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2006 News Archive
November 2006
CHC elects new board
The Complementary Healthcare Council has elected a new nine-member board to oversee its operations for the next twelve months.
The board is:
- Steven Mann, President, (Symbion Consumer)
- Jenny Tait (Blackmores Ltd)
- Ronda Jacobs (Cardinal Health)
- Frank Caruso (Totally Natural Products)
- Christopher Dean (TP Health Ltd)
- David Johnston (Go Vita Distributors)
- Con Kounnas (The Allergy Centre)
- Chris Karabalis (Healthy Life Woden)
- Sally Brumley (Leura Health Foods)
Health Expo in Melbourne
Well, another year is drawing to a close, and last weekend we spent a rather chilly couple of days in Melbourne, at the Victorian Health Expo. The team at Intermedia once again gave the NHCA immense support and we would like to publicly acknowledge them for that.
August 2006
Better Health Initiative - read all about it !
We highly recommend you take the time to inform yourself of what is happening right now, in terms of a radical shift in healthcare in Australia, that forgot to include YOU in the mix !
Click here to read the email that has gone out to 1000's of practitioners around the country. We need to start an avalanche of outcry about what is happening right under our noses, so we invite you to freely share this email and SPREAD THE WORD! Click here for the 2 page pdf synopsis of the Government initiative.
July 2006
Decision Time: Crunch Time!
Click here to read the email sent out to the entire data base as a wakeup call to alert them to the state of affairs of the NHCA.
June 2006
TGA invites the NHCA to be included on the complementary medicines stakeholder consultation list.
We were delighted to receive the recognition of being invited to submit our name to be included on this committee, and feel it is an important step in the process of growing the Alliance.
 Rod Brennan 1949 – 2006
Rod Brennan, one of Australia strongest advocates for complementary medicine over the past twenty five years, died in a tragic car accident in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney in mid June. His funeral, attended by many hundreds of his friends and colleagues, was a moving tribute to a man whose warmth and good humour was legendary in the natural healthcare profession and industry.
A geologist by training, Rod became a proponent of natural healthcare in his work with Blackmores, initially in his home state of Victoria, and later in the Balgowlah head office in Sydney. He left Blackmores to buy NatureCare college in the mid 1990s, and under his direction the College grew in size and quality, ultimately achieving Rod's dream of degree courses in a number of modalities.
Rod was also active in the politics of natural healthcare, both as a board member and past president of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society (ATMS), and later, as an active steering committee member of the Natural Health Care Alliance (NHCA). He provided the voice of good humour, reason and experience in times of crisis, and his unwavering belief in the rightness of natural healthcare, imbued his colleagues with the enthusiasm and confidence to continue the fight for a real health-care system in Australia.
We at the NHCA will miss him enormously. Our thoughts and love are with his wife, Anna, and his son Ollie.
If you wish to send a message to Anna, we are happy to forward her contact details to you.
April 2006
We had a great time in Brisbane at the Health Expo, and this gorgeous stand attracted plenty of attention and new members. See you in Sydney on August 11th & 12th. at Wharf 8, Darling Harbour.
February 2006
Our first Newsletter for the year was released on the 10th, and it's bulging with news!
Many recipients simply could not accept it in their email inbox. so we have made all the attachments available on the website.
Professor John Dwyer has been busy again, through all media outlets, taking aim at Natural Therapies, and mostly, no one has challenged him. It is amazing how he can make such inaccurate and outrageous comments, and get away with it !
The NHCA has started delving intio the world of pod casting, and we invite you to vist our BLOG and read the latest comments.
January 2006
Happy New Year to all our members ! The Christmas holiday was a most welcome break from all the politics, and we look forward to continuing the work of keeping you all informed and aware of developments within the profession.
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