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Media releases

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Listed below are media releases relating to vaccines, immunisation and the Immunise Australia Program for the years 2004 - 2006.

Click on a title to view the media release. All media releases are available on the Minister for Health and Ageing’s website.

2006

16 August: Funding to boost immunisation outcomes

13 April: Government acts to maintain Q fever vaccine supplies

21 March: Free flu and pneumococcal vaccine for older Australians

2005

14 December: Reminder to parents - don't forget your child's free pneumococcal vaccination

1 November: Free chickenpox vaccine from 1 November

21 October: Immunisation advisers appointed

28 June: Government provides free hepatitis A vaccine to Indigenous children

7 March: Government to extend free vaccination program

14 March: Government childhood immunisation programs

14 February: Free pneumococcal vaccine available for young and senior Australians

28 January: Government encourages parents to vaccinate children against meningococcal disease

2004

7 December: Free pneumococcal vaccine from 1 January 2005

11 June: Commonwealth Government to provide Pneumococcal vaccine for both young and old

14 May: GP Immunisation Incentives Scheme

10 March: Free influenza vaccinations for people aged 65 years plus

Page last modified: 22 August, 2006