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Live long and prosper

... habits, exercise regimes and general attitude towards life all affect how long people live. He added that the field of medicine is making 'enormous advances' although it is not the major factor impacting longevity. Rather, the most critical factor affecting ...

Daily economic update

... 2.9 per cent year-on-year. Despite market expectations of a significant contribution from higher petrol prices, higher medicine and food prices added the most to the quarter's overall price increases. Pharmaceuticals jumped by 14.2 per cent in the March ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2005
The Australian share market is expected to open weaker as a poor lead from the Dow Jones and weak base metal prices expected to ensure a soft start on the domestic bourse. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract was nine ...

Melbourne Biotech group wins Chinese investor

... continues to grow with the recent awarding of a $3 million investment from a Chinese company to Melbourne based herbal medicine and therapeutic science group R&D. The agreement is between RMIT University's Division of Chinese and Guangdong New South ...

Ageing population places more fiscal pressure on the Government

The Productivity Commission enquiry into the economic consequences of Australia's ageing population released today has predicted an increase in fiscal pressure for all governments within the country the next 40 years. The report forecasts expenditure ...

Free trade deal goes public, but attacked over PBS

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
The 1,000 page free trade deal with the United States was released publicly yesterday and immediately slammed for undermining Australia's cheap medicines system. Officials were unable to explain a key detail in the agreement which will allow decisions ...

Backlash continues over free trade agreement

Thousands of manufacturing jobs could be at risk under the trade deal signed between Australia and the United States, the ACTU has warned. Sugar farmers have already expressed outrage at the free trade agreement, which largely protects the price of ...

CPI down 2.4% in year to December 2003

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2004
Inflation dropped slightly to 2.4% in the year to December despite strong rises in the prices of food and holidays. The Australian Bureau of Statistics said prices rose 0.5% in the three months to December, giving an annual inflation rate of 2.4%, down ...