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Media Releases
- PCA farewells CEO Liz Callaghan - 06 November 2018 (pdf - 349 KB)
- Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at the end of life - 16 October 2018 (pdf - 171 KB)
- Multilingual resources to support paediatric palliative care now available - 13 October 2018 (pdf - 126 KB)
- Online art competition to showcase what matters most - 03 October 2018 (pdf - 129 KB)
- Royal Commission needs to investigate quality of palliative care in aged care - 27 September 2018 (pdf - 356 KB)
- Royal Commission into aged care sector must examine palliative care provision - 17 September 2018 (pdf - 358 KB)
- Improving Understanding of Grief and Bereavement - 08 August 2018 (pdf - 348 KB)
- Discussing organ and tissue donation is a priority in end-of-life conversations - 01 August 2018 (pdf - 121 KB)
- Palliative Care Australia promotes My Health Record Expansion Program - 18 July 2018 (pdf - 368 KB)
- Investment needed in palliative care workforce as demand increases - 23 May 2018 (pdf - 362 KB)
- Holistic approach to palliative care required for consumers and carers - 22 May 2018 (pdf - 378 KB)
- National Palliative Care Week launch 2018 - 21 May 2018 (pdf - 347 KB)
- National survey shows majority of Australians not prepared for end of life - 20 May 2018 (pdf - 356 KB)
- Budget shows palliative care should be core business in aged care - 08 May 2018 (pdf - 338 KB)
- Review of MBS items for palliative care needed - 01 May 2018 (pdf - 346 KB)
- Advance care planning should be a priority for all Australians - 19 April 2018 (pdf - 407 KB)
- Palliative Care Australia welcomes new Aged Care Safety and Quality Commission - 19 April 2018 (pdf - 352 KB)
- Palliative Care Australia commits to Reconciliation Action Plan on Close the Gap Day - 15 March 2018 (pdf - 357 KB)
- Palliative Care Australia launches two key documents to improve palliative care for all Australians - 27 February 2018 (pdf - 358 KB)
- New resources to support children with life-limiting illnesses and their families - 23 January 2018 (pdf - 352 KB)
- Palliative care must be prioritised after historic euthanasia vote - 22 November 2017 (pdf - 349 KB)
- Every Australian must have access to palliative care - 20 October 2017 (pdf - 345 KB)
- Minister for Health announces $5.5 million for Palliative Care Australia over next three years - 17 October 2017 (pdf - 350 KB)
- Dying to Talk in the Bush: PCA and RFDS project announcement - 17 October 2017 (pdf - 446 KB)
- Palliative Care Australia National Awards 2017 winners announced at gala dinner - 08 September 2017 (pdf - 379 KB)
- Keynote speakers available for interview at 2017 Australian Palliative Care Conference - 05 September 2017 (pdf - 353 KB)
- ‘Connection with Community’ Art Competition Winners Announced - 30 August 2017 (pdf - 397 KB)
- 38 scholarships to assist aged care workforce to learn about palliative care - 31 July 2017 (pdf - 348 KB)
- Economic Research Proves Palliative Care is Value for Money - 24 July 2017 (pdf - 450 KB)
- Acknowledgement of need to better resource palliative care welcomed - 05 June 2017 (pdf - 345 KB)
- Australian Palliative Care Conference Program Released - 29 May 2017 (pdf - 354 KB)
- New scholarships to assist aged care workforce to learn about palliative care - 29 May 2017 (pdf - 346 KB)
- Art Competition creates connection with communities - 27 May 2017 (pdf - 352 KB)
- Technology helping to create connection in communities - 26 May 2017 (pdf - 347 KB)
- Spiritual care is integral to palliative care in aged care - 24 May 2017 (pdf - 367 KB)
- National health statistics highlight inequitable access to palliative care - 24 May 2017 (pdf - 351 KB)
- Respecting and meeting end-of-life care needs in residential aged care - 23 May 2017 (pdf - 407 KB)
