 13.7.07, pp.66-67 (Mr K Pearson, Shire of Ashburton).

[113]    Committee Hansard 22.6.07, p.3 (Mr S Sant, RDAA).

[114]    Submission 5, p.3 (Social Issues Committee, CWA).

[115]    Submission 4, p.2 (Yorke Peninsula Division of General Practice).

[116]    Submission 90, p.3 (Rural Doctors Association of Australia); 156, p.2 (Dr S Thrussell).

[117]    Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.11 (Mr S Sant, RDAA).

[118]    Submission 78, p.3 (Epilepsy Foundation).

[119]    Submission 109, p.8 (Cancer Council Australia).

[120]    Submission 14, p.1 (Breast Cancer Action Group NSW).

[121]    Submission 90, p.4 (Rural Doctors Association of Australia).

[122]    Submission 39, pp 2-3 (WA Government).

[123]    Submission 165, p.12 (SA Government).

[124]    Submission 188, p.12 (NSW Health).

[125]    Submissions 74, p.9 (Kimberley Aboriginal Health Planning Forum); 97, p.5 (AMSANT); 101 p.4 (Carers WA).

[126]    Submission 126, p.1 (Ms R Hall).

[127]    Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.42 (Mrs R Morton, Western District Health Service).

[128]    Submission 105, p.4 (Cancer Council Victoria).

[129]    Submission 12, p.2 (Cancer Voices NSW).

[130]    Submission 50, p.11 (Palliative Care Australia).

[131]    Submission 40, Attachment 1, (Albany Community Resource Agencies Network).

[132]    Submission 54, p.4 (Leukaemia Foundation WA).

[133]    Committee Hansard 6.8.07, p.26 (Mrs M Izatt, Frontier Services).

[134]    Committee Hansard 13.7.07, p.34 (Mr B Charlie, Health Consumers Council).

[135]    Submission 46, p.6 (Cancer Council Western Australia).

[136]    Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.59 (Ms D Dagg, Ronald McDonald House Charities).

[137]    Submission 54, p.7 (Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia).

[138]    Submission 50, p.12 (Palliative Care Australia).

[139]    Submission 54, p.7 (Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia); see also Submission 38, p.1 (Ronald McDonald House Westmead).

[140]    Submission 82, p.2 (Australian Red Cross).

[141]    Submission 36, p.1 (Mater Health Services).

[142]    Submission 90, p.5 (Rural Doctors Association of Australia).

[143]    Committee Hansard, 22.6.07 (Ms F Armstrong, Australian Nursing Federation).

[144]    Submission 90, p.4 (Rural Doctors Association of Australia).

[145]    Submission 141, p.2 (Mr D Howe).

[146]    Department of Human Services, Victorian Patient Transport Assistance Scheme, Policy Document, September 2006, p.14.

[147]    Submission 74, p.8 (Kimberley Aboriginal Health Planning Forum).

[148]    Queensland Government, Patient travel subsidy scheme, p.6.

[149]    See Submission 137, p.15 (Ronald McDonald House Charities) for a comparison of payment rates.

[150]    Submission 101, p.2 (Carers WA).

[151]    Submission 58, p.5 (Aged and Community Services Australia).

[152]    Submission 74, p.12 (Kimberley Aboriginal Health Planning Forum).

[153]    Submission 133, p.1 (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre – Bendigo Radiotherapy Centre).

[154]    Submission 74, p.8 (Kimberley Aboriginal Health Planning Forum).

[155]    Submission 188, p.12 (NSW Health).

[156]    Submission 188, p.12 (NSW Health).

[157]    Submission 59, p.3 (NCOSS).

[158]    Submission 17, p.1 (Inverell Breast Cancer Support Group); see also Committee Hansard 6.8.07 (Mrs B Moore).

[159]    Submission 91, p.1 (Cancer Voices NSW)

[160]    Submission 10, p.1 (Young Community Transport Service); see also Submission 20, p.1 (Lake Cargelligo Community Transport).

[161]    Submission 11, p.1 (Sunraysia Information & Referral Service Inc).

