Andrew Podger writes: The health budget contains a lot of positives. Bearing in mind the major spending initiatives of the last 18 months, including the new Australian Health Care Agreement... Read more
Health policy expert Dr Yvonne Luxford writes: Nobody expected a generous budget, and at first blush the health budget is definitely not generous. However, the good news is that the vital ar... Read more
Professor Stephen Leeder, director of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy at the University of Sydney, is first off the Croakey blocks with a budget response: The budget is a responsible re... Read more
Paul Smith, political editor at Australian Doctor, has had a briefing from the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission. He writes: The commission’s final report is due in abou... Read more
The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission chief Dr Christine Bennett seems to have embarked on a series of media briefings to gee up interest in the Commission’s forthcoming report... Read more
The obstetricians are out in full force, suggesting that mooted changes to the Safety Net will “punish women and their families because they chose to seek help with their pregnancy and... Read more
In the lead-up to the budget, Croakey has asked an assortment of public health and health policy types about their wishes and expectations. Michael Moore, CEO, Public Health Association of A... Read more
The Government’s response to the 2020 ideas summit illustrates, once more, the enduring allure of the techno-fix. If boosting research into the bionic eye is the best of the bright ideas in... Read more
There is a new entry to the Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents. CRUD records the details of evaluations, plans, reviews and other such documents that should be released (whether by gov... Read more
Justine Caines, Secretary of Homebirth Australia, has sent in the following critique of recent media coverage about the dangers of homebirth: “Feminism is a dirty word, especially if y... Read more
