Publications

Malcolm Sim writes in The Conversation (15.7.16) about the reappearance of cases of ‘black lung’ disease among Queensland coal miners, and the outcomes of a state

Carmel Laragy writes in The Conversation (6.7.16) about the commencement of the NDIS scheme, as part of a series of articles about how the system will

Jim Gillespie writes in The Conversation (5.7.16): ‘The Australian Labor Party’s Medicare campaign has been dubbed an election changer. ‘While outsourcing data management and billing systems raises issues

Helen Dickinson writes in The Conversation (24.6.16) about the major parties’ health policies on offer in the federal election campaign, arguing that no party has spelled

Michael Koziol reports in the Brisbane Times (9.6.16) on Professor Patrick McGorry’s criticisms of the current government’s under-funding of mental health services. McGorry, a former Australian

Policy Online carries a link (31.5.16) to a Centre for Community Child Health working paper highlighting issues and new approaches in evidence-based decision making in the area

Policy Online carries a link (24.5.16) to a fact sheet released through the University of Sydney, which draws political parties’ attention to details of the prevalence

Helen Dickinson explains in The Conversation (20.5.16) the implications of the Medicare rebate ‘freeze’: ‘The impact of the extended freeze goes beyond simply reducing the gross income of

The ABC’s Anna Henderson and Francis Keany report (22.5.16) on federal Labor’s announcement that it would scrap a government-proposed cut to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, which

The ABC’s Anna Henderson and Caitlyn Gribbin report (19.5.16) on the federal government’s and opposition’s rival claims about Medicare funding, amid concerns from doctors that the

‘The $7 co-payment was supposed to be dead and buried after former Treasurer Joe Hockey’s political cremation. Yet Malcolm Turnbull has again raided funding, risking an

Policy Online carries a link (20.4.16) to an Australian Health Policy Collaboration research paper which identifies the specific risks and needs confronting women with mental health