With health costs rising and costly medical innovations on the horizon, it’s crunch time for health funding. But what are the options to rein in costs, and how can governments make these tou... Read more
Anthony Scott writes: Any mention of the “R” word in health care immediately brings to mind cuts to services and not being able to access care. It also conjures images of penny-pinching bure... Read more
Charles Livingstone writes: Institutions that make big money out of gambling – such as governments, casinos, clubs and pubs – are fond of telling us how much they care about problem gambling... Read more
Reema Rattan writes: While the federal election is still months away, issues of health funding are already dominating the news. A Grattan Institute report released yesterday, for instance, n... Read more
Kristin Carson writes: How can anti-smoking campaigns be targeted more effectively at Australia’s Indigenous youth? It’s a good question, and one that, as yet, has proven difficult to answer... Read more
Carley Tonoli writes: Doctors should be able to provide subsidised “prescriptions” for healthy food to people in remote Aboriginal communities, says an Indigenous nutrition expert. Professor... Read more
Mark Harris, Elizabeth Harris and Nicholas Zwar write: While independent, government-funded Medicare Locals are still in their embryonic form, opposition health spokesperson Peter Dutton has... Read more
Professor Stephen Leeder writes: If you missed the release of the McKeon review on Friday you’re not alone. The Commonwealth government released theStrategic Review of Health and Medical Res... Read more
Brendan Gleeson, Professor in Urban Policy Studies at the University of Melbourne, writes: In a recent article on The Conversation Robert Nelson argues we are all morally culpable for unsust... Read more
John Spencer, Emeritus Professor at the Australian Research Centre for Population Oral Health, writes: Mandatory water fluoridation introduced by the former Queensland government is being ro... Read more