- Minister for Health Launches Online Dying to Talk Resources - 23 May 2017 (pdf - 355 KB)
- National Palliative Care Week to Celebrate Aged Care - 21 May 2017 (pdf - 355 KB)
- New survey shows Australians don’t plan for the end - 19 May 2017 (pdf - 416 KB)
- Role of PHN’s in coordinating end-of-life care boosted - 09 May 2017 (pdf - 361 KB)
- Palliative Care Australia recognises the tireless efforts of volunteers - 08 May 2017 (pdf - 385 KB)
- Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to talk about their end-of-life care - 28 March 2017 (pdf - 377 KB)
- PCA calls for better Indigenous palliative care access - 16 March 2017 (pdf - 473 KB)
- National Palliative Care Week 2017 to Focus on Aged Care - 07 March 2017 (pdf - 382 KB)
- 2017 Australian Palliative Care Conference opens for abstracts and registration - 06 February 2017 (pdf - 372 KB)
- New online resource to support people with metastatic breast cancer - 04 February 2017 (pdf - 371 KB)
- Palliative Care Australia welcomes new Health Minister - 18 January 2017 (pdf - 348 KB)
- Palliative Care Australia acknowledges Sussan Ley’s work in end-of-life care - 16 January 2017 (pdf - 351 KB)
Archive
2016
- New President for Palliative Care Australia - 13 December 2016 (pdf - 353 KB)
- PCA releases its 2017 Pre-Budget Submission - 06 December 2016 (pdf - 354 KB)
- Palliative care in the ‘right place, at the right time’ - 05 December 2016 (pdf - 353 KB)
- AMA support for palliative care welcome - 24 November 2016 (pdf - 352 KB)
- Palliative Care Australia Wins Marion Seal Award - 16 November 2016 (pdf - 351 KB)
- New Best Practice in Breast Cancer Statement Highlights Early Access to Palliative Care - 24 October 2016 (pdf - 383 KB)
- Supporting carers through the development of an innovative app - 17 October 2016 (pdf - 352 KB)
- World Hospice and Palliative Care Day - 07 October 2016 (pdf - 346 KB)
- ‘Life in Death’ Art Competition Winners Announced - 05 October 2016 (pdf - 420 KB)
- Access to Quality Palliative Care a High Priority - 22 September 2016 (pdf - 341 KB)
- People with Alzheimer’s need more palliative care support - 21 September 2016 (pdf - 351 KB)
- Parliamentarians Receive Education About Palliative Care - 13 September 2016 (pdf - 343 KB)
- Health Care Homes must include palliative care - 24 August 2016 (pdf - 349 KB)
- Building a community of care for people at the end of their lives - 04 August 2016 (pdf - 358 KB)
- Palliative Care Australia Welcomes Turnbull Government’s Health Team - 18 July 2016 (pdf - 420 KB)
- Greens Pledge $76 million for better palliative care - 27 May 2016 (pdf - 379 KB)
- Talking about dying is vital for those with chronic illness - 26 May 2016 (pdf - 354 KB)
- Palliative Care: Aged Care Missing Out - 25 May 2016 (pdf - 526 KB)
- $35 million to support dying at home - 24 May 2016 (pdf - 351 KB)
- Talking about dying, won’t kill anyone - 24 May 2016 (pdf - 357 KB)
- Art Competition Bringing Death to Life - 23 May 2016 (pdf - 358 KB)
- Palliative Care on World Health Assembly Agenda - 23 May 2016 (pdf - 352 KB)
- Palliative Care Benefits Australians with Chronic Illnesses - 22 May 2016 (pdf - 349 KB)
- Quality of Life: Important to the End - 18 May 2016 (pdf - 362 KB)
- PCA applauds Australia’s nurses on International Nurses Day - 12 May 2016 (pdf - 495 KB)
- PCA Welcomes report on Burden of Disease Study - 10 May 2016 (pdf - 505 KB)
- Health budget needs close monitoring - 03 May 2016 (pdf - 562 KB)
- Health Care Homes welcomed for people needing palliative care - 31 March 2016 (pdf - 494 KB)
- Close the gap on palliative care - 17 March 2016 (pdf - 491 KB)
- Australia needs to better support family carers - 25 February 2016 (pdf - 425 KB)
- Palliative care now has two supporters in Federal Cabinet - 25 February 2016 (pdf - 419 KB)
