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Abortion clinics and exclusion zones

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Newspaper clippings about the East Melbourne Fertility Clinic, and others, and a bill to be brought in that will ban protesters to a 150 metre exclusion zone around the clinics. Age editorial, 3 September 2015 Safeguarding women by Miki Perkins, The Age, 5 September 2015. Rank and vile by Jen Vuk, The Age, 17 March 2014. Doyle applauds law, The Age, ?
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Abortion clinics win exclusion zones

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Laws past in 2015 that make illegal to harass people within 150 metres of abortion providers came into effect on Monday 2 May 2016. Anti-abortion advocates produced a flyer which was circulated throughout East Melbourne in protest against the new laws. This was picked up by The Saturday Paper.
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Anti-abortion protester to make case

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Newspaper clipping about Kathleen Clubb, the first person to be charged under new laws that prohibit protesters within 150 metres of abortion clinics. She will fight the charge on grounds of her constitutional right to free speech.
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Bionic ear's birthday.

Newspaper clippings announcing government grant to help fund the establishment of a new centre which aims to create a new generation of bionic ears. Part of the Bionic Ear Institute it will be named after Professor Graeme Clark, the inventor of the bionic ear. Photos. April 2005.
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Mercy for Heritage List

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Newspaper article reporting that the Mercy Private Hospital had been nominated for listing by Heritage Victoria. Melbourne Yarra Leader 20 Sept. 2004.
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Mercy hospital enters new era

Newspaper clipping about upgrade of Mercy Private Hospital.
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Pro-lifers skip rally

Newspaper clippings about anti-abortion protesters outside the fertility clinic in Wellington Parade. From 2005
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The Bichloride of Gold Institute of Victoria

Describes an early cure for alcoholism and drug addiction. An institution practising this cure was established by Dr. Wolfenden in Jolimont. It was later bought by the Wesley Central Mission. Victorian Historical Journal March 2000 pp 43-51.
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The Life of Constance Stone - Australia's First Woman Doctor

Article in EMHS newsletter Sept. 2003. Biography of Constance Stone (1856-1902), Australia's first woman doctor. She lived for a time at 179 Gipps St. She worked at the Free Medical Mission in Collingwood founded by Dr. John Singleton, also a resident of East Melbourne; she founded the Medical Women's Society; and was instrumental in founding the Queen Victoria Hospital.
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The man who brought abortion out of the dark

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Newspaper clipping: A life of Bertram Wainer by his widow, Jo Wainer.
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