Reducing cost of living pressures for Australians living outside the major cities and improving training pathways for rural generalists ought to be major priorities for the new National Rura... Read more
Australia spends just $89 per person per year on preventative health, significantly less than international peers, and must commit more if it wishes to stave off budget blowouts related to c... Read more
With UN negotiations due to resume in New York on Thursday on a nuclear weapons ban treaty, Australia is once more under pressure to back down from its support for a US boycott of the talks.... Read more
The recent jailing of British breast surgeon Ian Paterson after performing multiple unnecessary operations has highlighted the issue of hospital safety. Paterson’s unnecessary surgeries incl... Read more
Though it has the potential to increase objectivity, improve targeted delivery of services and reduce conflicts of interest, opening primary care to market forces is a poor fit for the Austr... Read more
Climate change was a notable omission from Tuesday night’s Federal Budget, yet it is central to our future wellbeing and health. If the government isn’t willing to put it on the... Read more
It’s been hailed as a budget for health, but what is on offer beyond band-aid solutions for an ailing system? Michael Thorn from the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education finds... Read more
Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison handed down a distinctly health-focused 2017-18 Budget in Canberra on Tuesday night, and Croakey’s Jennifer Doggett had a front-row seat to the action.... Read more
The Turnbull government declared its “rock solid” commitment to universal health care with a $10 billion pledge to health in the 2017-18 Federal Budget including the staggered wi... Read more
As the hours tick down to the 2017-18 Federal Budget, speculation is rife that the government will lift the Medicare rebate freeze, but where should the extra money be spent in primary care?... Read more
