In this article, one of a series on health and other issues being published at The Conversation in the leadup to the May 18 federal election, Jim Gillespie, Deputy Director, Menzies Centre f... Read more
This is the first article in a Croakey mini series on rural and remote health, following the launch this week at the National Press Club of the National Rural Health Alliance’s five ke... Read more
Health Minister Sussan Ley on Thursday announced the membership of the Private Health Ministerial Advisory Committee and that it will be headed by senior public servant Dr Jeffrey Harmer. Sh... Read more
Croakey is so pleased to welcome back El Gibbs with this special #CripCroakey post. El Gibbs writes I had a different election this time around than I normally do. Instead of planning media... Read more
That day the truth was told in this place & the power of generosity was writ large. It’s no surprise we often expect only politics and point scoring from Parliament. But sometimes it tra... Read more
Croakey contributor and moderator Jennifer Doggett has been appointed the new Chair of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA), saying the diversity of the coalition of peak healt... Read more
The United States spends more on health care than any other developed nation, yet a recent study suggests social services spending has a greater impact on health outcomes. This post, by Eliz... Read more
In the first of two articles for Croakey, the recently retired CEO of the National Rural Health Alliance Gordon Gregory outlines his concern that the initial agenda for the new Assistant Mi... Read more
The support of the Australian community for Medicare was evident in the recent election campaign. Also clear is the widespread dissatisfaction that consumers feel with private health insur... Read more
In the run-up to the election, the health sector sent the message loud and clear to the Coalition Government that its record on health was pretty sick. The Government scraped in, acknowledgi... Read more
