NZ
Health Trust
- Newsletter
no: 26 - Aug
2006 -ANZTPA Submission
Hello once
again to
our supporters
Well,
the fight
to preserve
our health
choices continues
in NZ as
in many other
countries
around the
world.
Since
our last
newsletter
the Medsafe
project team
have been
pushing ahead
as if ANZTPA
was a reality
while the
Minister
in charge
has admitted
once again
that the
deadline
she had set
in this matter
will not
be met. This
time Minister
King has
had to concede
that the
legislation
would not
be brought
before Parliament
by the end
of July as
had earlier
been stated. While
Government
spin continues
to claim
this is to
enable "further
consultation",
we all know
that the
reality is
that she
still simply
cannot get
the support
she needs
for this
ill-fated
proposal.
While
the proposal
is in its
death throws
politically,
Medsafe have
continued
to put on
a brave face
traipsing
around the
Country with
their travelling
road show
on the draft
rules for
this planned
agency. The
Government
meanwhile,
realising
that they
won't get
anywhere
trying to
convince
NZ that this agency is
a good idea,
have now
resorted
to trying
to intimidate
us with how
much Australia
will be upset
with us if
we don't
do what they
want. Australia
appears to
think we
can be bullied
in to doing
whatever
they demand
and our own
Government
seems to
agree.
The ANZTPA
project team
have called
for submissions
on the documents
released
and these
are due by 15
August. As
ever it is
imperative
that the
wishes of New
Zealanders
be heard
and go on
record. To
do that we
encourage
you all to
make a submission
opposing
the draft
rules and
the framework
and approach
they represent.
To make
it easy all
you need
do is
click
here or
click the
link below
http://nzhealthtrust.co.nz/cgi-bin/massmailer_submission.cgi?
and complete
your details
to lodge
a submission
in your name
through the
NZ Health
Trust's website.
We have provided
you with
a template
submission
you can use as
is or edit
as you wish. It
will only
take you
a few seconds
but if all our
subscribers
do this the
effect will
be enormous
and hard
for the Government
to ignore.
Don't
be fooled
by the message
that the
Government
are desperate
to sell,
that the
agency will
happen. Too
many people
now understand
the seriousness
of this issue
for that
to be true. ANZTPA
will be defeated.
Kind Regards
Dave Sloan