- MND Australia report shows need for improved access to palliative care - 24 February 2016 (pdf - 429 KB)
- Cultivation laws provide certainty in supply - 10 February 2016 (pdf - 422 KB)
2015
- Coping with grief in the festive season - 15 December 2015 (pdf - 420 KB)
- Medicinal cannabis regulatory changes a step in the right direction - 02 December 2015 (pdf - 423 KB)
- Budget wishes for palliative care - 24 November 2015 (pdf - 494 KB)
- Talking about death and dying important - 09 November 2015 (pdf - 492 KB)
- Private health insurance consultation valuable - 29 October 2015 (pdf - 419 KB)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health plan a good step forward - 22 October 2015 (pdf - 494 KB)
- Toolkit to help secondary breast cancer patients navigate palliative care - 14 October 2015 (pdf - 427 KB)
- New film celebrates diverse roles of palliative care - 10 October 2015 (pdf - 431 KB)
- Recognising the patients who miss out on palliative care - 09 October 2015 (pdf - 437 KB)
- Social media – breaking down palliative care barriers - 09 October 2015 (pdf - 503 KB)
- Helping dying patients made easier - 09 October 2015 (pdf - 498 KB)
- Gender and sexuality should not be barriers to quality healthcare - 08 October 2015 (pdf - 494 KB)
- Access to palliative care makes Australia a good place to die - 07 October 2015 (pdf - 495 KB)
- New health ministry broadens focus on care - 30 September 2015 (pdf - 423 KB)
- Recognising the value of palliative care – AIHW report - 23 September 2015 (pdf - 498 KB)
- Three Ministers with a focus on health welcomed - 21 September 2015 (pdf - 420 KB)
- Alzheimer’s sufferers need better access to palliative care - 21 September 2015 (pdf - 421 KB)
- What we don’t know might hurt us – the medicinal cannabis debate - 15 September 2015 (pdf - 420 KB)
- Palliative care workers challenged to change Australia’s cultural taboo around dying - 04 September 2015 (pdf - 493 KB)
- Australian palliative care workers recognised - 04 September 2015 (pdf - 495 KB)
- Australian project building palliative care capacity in India - 04 September 2015 (pdf - 421 KB)
- Emerging researcher making a difference in palliative care - 04 September 2015 (pdf - 422 KB)
- WA social worker named palliative care Emerging Leader - 04 September 2015 (pdf - 421 KB)
- Teamwork a priority in award winning palliative care service - 04 September 2015 (pdf - 423 KB)
- Social media expert encourages palliative care professionals to log on - 03 September 2015 (pdf - 494 KB)
- Diverse issues discussed at Australia’s largest palliative care conference - 02 September 2015 (pdf - 497 KB)
- Talking about dying still difficult for health professionals - 02 September 2015 (pdf - 529 KB)
- Continuing to work may be important at end of life - 24 August 2015 (pdf - 606 KB)
- Yes I am dying, but I am a person, not a disease - 17 August 2015 (pdf - 557 KB)
- Dementia funding catalyst for better care and understanding - 07 August 2015 (pdf - 466 KB)
- Indigenous palliative care the focus of 2015 Ian Maddocks Lecture - 07 August 2015 (pdf - 471 KB)
- Health insurance no guarantee Australians can access end of life care - 14 July 2015 (pdf - 467 KB)
- Investment in nursing bodes well for access to palliative care - 03 July 2015 (pdf - 456 KB)
- Palliative Care Australia announces inaugural national awards - 02 July 2015 (pdf - 467 KB)
- New statement aims to improve palliative care delivery in hospitals - 28 May 2015 (pdf - 477 KB)
- Educating all health workers in end of life is vital - 27 May 2015 (pdf - 454 KB)
- Guide to your social media afterlife launched - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 504 KB)
- Patient choice key to a good death - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 414 KB)
