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Budget 2004 builds strongly on the progressive platform established by the minority centre left government first elected in 1999, Progressive leader Jim Anderton said today.

Budget 2004 continues the 3-year health funding path, allocating $550 million in 2006-07; total health spending in that year will be $10.7 billion.

Budget 2004 allocates $5.52 million over the next four financial years to assist suicide prevention initiatives.

Budget 2004 makes provision to care for the victims of the drug peddlers with nearly $15 million over four years on drug related initiatives.

Suicide prevention prackage

Jim Anderton will seek his Cabinet colleagues' support to reclassify MDMA, commonly known as "Ecstasy" or ‘E,' as a Class B1 controlled drug, up from Class B2 at present.

Jim Anderton has accepted the recommendation of the Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs to reclassify amphetamine, also known as "speed,” as a Class B1 controlled drug.

Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor has welcomed the debate over the legal purchase age of alcohol.

Recommendations to change the ethical review system have been accepted by Health Minister Annette King

Three New Zealand towns are the first to benefit from government funding aimed at attracting general practitioners to rural communities.

The Government has approved the $9.3 million redevelopment plan for Kaitaia Hospital, and is calling on the community to unite behind the new hospital

Cabinet has approved $215 million redevelopment plans for Waikato and Thames hospitals

Jim Anderton signals his support for the Murupara community's campaign against drug abuse

Primary health care nurses can now expand their skills and knowledge, thanks to a new postgraduate diploma for rural nurses announced today by Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor.

The Ministry of Health will conduct further research into the potential harms associated with the use of BZP and officials are looking at options to regulate and control the substance.

The alarming findings of a second hand smoke study, published today in the British Medical Journal, are an important wake-up call, says Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor.

A government initiative means almost one in three New Zealanders now need pay no more than $3 an item for prescribed medicines

Associate Health Minister Damien O'Connor today announced an exciting extension to the government's Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner (rural)Scholarship scheme.

New Zealand as a society continues to face a very serious challenge from suicide, as shown by the latest statistics, say Jim Anderton

The government's proposed problem gambling strategy has the potential to make New Zealand a world leader in addressing gambling harm.

Subsidies to fluoridate drinking water can now cover the whole cost of the capital works of a fluoridation project at the discretion of the Health
Minister.

Helensville has been selected as the site for a Community Action on Youth & Drugs or CAYAD project to combat illicit drug use.

Parliament will be asked to approve a Misuse of Drugs Order in the name of Jim Anderton seeking to classify ephedrine and pseudoephedrine as controlled drugs.

Graphic pictures, larger warnings and a ban on misleading messages on cigarette packets will be considered as part of an upcoming review into New Zealand's Smoke-free Environments Regulations (1999).