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In this issue:

Issue 83
  • A message from the CEO
  • The Cost of Pain in Australia report released
  • Pain and the Federal Budget
  • Private Health Insurance Reforms
  • Consumer Advisory Group: The first meeting
  • Submissions and Policy Updates
  • Conferences/Out and About
  • In the media
  • Painaustralia Annual General Meeting scheduled
  • Pain Revolution on Tour: Guest Contribution
  • Out and About: Gallery

In the media

Media highlights: The cost of pain in Australia report launch

News Limited Exclusive: Pain is killing us, making us unemployed and costing the economy $140 billion a year

Carol’s Op-Ed in the Daily Telegraph: Chronic pain mismanagement is leaving too many of us

Fairfax News: 'Insane pain': Canberran wants more for those with chronic pain

SBS News: How the staggering cost of chronic pain is hurting the economy

Channel 7: The Latest (from 15:30)

Health Dispatch: New report highlights the cost of ‘pain’

Media releases:

Welcome relief for millions of Australians living with cancer pain

Pain relief – new funding to provide better pain management 

New Report Lays Bare the True Cost of Chronic Pain that is Set to Soar 

Weekly blog articles:

The impact of pain on rural and regional Australia: problems and solutions

Medicinal cannabis a silver bullet?

Why Australia needs a medical device identification database

Aged Care and Pain: if you observe a change, consider pain

What you need to know about pain and mental health in Australia

Why our super is needed to fund chronic pain care

 
 

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