Media Centre

Latest media releases

Visit the Premier of Victoria website for latest media releases from the Minister for Health and Minister for Ageing and latest media releases from the Minister for Mental Health.

Latest media releases from the Department of Health:

• Renewed warning on gastro bug (27 March 2013)
• Victorians warned on gastro bug (7 March 2013)
• Legionnaires' disease cases at Footscray (24 January 2013)
• Algae warning on Gippsland Lakes fish and seafood (23 January 2013)
• More illness cases linked to soft cheese products (18 January 2013)
• Urgent national recall for Victorian cheese products (18 December 2012)
• Legionnaires' disease cases in Bundoora area (3 November 2012)
• Recall on Kanga Kandy Choc with undeclared nuts (3 August 2012)
• Recall on Kanga Kandy Choc with undeclared nuts (27 July 2012)
• Advice to curb rate of salmonella infections (19 June 2012)
• Hefty fines for unlicensed pest controller (27 April 2012)
• National recall on chocolate egg truffles (5 April 2012)
• Poison mushroom warning for Victoria (4 April 2012)
• New Victorian Chief Health Officer appointed (8 March 2012)
• Health warning on mosquitoes (29 December 2011)
• Department of Health letter to Age re executive salaries (5 December 2011)
• Health Warning on Apricot Kernel Product (28 October 2011)
• Warning on Bakers Life bread from Victorian Aldi stores (7 October 2011)
• Health warning on flying foxes (13 July 2011)
• Bacteria found in chocolate trifle (6 July 2011)
• Health warning on flying foxes (25 May 2011)
• Public Health Hepatitis C Lookback Completed (16 May 2011)
• Call To Action: Be Mosquito Aware this Easter (19 April 2011)
• Measles Alert from Chief Health Officer (16 April 2011)
• Updated Health Warning on Mosquitoes (24 March 2011)
• Hefty Fine for Unlicensed Pest Controller (7 March 2011)
• Health Warning on Mosquitoes (22 February 2011)
• Health Alert as Measles Cases Rise (17 February 2011)

Media inquiries

For further information please contact:

Graeme Walker, Senior Media Advisor (for health inquiries)
Telephone: +61 3 9096 7296
Mobile: 0409 237 543
Email: graeme.walker@health.vic.gov.au

Bram Alexander, Senior Media Advisor (for health, mental health and drugs inquiries)
Telephone: +61 3 9096 8803
Mobile: 0412 260 811
Email: bram.alexander@health.vic.gov.au

Tim Vainoras, Media Advisor (for aged care inquiries)
Telephone: +61 3 9096 8892
Mobile: 0418 519 642
Email: tim.vainoras@health.vic.gov.au

Ian Haberfield, Media Advisor
Telephone: +61 3 9096 7701
Mobile: 0457 840 709
Email: ian.haberfield@health.vic.gov.au

Social media

The Department currently operates the following Twitter accounts:

• @VicGovHealth – for health sector information including health alerts, careers, news and events
• @BetterHealthGov – for consumer health information including healthy living, conditions and treatments, relationships and family and healthy recipes.

For more information, see Department of Health Twitter Policy.