The health debate in Australia is awful. Medical associations sometimes behave like militant trade unions – Painters and Dockers in white coats – while bureaucrats are often obsessed w... Read more
As we’ve heard in the last few days, the Federal Government has dropped plans for a National Funding Authority, which was announced as part of its health reform package, to oversee the... Read more
Important opportunities have been lost in the current plans for health reform, says Andrew Podger, National President of the Institute of Public Administration Australia and a former Health... Read more
Andrew Podger, the former Health Department secretary and public service commissioner, may be in China at the moment, but he is keeping a close eye on the Australian health scene. And he do... Read more