Your guide to budget health coverage @ Croakey

Melissa Sweet
Thursday, May 12, 2011

Social determinants of health, Indigenous health, Cancer, Mental health, Oral health, Health reform, Australian Medical Association, E-health, Medicare Locals, Primary healthcare, Rural and remote health, Health inequalities, Prevention, Public health, Federal Budget 2011

There has been a veritable deluge of budget coverage at Croakey in recent days. To help readers negotiate it all, here is a summary.

The stories are grouped under the headings of mental health, Indigenous health, public health, general reaction, and cancer.

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Mental health

Overview of mental health announcements
With reaction from Mental Health Council of Australia, Australian General Practice Network, AMA, Mental Health Connect blog, National Rural Health Alliance

Praise for the “whole-of-government” approach of budget’s mental health announcements
Robert Wells

A comprehensive analysis of mental health announcements
Sebastian Rosenberg

More comprehensive mental health and budget analysis
Alan Rosen

Praise for PM, Butler – but are the professions up to the task?
Melissa Sweet (Crikey story)

Some context to budget’s mental health announcements
Melissa Sweet, Paul Smith

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Indigenous health

What’s in the budget for Indigenous health?
Melissa Sweet, with links to reaction from Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, and Close the Gap campaign co-chairs Mick Gooda and Tom Calma

An Aboriginal health leader’s diagnosis

Selwyn Button

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Public health

FBT changes good news for health but what about tax breaks for cyclists?
Chris Rissel

Health sector needs to engage with new urban policy

Ben Harris-Roxas

A health budget with no teeth
Melissa Sweet

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General reaction

Some of the devilish detail

Budget pain not so bad after all
Carol Bennett

Wrap of reaction

From Consumers Health Forum, Public Health Association of Australia, Doctors Reform Society, Margo Saunders and links to Stephen Leeder article

Rural health reaction

Sabina Knight, Rural Doctors Association, Rural Health Workforce Agency

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Cancer

Good and bad news on bowel cancer screening
Ian Olver

Pretend bowel cancer screening program
Kathy Flitcroft

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…and some budget tweets that caught my attention

…Apologies for dodgy formatting in text of post – try as I have, I haven’t been able to fix…

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Tully Rosen says:

13 years ago

Thank you Melissa for such exhaustive coverage!

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Melissa Sweet says:

13 years ago

Thanks for the feedback, Tully. Don’t know about exhaustive, but it was certainly exhausting! Cheers, Melissa

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