This report is one of a series of initiatives commissioned by the National Advisory Group on Smoking and Pregnancy as part of an overall strategy to reduce smoking in pregnancy in Australia. It presents data on pregnancy and births according to the mother's smoking status during pregnancy for the period 2001 to 2003.This report is...

Foreword The lack of national data on induced abortion in Australia represents a gap in health statistics. The AIHW’s Reproductive Health Indicators in Australia 2002 report included an indicator on induced abortions in Australia, but national data were not reported for it because data on induced abortion were not available on a routine basis Australia-wide.

Australia's food safety and quarantine standards are coming under increasing pressure from bilateral trade agreements such as the Australia-US FTA. Despite the risks to Australian health and agriculture, quarantine standards have already been lowered to accommodate increased trade. Further concessions are likely in negotiations for FTAs with China, Thailand and other countries. Hilary Bambrick argues...