- Lone Pines recognise connection of hospice and veterans - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 461 KB)
- A better deal needed for palliative care services in rural Australia - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 378 KB)
- Survey signals support for medicinal cannabis in Australia - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 531 KB)
- One trivia night to unite all - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 550 KB)
- Palliative care lost in Budget spending - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 472 KB)
- Government move supports living and dying well - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 466 KB)
- Palliative Care congratulates Senator Di Natale on Greens leadership - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 466 KB)
- Identifying ‘goals of care’ will help Aussies die better - 26 May 2015 (pdf - 469 KB)
- Special payments to GPs for palliative care questioned - 26 May 2015 ( - )
- Palliative Care important for kidney patients - 26 March 2015 (pdf - 466 KB)
- Closing the gap on Palliative Care remains a challenge - 19 March 2015 (pdf - 466 KB)
- PCA supports moves to legalise medicinal cannabis - 18 March 2015 (pdf - 467 KB)
- 40,000 Aussie 100+ years old will put pressure on palliative care - 05 March 2015 (pdf - 468 KB)
- Terminally ill children should not be missing out on quality palliative care - 12 February 2015 (pdf - 458 KB)
- Continued investment is the only way to Close the Gap - 11 February 2015 (pdf - 185 KB)
- TV Show highlights the need for Aussies to start talking about dying - 10 February 2015 (pdf - 194 KB)
- World Cancer Day: PCA and Moonshine Movies launch Marmaduke's story - 04 February 2015 (pdf - 192 KB)
- Patient choice, not doctor tool, should determine care - 23 January 2015 (pdf - 199 KB)
2014
- Palliative Care Australia welcomes Sussan Ley to health portfolio - 22 December 2014 (pdf - 458 KB)
- Palliative care unites under new brand - 09 October 2014 (pdf - 491 KB)
- New CEO for Palliative Care Australia - 26 September 2014 (pdf - 140 KB)
- Demand for palliative care increasing, but most miss out - 24 September 2014 (pdf - 141 KB)
- Palliative care should be available for those with Chronic or End Stage Kidney Disease, when and where they need it - 26 August 2014 (pdf - 111 KB)
- National Palliative Care Standards Review: Input Needed - 20 August 2014 (pdf - 123 KB)
- PCA farewells inspirational CEO - 21 July 2014 (pdf - 445 KB)
- Vulnerable homeless need palliative care - 19 June 2014 (pdf - 126 KB)
- 10 tips to die the way you want because #YODO (you only die once) - 29 May 2014 (pdf - 630 KB)
- 25% funding boost for palliative care programs - 29 May 2014 (pdf - 123 KB)
- Australians turn to GPs for advice on preparing to die, survey - 27 May 2014 (pdf - 696 KB)
- Australians aren't 'prepared to die', survey - 27 May 2014 (pdf - 69 KB)
- World Health Assembly unanimously passes the resolution on palliative care - 22 May 2014 (pdf - 140 KB)
- Infographic of survey results - 21 May 2014 (pdf - 1,018 KB)
- Palliative Care is not an optional extra - 13 May 2014 ( - )
- Close the Gap Day: A call to end Indigenous Health Inequality - 20 March 2014 (pdf - 142 KB)
- Education the key to improving end of life care for people with dementia - 12 February 2014 (pdf - 129 KB)
- The Gap is closing but continued effort needed - 12 February 2014 (pdf - 366 KB)
- Myth busting for World Cancer Day - 04 February 2014 (pdf - 125 KB)
- 10 steps to Budget savings through palliative care - 30 January 2014 (pdf - 83 KB)
- New report highlights unmet palliative care need and inequity across the Western Pacific Region - 29 January 2014 (pdf - 142 KB)
- Australia sponsors ground breaking palliative care resolution in Geneva - 24 January 2014 (pdf - 241 KB)
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