[162]    See for example, Submissions 33, p.1 (Advisory Committee for Older People); 69, p.5 (HCRRA); 109, p.8 (Cancer Council Australia); 166, p.7 (NSW Farmers Association).

[163]    Committee Hansard 6.8.07, p.26 (Mrs M Izatt, Frontier Services); see also Submission 78, p.3 (Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria).

[164]    Submission 54, p.7 (Leukaemia Foundation Western Australia).

[165]    Submissions 161, p.1 (Ms S Evans); 162, p.2 (Women's Health Tasmania)

[166]    Submission 35, p.1 (MFIA).

[167]    Submission 65, p.2 (AMA Tasmania).

[168]    Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.23 (Mr C Deverall, Cancer Voices WA).

Chapter 4 - Patient support and cross border issues

[1]        Committee Hansard 6.8.07, p.16 (Dr P McGrath).

[2]        See for example, Submissions 22, p.2 (Central Australian Division of Primary Health Care Inc); 69, p.5 (HCRRA).

[3]        Submission 9, p.1 (Great Southern GP Network).

[4]        Submission 58, pp.5-6 (Aged and Community Services Australia).

[5]        Submission 85, p.1 (Psyco-oncology Collaborative of the Cancer & Palliative Care Network WA); see also Submission 101, p.2 (Carers WA).

[6]        Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.38 (Ms K Thompson, Cancer Council of Australia).

[7]        Submission 156, p.2 (Dr S Thrussell).

[8]        Committee Hansard 22.6.07, p.23 (Ms F Couchman, Palliative Care Australia)

[9]        Submission 45, p.4 (Australian Rural Nurses and Midwives); see also Committee Hansard 5.7.07, p.30 (Ms M Doyle, Ngaanyatjarra Health Service).

[10]      Committee Hansard 22.6.07, p.26 (Ms F Armstrong, ANF).

[11]      Committee Hansard 6.8.07, p.31 (Ms J Petty, Mater Health Services Brisbane).

[12]      Submission 163, p.1 (Maningrida Community Health Centre).

[13]      Submission 147, p.2 (Ass Professor S Kildea).

[14]      Submission 36, p.1 (Mater Health Services).

[15]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.48 (Ms J Mace, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children).

[16]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, pp.48-49 (Ms J Mace, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children).

[17]      Submission 30, p.2 (Social Work Department – Princess Margaret Hospital); see also Committee Hansard 13.7.07, pp.48-49 (Ms J Mace, Princess Margerat Hospital).

[18]      Committee Hansard 22.6.07, p.24 (Ms J Bevan, Kidney Health Australia); 6.7.07, p.31 (Ms K Thompson, Cancer Council of Australia); 6.8.07, pp.4-5 (Dr E Roos, Southern Queensland Rural Division of General Practice).

[19]      Submission 101, p.2 (Carers WA).

[20]      Committee Hansard 22.6.07, p.26 (Ms F Armstrong, ANF).

[21]      Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.73 (Dr K Webber, ARRWAG).

[22]      Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.45 (Mrs M Withers, Mallee Division of General Practice).

[23]      Submission 39, p.4 (WA Government).

[24]      Committee Hansard 13.7.07, p.4 (Ms S Eslick, WA Country Health Services).

[25]      Committee Hansard 13.7.07, p.4 (Mrs C O'Farrell, WA Country Health Services).

[26]      Committee Hansard 5.7.07, p.52 (Mr P Campos, DHCS).

[27]      Submission 184, p.7 (Queensland Health).

[28]      Submission 165, pp.11-12 (SA Government).

[29]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.22 (Dr P Beaumont, AMA).

[30]      Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.31 (Ms K Thompson, Cancer Council of Australia).

[31]      Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.31 (Ms K Thompson, Cancer Council of Australia).

[32]      Committee Hansard 6.8.07, p.50 (Mr R Bolton-Wood, Leukaemia Foundation).

[33]      Submission 165, pp.10-11 (South Australian Government).

[34]      Committee Hansard 5.7.07, p. 50 (Mr P Campos, DHCS).

[35]      Committee Hansard 5.7.07, p.51 (Mr P Campos, DHCS).

[36]      Committee Hansard 5.7.07, p.33 (Ms M Doyle, Ngaanyatjarra Health Service).

