Goldstein Media Releases

National Ride2School Day

Article Categories: Goldstein Media Releases, Health, Community

National Ride2School Day – 22 March – Parents urged to help reinvigorate the journey to school   Starting the day with some regular exercise can help stave off preventable diseases like diabetes and obesity and the younger you start the better.   To spread the message, Federal Member for Goldstein, Andrew Robb, has thrown ... read more »

Gillard's Hospital Funding Debacle Not Sustainable

Article Categories: Goldstein Media Releases, Health

GILLARD’S HOSPITAL FUNDING DEBACLE NOT SUSTAINABLE The Gillard government has been forced into an embarrassing back down over funding cuts which threatened to blow out elective surgery waiting lists at Sandringham Hospital. Not only must funding be immediately reinstated to our local hospitals, but the Gillard government must also commi... read more »

Mental Health Forum in Bentleigh

Article Categories: Goldstein Media Releases, Health, Community

MENTAL HEALTH FORUM IN BENTLEIGH   Andrew Robb, Federal Member for Goldstein was pleased to hold a mental health forum on Tuesday 19th February, and thanked the Shadow Minister for Mental Health, Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells for taking part.   Mr Robb said the forum not only gave the local mental health practitioners the chance ... read more »

LATEST GILLARD GOVERNMENT PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE WILL PUT MORE PRESSURE ON BAYSIDE AND GLEN EIRA HOUSEHOLDS

Article Categories: Goldstein Media Releases, Health

Monday, 11 February 2013 LATEST GILLARD GOVERNMENT PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE WILL PUT MORE PRESSURE ON BAYSIDE AND GLEN EIRA HOUSEHOLDS The latest decision of the Gillard Government to increase private health insurance premiums by 5.6% will drive even more people out of private health insurance says Andrew Robb, Member for Goldstein. ... read more »

Adjournment - Catherine Jenner and Pompe Disease

Article Categories: Speeches, Health

 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ADJOURNMENT Pompe Disease   Tuesday, 11 September 2012 BY AUTHORITY OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr ROBB (Goldstein) (22:19): Tonight I would like to raise the plight of Catherine Jenner, a young woman from Cheltenham, which is in my electorate of Goldstein. This mother of two is just one of 25 peopl... read more »

Exercise your mood in September and raise awareness of depression

Article Categories: Goldstein Media Releases, Health, Personal

Exercise your mood in September and raise awareness of depression Andrew Robb Member for Goldstein and an Ambassador for the Black Dog Institute wants everyone in the Bayside/Glen Eira area to participate in the Exercise Your Mood campaign, being held across Australia in September.   Coordinated by the Black Dog Institute, Exercise your Moo... read more »

Desperate Last Minute Labor Scare Campaign on PBS

Article Categories: Portfolio Media Releases, Health, The Economy, Community, Funding

Labor are desperately lying at the last minute about the effect of the Coalition’s spending management measures upon the PBS. Contrary to Labor’s false claims: There will be no change to the PBS; These measures will not increase the costs of pharmaceuticals to seniors; These measures will not remove or alter current access to drug... read more »

Health Premiums to Rise Due to Labor's $300 Million Medibank Private Raid

Article Categories: Portfolio Media Releases, Health, The Economy, Community, Funding

The revelation that Labor intends to pillage Medibank Private confirms that Labor has no plans to end the waste, repay the debt and stop the reckless spending other than taxing, borrowing, and now raiding government instrumentalities. It’s the same tactic State Labor Governments have used to rip dividends out of their electricity and water authori... read more »

Gillard's $300 Million Raid on Medibank Private

Article Categories: Portfolio Media Releases, Health, The Economy, Funding

Julia Gillard is raiding Medibank Private to pay for her reckless spending spree – announcing she will order Medibank Private to make a one off dividend payment of $300 million to fund her latest round of irresponsible promises. Taking $300 million out of Medibank Private can only have one result – higher health insurance premiums for families. L... read more »

Opinion Piece: Andrew Robb; the black dog state for years before I got help

Article Categories: Articles of Interest, Health, Personal

Although I didn’t know what it was, my first recollection of having some type of condition which affected my ability to properly function in the morning was as a 12-year-old. This now makes perfect sense considering about 75% first manifest between early adolescence and age 25. I would feel very negative, lacked confidence and just wanted to stay ... read more »