Publications

Peter Gibson writes in The Conversation (21.4.16) about how the so-called ‘black lung’ disease could have again become a health problem for coal miners, after several

Sophia Couzos writes in The Conversation (4.4.16) about new ways that the primary health care system can be improved to better serve Indigenous communities, and lessen

Policy Online carries a link (16.2.16) to an Office of the Public Advocate review detailing the deaths in care in Queensland of people with disability. The

Several health care experts write in The Conversation (22.3.16) about how public hospitals could be more efficiently and effectively managed and operated, not necessarily through simply injecting extra

Karen Willis and Sophie Lewis write in The Conversation (18.3.16) about their assessments, and patients’ perceptions, of the relative merits of public and private hospitals. ‘Around half

Policy Online carries a link (10.3.16) to a journal article outlining research into effective means of preventive health care delivery for Indigenous Australians. The research finds

Jane Hall and Kees van Gool write in The Conversation (17.3.16) about how the federal government and the states could reasonably fund public hospitals, leaving aside

Stephen Duckett writes in The Conversation (15.3.16) about entrenched problems in Australia’s hospital system, and offers suggestions for how these might be overcome. This forms part

Policy Online carries a link (1.11.15) to an Anglicare Victoria report about the value of a therapeutic, community-style support model of care for pregnant women in

Toby Crockford reports in the Brisbane Times (13.3.16) on new government measures to help protect Queensland paramedics from assaults by alcohol- and drug-affected patients. ‘The number of

Policy Online carries a link (6.3.16) to a Grattan Institute report showing inefficiencies in the delivery of primary health care to Australians, and the extra costs

Nathanael Cooper reports in the Brisbane Times (7.3.16) on research showing a significant increase in the recent use of methamphetamines in Queensland. ‘Use of methamphetamine is on