Publications

Lesley Russell writes in Inside Story (23.1.17) about how the federal Health portfolio needs a strong minister who will look beyond negotiations with doctors and hospitals to

Ben White and colleagues write in The Conversation (14.12.16) about how recent Queensland reforms – due to take effect in March 2017 – do not include

Katherine McFarlane writes in The Conversation (15.11.16) about the long history of neglect and abuse suffered by many children in foster care, as exposed by a

Mark Boyd and colleagues write in The Conversation (8.11.16) about how HIV diagnosis owing to unintentional transmission, while devastating for patients and their families, is no longer

Felicity Caldwell reports in the Brisbane Times (13.10.16) on the state government’s announcement that a new adolescent mental health facility would be built at the Prince

Jorge Branco reports in the Brisbane Times (13.10.16) on new laws passed through Queensland’s Parliament which will allow the state’s doctors to prescribe the use of

Lesley Russell writes in The Conversation (22.7.16) about the issues that should be immediate health policy priorities for the returned Turnbull Coalition Government. ‘Since the election,

Hugh Taylor and colleagues write in The Conversation (14.9.16) about the alarming incidence of trachoma eye disease among Indigenous children, and what can be done to

Policy Online carries a link (15.6.16) to an Office of the Public Advocate report into Queensland’s guardianship system, and the legislation underpinning it. ‘This report examines

Gillian Sandra Gould writes in The Conversation (21.7.16) about the high incidence of smoking among pregnant Indigenous women, and suggests policy and practical measures to address

Fiona Armstrong, along with Nobel Laureate and Queensland medical researcher, Professor Peter Doherty, write in The Conversation (21.7.16) about the pressing need to take health considerations and

Tony Moore reports in the Brisbane Times (18.7.16) on the outcomes of the Commission of Inquiry, headed by Supreme Court Justice Margaret Wilson QC, into the