Australian chemists present new research findings at Pacifichem 2000
... ... ...Click for Abstract 3....British conservatives should beware of Australian health service reforms
Australia is held up as a model of how to increase use of private health care in the United Kingdom. But experts in this week's BMJ warn that the effects of its reforms are not all beneficial and ask what can British and European conservatives learn from an Australian colleague who has deliberately sought to enhance the role of the private sector?...... The Australian prime minister, John Howard,...Australian 'mud football' game sickens players
Participants in a charity "mud football" competition in Western Australia didn't just get exercise and entertainment more than one-quarter of the players went to the emergency room the next day with infected wounds, according to a study in the April 15 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, now available online. ... ...The players suffered from infections by Aeromonas hydrophila, a type of ba...Document destruction practices obliterate tobacco company defenses in critical Australian decision
McCabe v. BAT ...An Australian grandmother dying from lung cancer and suing British American Tobacco (BAT) was awarded $700,000 (Australian or about $375,000 US) by a Melbourne jury. The jury only considered the amount of damages and not any liability questions because the trial judge found that BAT's document destruction activities made a fair trial impossible.... ...CASE BACKGROUND ...Rolah An...