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Palerang to consider fluoride in water supply report
Palerang Council will consider a report at its Bungendore meeting today that recommends fluoride be added to the shire’s water supply. The report recommends the council add the fluoride to water at Bungendore, Captains Flat and Braidwood. But it says the Braidwood part of the program should be delayed until there is enough money to […]
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Eurobodalla Shire: Focus group debates pros and cons of fluoridation
Eurobodalla Shire Council’s community consultation process about whether or not to fluoridate the shire’s water supply is progressing. The shire’s focus group has met for the first time. Twelve members of the local community came together to discuss the different arguments for and against water supply fluoridation. Council’s water cycle officer, Harvey Lane, says the […]
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Fluoride fight growing
WARRNAMBOOL’S campaigners against fluoride will help lead a national push and have warned of a High Court challenge. “It’s a major move forward in our fight to stop the forced fluoridation of water supplies,” former city CEO and campaign spokesman Vern Robson said yesterday. The decision to extend the fight beyond Victoria and form a […]
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Protest bites
About 60 anti-fluoride campaigners yesterday voiced their anger at the State Government’s plan to introduce the chemical to Geelong’s water supply. Barwon Association for Freedom from Fluoridation president Keith Oakley, above, led the march on the offices of Barwon Water and the Department of Human Services, demanding plans to add fluoride to Geelong’s water be […]
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Fluoridated water for central NSW shire within months
Gulargambone and one-third of Coonamble in central New South Wales will have fluoridated water within three months. The Coonamble Shire Council has accepted a tender to install fluoridation plants at two of its bores. The Department of Health is subsidising the full capital cost of the project. The council’s General Manager, John Griffiths, says fluoridation […]
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Community cabinet gets teeth stuck into fluoride
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh, at her government’s first community cabinet this year, has moved to calm Gold Coast voters angered over the introduction of fluoridated water. The government’s push to introduce fluoride into the state’s water system was the biggest topic of contention at the 109th community cabinet meeting held at the William Duncan State […]
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Leave my water alone
I’M fed up with the government wanting to put fluoride in our water. I’ve done nothing about it – haven’t been to a rally, written a letter, tramped over town with a slogan on my t-shirt. Nothing. There’s probably a heap of people like me who don’t want it but haven’t actually done anything to […]
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Bill introduced to improve Queensland’s oral health
(Media-Newswire.com) – The fluoridation of water supplies would become one of the most important and effective public health measures ever introduced in Queensland, Premier Anna Bligh told Parliament today. The Premier’s comments preceded today’s introduction of the Government’s Water Fluoridation Bill 2008 by Health Minister Stephen Robertson. “When I became Premier last year I made […]
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Fluoride protesters to sink teeth into parliament
Queensland will take the first step towards fluoridating its water when the state government introduces new laws into parliament this week. But a community group has warned it will protest against the move today when state parliament resumes for the year. Premier Anna Bligh in December announced plans to add fluoride to water supplies, ending […]
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Anti-fluoride protesters mob Bligh
Rain failed to dampen the spirits of about 50 anti-fluoride protesters outside Parliament House this morning who claim the government is trying to forcibly medicate the state. Queenslanders Against Water Fluoridation members were joined by two surprise guests in the form Premier Anna Bligh and Health Minister Stephen Robertson. Ms Bligh was met with boos […]
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