[37]      Submission 183, p.5 (Tasmanian Government).

[38]      Submission 183, p.6 (Tasmanian Government).

[39]      Submission 111, p.1 (Mrs K Collinson).

[40]      Submission 165, p.10 (SA Government).

[41]      Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.52 (Ms R Morton, Western District Health Services); see also Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.71 (Dr K Webber, ARRWAG).

[42]      Committee Hansard 5.7.07, p.24 (Dr P Beaumont, AMA).

[43]      Committee Hansard 5.7.07, p.5 (Mrs L Locke, Bosom Buddies).

[44]      Submission 148, p.3 (The Royal Women's Hospital).

[45]      Committee Hansard 5.7.07, p.78 (Mr D Busuttil, Nganampa Health Council).

[46]      Submission 182, p.5 (Victorian Government).

[47]      Submission 164, pp.7-8 (NT Government).

[48]      Submission 109, p.15 (Cancer Council Australia).

[49]      Submission 5, p.5 (CWA NSW).

[50]      See for example, Submission 12, p.3 (Cancer Voices NSW).

Chapter 5 - Special needs groups

[1]        AIHW, Australia's Health 2006, AIHW cat.no. 73 AUS, p.222.

[2]        ABS & AIHW, The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 4704.0, 2005, p.183.

[3]        Submission 157, p.9 (Department of Health and Ageing).

[4]        Submission 164, p.4 (NT Government).

[5]        Submission 164, p.6 (NT Government).

[6]        Committee Hansard, 6.7.07, p.20 (Ms M Lawrence).

[7]        Submission 55, p.6 (National Rural Health Alliance).

[8]        Submission 164, p.5 (NT Government).

[9]        Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.61 (Mr D Lines, Katherine West Health Board).

[10]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.25 (Dr P Beaumont, AMA).

[11]      Submission 97, pp. 2-3 (AMSANT).

[12]      Committee Hansard, 6.8.07, p.18 (Dr P McGrath).

[13]      Submission 164, pp.5-6 (NT Government).

[14]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.18 (Dr D Thurley, Northern Territory Divisions Network).

[15]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.14 (Dr D Thurley, Northern Territory Divisions Network).

[16]      Submission 74, p.5 (Kimberley Aboriginal Health Planning Forum).

[17]      Submission 97, pp.3-4 (AMSANT).

[18]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.62 (Mr D Lines, Katherine West Health Board).

[19]      Submission 45, p.4 (Australian Rural Nurses and Midwives).

[20]      Committee Hansard 13.7.07, p.85 (Dr C Nelson, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council).

[21]      Submission 29, p.1 (Wurli Wurlinjang Health Service).

[22]      Submission 76, p.3 (Aboriginal Health Council of SA); see also Submission 45, p.4 (Australian Rural Nurses and Midwives).

[23]      Submission 74, p.5 (Kimberley Aboriginal Health Planning Forum).

[24]      Submission 45, p.4 (ARNA).

[25]      Department of Health, Patient Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS): 2004 Policy Guidelines, p.17.

[26]      Submission 74, p.4 (Kimberley Aboriginal Health Planning Forum).

[27]      Submission 97, p.3 (AMSANT).

[28]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.33 (Ms M Kosky, Health Consumers Council).

[29]      Committee Hansard 5.7.07, p.25 (Dr P Beaumont, AMA).

[30]      Submission 47, p.6 (AMA).

[31]      Submission 47, p.6 (AMA).

[32]      Submission 97, p.3 (AMSANT).

[33]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.75 (Mr D Busuttil, Nganampa Health Council).

[34]      Committee Hansard 13.7.07, p.40 (Mr B Charlie, Health Consumers Council).

[35]      Submission 81, p.2 (Board of Ampilatwatja Health Centre Aboriginal Corporation).

[36]      Submission 95, p.6 (Nganampa Health Council).

[37]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.62 (Mr S Heffernan, Katherine West Health Board).

[38]      Submission 74, p. 17 (Kimberly Aboriginal Health Planning Forum).

[39]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.60 (Mr S Stafford, AMSANT).

[40]      Aboriginal Hostels Limited, Annual Report 2005-2006, p.1.

