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Today Tonight Feature Broadcast - Natural Health MOBICOSA
Thursday, 11th September 2008 - Click below to view associated article. http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/article/5006154/health/fishy-fight-fix-arthritis
Food Additive Fight
The Kids First Campaign started yesterday which is trying to get 6 artificial colours removed from all food in Australia - click here to see the ad for more info. They currently have 4,000 names on the online petition and the target is at least 10,000.
Please go to www.additivealert.com.au to sign it plus forward this to all your contacts.
Today Tonight also picked up on the story and aired it Monday, 8th September 2008 - Click below to view associated article.
http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/article/4999464/health/food-additive-fight
Government accepts Pan Pharmaceuticals Liability, to Pay Mr Selim $55 Million
In the Federal Court today, Mr Justice Emmett made orders which involved the Australian Government accepting liability in relation to the closure of Pan Pharmaceuticals Limited and agreeing to pay $55 million ($50m in damages and $5m in costs) to Mr Selim, Pan's former Managing Director. Mr Selim's legal advisors believe the Government consenting to a judgment against it on a claim that public servants in the Therapeutic Goods Administration deliberately acted outside their power, is a landmark in Australian legal history.
The actions of the TGA in 2003 resulted in the destruction of Pan Pharmaceuticals, which then had a market capitalisation exceeding $300 million, and the loss of over 300 jobs. The basis of the legal challenge was an allegation by Mr Selim, that effectively has now been accepted by the Government, that a group of public servants improperly sought to shut Pan down in a way which would prevent Pan from being able to protect itself by seeking the assistance of the Federal Court. Mr Selim further alleged that those public servants were motivated by misguided feelings of vengeance arising from a failed prosecution against Pan in the 1990's.
The hearing commenced on 30 June this year. After four weeks of evidence, the cross examination of the TGA witnesses revealed such fundamental abuses of power that the Government accepted Mr Selim’s claims and consented to today's judgment, even though the matter was only part heard.
"We would like to think that these landmark orders will have some influence on the way these types of decisions are made by Government in the future so that a debacle like this can be prevented from happening again." Mr Thorpe said. Mr Selim is calling on the Government to conduct a full enquiry with extensive terms of reference, regarding both what has happened and the role of the TGA in the industry in the future.
For more information please go to www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24209101-23289,00.html it is certainly worth the read! |