[41]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.32 (Ms M Doyle, Ngaanyatjarra Health Service).

[42]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.34 (Mr B Charlie, Health Consumers Council).

[43]      Submission 3, p.5 (Katherine West Health Board).

[44]      Submission 3, p.5 (Katherine West Health Board).

[45]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.64 (Ms R Frith, Katherine West Health Board).

[46]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.87 (Dr C Nelson, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council).

[47]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.58 (Ms J Hillenbrand, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital).

[48]      Submission 3, p.29 (Katherine West Health Board).

[49]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.35 (Ms M Doyle, Ngaanyatjarra Health Service).

[50]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.59 (Mr S Stafford, AMSANT).

[51]      Committee Hansard, 5.6.07, p.57 (Mr P Campos, Department of Health and Community Services).

[52]      Committee Hansard, 5.6.07, p.57 (Dr L Firth, Department of Health and Community Services).

[53]      Committee Hansard, 5.6.07, p.42 (Mr P Campos, Department of Health and Community Services).

[54]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p. 2 (Ms M Doyle, Ngaanyatjarra Health Service).

[55]      Submission 160, p.5 (Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation).

[56]      Submission 29, p. 2 (Wurli Wurlinjang Health Service).

[57]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.70 (Mr D Lines, Katherine West Health Board).

[58]      Committee Hansard 5.7.07, p.70 (Mr S Stafford, AMSANT).

[59]      Submission 97, p.3 (AMSANT).

[60]      Submission 100, p.1 (Barambah Regional Medical Service).

[61]      Submission 160, p.3 (Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation).

[62]      Submission 98, pp.2-3 (Ms M Lawrence).

[63]      Submission 98, pp.2-3 (Ms M Lawrence).

[64]      Committee Hansard, 6.7.07, p.21 (Ms M Lawrence).

[65]      Submission 98. Additional Information, 16.9.07 (Ms M Lawrence).

[66]      Submission 39, p.5 (WA Government).

[67]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.4 (Ms C O'Farrell, WACHS).

[68]      Submission 58, p.6 (Aged and Community Services Australia).

[69]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.67 (Mr S Heffernan, Katherine West Health Board).

[70]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.61 (Mr S Stafford, AMSANT).

[71]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.63 (Mr R Blackburn, Urapuntja Health Service).

[72]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.67 (Mr S Heffernan, Katherine West Health Board).

[73]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.75 (Mr D Busuttil, Nganampa Health Council).

[74]      Submission 58, p.6 (Aged and Community Services Australia).

[75]      Submission 76, p.9 (Aboriginal Heath Council of SA).

[76]      Submission 182, p.10 (Victorian Government).

[77]      Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/wcms/publishing.nsf/Content/Indigenous+Health-1lp (accessed 17.9.07).

[78]      Submission 147, pp.1-2 (Assoc. Prof. S Kildea).

[79]      Submission 147, p.3 (Assoc. Prof. S Kildea).

[80]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.2 (Mr G Gregory, NRHA).

[81]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.25 (Dr P Beaumont, AMA).

[82]      Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Preventative Healthcare and Strengthening Australia's Social and Economic Framework, January 2005, p.14.

[83]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.5 (Mr S Sant, Rural Doctors Association of Australia).

[84]      Submission 137, p.7 (Ronald McDonald Charities).

[85]      PATS for Christmas and Cocos Island is administered by the Commonwealth Department of Transport and Regional Services.

[86]      Submission 70, p.11 (CA Thompson & Associates).

[87]      Submission 70, p.10 (CA Thompson & Associates).

[88]      House of Representative Standing Committee on Health and Ageing, Inquiry into long-term strategies to address the ageing of the Australian population over the next 40 years, March 2005. pp.56-57.

[89]      Submission 32, p.3 (National Aged Care Alliance).

[90]      Submission 58, p.6 (Aged & Community Services Australia).

[91]      Submission 58, p.3 (Aged & Community Services Australia).

[92]      Committee Hansard, 6.7.07, p.10 (Dr P Ford, National Aged Care Alliance).

[93]      Submission 32, p.6 (National Aged Care Alliance).

[94]      Submission 32, p.9 (National Aged Care Alliance).

[95]      Submission 58, p.5 (Aged & Community Services Australia).

[96]      National Health Priority Action Council (NHPAC) (2006), National Chronic Disease Strategy, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, p.32.

[97]      Committee Hansard, 6.7.07, p.26 (Dr Wei Leng Kwok, Breast Cancer Network Australia).

[98]      Submission 68, p.9 (Kidney Health Australia).

[99]      Submission 68, p.3 (Kidney Health Australia).

[100]    Submission 68, p. 5 (Kidney Health Australia).

Chapter 6 - Improving and integrating services

[1]        Submission 38, p.3 (Ronald McDonald House – Westmead).

[2]        Submission 56, p.7 (Cancer Voices Australia).

[3]        Submission 165, p.14 (SA Government).

[4]        Submission 38, p.2 (Ronald McDonald House – Westmead).

[5]        Submission 82, p.1 (Australian Red Cross).

[6]        Submission 122, p.2 (Mr P Hughes).

[7]        Submission 12, p.5 (Cancer Voices NSW).

[8]        Submission 5, p.5 (Social Issues Committee CWA).

[9]        Submission 49, p.2 (Let's Get Connect Gippsland East Transport Connections).

[10]      Submission 69, p.9 (Health Consumers of Rural and Remote Australia).

[11]      Submission 44, p.2 (Queensland Breast Cancer Association).

[12]      Submission 36, p.1 (Mater Health Services).

[13]      Submission 89, p.5 (Leukaemia Foundation).

[14]      Submission 137, p.3 (Ronald McDonald House Charities).

[15]      Submission 166, p.11 (NSW Farmers Association).

[16]      Submission 137, p.3 (Ronald McDonald House Charities).

[17]      Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.54 (Ms D Dagg, Ronald McDonald House Charities).

[18]      Submission 82, p.2 (Australian Red Cross).

[19]      Committee Hansard 6.7.07, p.57 (Ms N Boyd, Ronald McDonald House Charities).

[20]      Submission 56, p.7 (Cancer Voices Australia).

[21]      Submission 59, p.5 (NCOSS).

[22]      See for example, Submissions 5, 7, 18, 26, 29, 31, 40, 43, 46, 47, 49, 53, 73, 87, 89, 96, 103, 104, 107, 108, 115, 141, 166, 173.

[23]      Submission 136, p.7 (ARRWAG).

[24]      Committee Hansard, 6.8.07, p.6 (Dr E Roos, Southern Queensland Rural Division of General Practice).

[25]      Submission 73, p.4 (International Program of Psychosocial Health Research, Central Queensland University).

[26]      Committee Hansard, 6.8.07, p. 23 (Dr P McGrath, Central Queensland University).

[27]      Submission 104, p.3 (Country Women's Association of Australia).

[28]      Committee Hansard 22.6.07, p.22 (Mr G Gregory, National Rural Health Alliance).

[29]      Submission 43, p.2 (Denmark Health Service).

[30]      Submission 18, p.5 (Association of Independent Retirees).

[31]      Submission 31, p.6 (Isolated Children's Parents' Association of NSW).

[32]      Submission 47, p.4 (Australian Medical Association).

[33]      Submission 157, p.18 (Department of Health and Ageing).

[34]      Submission 188, p.6 (NSW Health).

[35]      Submission 165, pp.13-14 (South Australian Government).

[36]      Submission 184, p.8 (Queensland Health).

[37]      For example see Submission 43, p.2 (Denmark Health Service).

[38]      Submission 49, p.4 (Let's Get Connected Gippsland East Transport Project).

[39]      Committee Hansard 22.6.07, p.24 (Ms F Couchman, Palliative Care Australia).

[40]      Submission 47, p.9 (AMA).

[41]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, pp.21-22 (Mr S Sant, Rural Doctors Association of Australia).

[42]      For example see Submission 30, p.5 (Princess Margaret Hospital); Submission 43, p.2 (Denmark Health Service).

[43]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.39 (Ms J George, ACT Health).

[44]      Submission 97, p.4 (AMSANT).

[45]      Submission 163, p.2 (Maningrida Community Health Centre).

[46]      Submission 160, p.6 (Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation).

[47]      Submission 16, p.1 (Dr J Preddy).

[48]      Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.79 (Mr P Quinlivan, Ampilatwatja Health).

Chapter 7 - Reforming patient assisted travel schemes

[1]        Submission 69, p.5 (Health Consumers of Rural and Remote Australia).

[2]        Submission 55, p.2 (NRHA).

[3]        Submission  90, p.2 (Rural Doctors Association of Australia), See also Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, p.2 (Mrs L Reilly, Bosom Buddies NT) and Submission  30, p.1 (Social Work Department, Princess Margaret Hospital).

[4]        Submission 109, p.14 (Cancer Council Australia). See also Submission 158, p.1 (Tom Price Hospital Action Group).

[5]        Submission 46, p.4 (Cancer Council WA).

[6]        Committee Hansard, 5.7.07, pp 22-23 (Dr P Beaumont, AMA).

[7]        Submission 166, p.4 (NSW Farmers Association).

[8]        Submission 82, p.2 (Australian Red Cross).

[9]        Submission 47, p.4 (AMA).

[10]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.40 (Ms M Cahill, ACT Health).

[11]      Submission 45, p.1 (ARNM).

[12]      Submission 39, p.3. See also Submission 136, p.6 (ARRWAG).

[13]      Submission 47, p.3 (AMA).

[14]      Submission 150, p.1 (ACT Government).

[15]      Submission 164, p.4 (NT Government).

[16]      Submission 182, p.3 (Victorian Government).

[17]      Submission 182, p.3 (Victorian Government).

[18]      Submission 188, p.23 (NSW Health).

[19]      The 200km limit was a feature of the former Commonwealth Scheme, IPTAAS.

[20]      Submission 182, p.4 (Victorian Government).

[21]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.5 (Mrs C O'Farrell, WA Country Health Service).

[22]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.2 (Mr G Gregory, NRHA).

[23]      Submission 109, p.2 (Cancer Council Australia).

[24]      See for example, Submissions 12, p.1 (Cancer Voices NSW), 137, p. 11 (Ronald McDonald House Charities) and 55, p.10 (NRHA).

[25]      Submission 69, p.6 (Health Consumers of Rural and Remote Australia).

[26]      Submission 136, p.6 (ARRWAG).

[27]      Submission 5, p.2 (Country Women's Association of NSW).

[28]      Submission 90, p.6 (RDAA).

[29]      Submission 39, p.3 (WA Government).

[30]      Submission 188, p.23 (NSW Health).

[31]      Submission 12, pp1-3 (Cancer Voices NSW). See also, Submissions 14 and 18.

[32]      Submission 55, p.3 (NRHA).

[33]      The National Rural Health Policy Sub-Committee provides advice to AHMAC on rural and remote health policy issues. The Sub-Committee is responsible for overseeing progress against the goals of the Healthy Horizons Framework.

[34]      Submission 157, p.16 (DoHA).

[35]      Submission 55, p.10 (NRHA).

[36]      Submission 55, p.4 (NRHA).

[37]      Submission 5, p.5 (Country Women's Association of NSW).

[38]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.10 (Mr S Sant, RDAA).

[39]      Submission 109, p.2 (Cancer Council Australia).

[40]      See for example, Submissions 47, p.2 (AMA); 57, p.5 (Health Consumers' Council WA) and 136 (ARRWAG).

[41]      Submission 55, p.2 (NRHA).

[42]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.16 (Ms S Stratigos, RDAA).

[43]      See for example, Submissions 6, p.2 (Frontier Services); 1, p.1 (Miss J Andrew, Marree Health Service), 103, p.6 (Qld Rural Women's Network) and 159, p.2 (Australian General Practice Network).

[44]      Submission 55, p.3 (NRHA).

[45]      Submission 184, p.7 (Queensland Health).

[46]      Submission 1, p.1 (Miss J Andrew).

[47]      Submission 34, p.2 (Hay Shire Council).

[48]      Submissions 6, p.2 (Frontier Services); 25, p.3 (Southern Queensland Rural Division of General Practice).

[49]      Submission 59, p.5 (NCOSS).

[50]      Submission 83, p.2 (Tullawon Health Service).

[51]      Submission 94, p.2 (Kakadu Health Service).

[52]      Submission 31, p.5 (Isolated Children's Parents' Association of NSW).

[53]      Submission 78, p.2 (Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria).

[54]      Submission 127, p.1 (Child &Adolescent Mental Health Services Rural & Remote Network).

[55]      Submission 5, p.3 (Social Issues Committee, CWA NSW).

[56]      Submission 8, p.4 (Bosom Buddies NT).

[57]      Submission 5, p.3 (Social Issues Committee, CWA NSW).

[58]      See for example, Submissions 61, p.2 (Shire of Sandstone, WA); 47, p.7 (AMA); 31, p.4 (ICPA-NSW).

[59]      See for example, Submissions 47, pp 7-8 (AMA); 90, Additional Information, p.7 (RDAA).

[60]      Submission 90, p.3 (RDAA).

[61]      Submission 162, p.1 (Women's Health Tasmania).

[62]      Submission 19, p.1 (Marie Stopes International); see also Submission 84, (Pregnancy Advisory-Centre – Central Northern Adelaide Health Service).

[63]      Submission 12, p.3 (Cancer Voices NSW).

[64]      Submission 105, p.3. (Cancer Council Victoria).

[65]      Submission 109, p.8 (Cancer Council Australia).

[66]      Submission 12, p.3 (Cancer Voices NSW).

[67]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.49 (Professor D Currow, Cancer Australia).

[68]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.49 (Professor D Currow, Cancer Australia).

[69]      Submission 157, p.8 (Department of Health and Ageing).

[70]      Submission 6, p.2 (Frontier Services).

[71]      Submission  154, p.3 (Ms Callabro-Rowse). See also Submissions 44, p.2 (The Breast Cancer Association of Qld) and 60a, p.71 (GlaxoSmithKline).

[72]      Submission 165, p.3 (SA Government).

[73]      Submission 165, p.9 (SA Government).

[74]      Submission 39, p.5 (WA Government).

[75]      Submission 184, p.7 (Queensland Health).

[76]      Submission 182, p.9 (Victorian Government).

[77]      Submission 188, p.24 (NSW Health).

[78]      Submission 188, p.24 (NSW Health).

[79]      Submission 39, p.5 (WA Government).

[80]      Submission 184, p.7 (Queensland Health).

[81]      Submission 183, p.6 (Tasmanian Government).

[82]      Submission 164, p.5 (NT Government).

[83]      Submission 55, p.8 (NRHA).

[84]      Submission 73, p.5 (International Program of Psychosocial Health Research, Central Queensland University).

[85]      Submission 55, p. 3 (NRHA). See also for example Submissions 6, p. 1 (Frontier Services); 65, p.1 (AMA Tasmania); and 109, p.2 (The Cancer Council Australia).

[86]      Submission 165, p.10 (SA Government).

[87]      Committee Hansard, 6.8.07, p.13 (Dr P McGrath, Central Queensland University).

[88]      Committee Hansard, 6.8.07, p.13 (Dr P McGrath, Central Queensland University). See also Submission 189, p.2 (Childhood Cancer Support Inc.).

[89]      Committee Hansard, 13.7.07, p.8 (Mrs C O'Farrell, WA Country Health Service).

[90]      Submission 55, p.7 (NRHA).

[91]      Submission 55, p.7 (NRHA).

[92]      Submission 109, p.2 (Cancer Council Australia).

[93]      Submission 57, p.4 (Health Consumers' Council WA).

[94]      See for example, Submission 55, p.7 (NRHA).

[95]      Submission 157, Additional Information, p.1 (Department of Health and Ageing).

[96]      Submission 184, p.8 (Queensland Health).

[97]      Submission 150, p.2 (ACT Government).

[98]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.18 (Mr G Gregory, NRHA).

[99]      Committee Hansard, 22.6.07, p.18 (Mr S Sant, RDAA).

[100]    COAG, Council of Australian Governments Communique – 10.2.06, (accessed 4.9.07).