Health
As public hospitals stumble from one crisis to the next, the ageing of the population is rapidly rendering Medicare unsustainable. Market-based health reform is urgently needed. Greater choice and competition, combined with increased self-reliance whilst preserving equity, will ensure all Australians receive the right health care at the right time in the 21st century.
Publications
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Closing the Accountability Gap: The First Step Towards Better Indigenous Health
| 03 Dec 2009 | Policy MonographsSara Hudson argues that the untargeted nature of government spending in indigenous health means that it is difficult to know... Read More...
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Like the Curate’s Egg: A Market-based Response and Alternative to the Bennett Report
| 02 Dec 2009 | Policy MonographsThe National Health and Hospital Reform Commission (NHHRC) has acknowledged the need to ensure health services are responsive... Read More...
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The Past is the Future for Public Hospitals: An Insider’s Perspective on Hospital Administration
| 30 Oct 2009 | Policy MonographsDrawing on his vast experience, Dr Graham explains why the only future for public hospitals is to reclaim the best features... Read More...
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Why Public Hospitals Are Overcrowded: Ten Points for Policymakers
| 01 Oct 2009 | Policy MonographsDespite the billions of taxpayer dollars poured into the public hospital system each year, public bed resources are only... Read More...
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Fatally Flawed: The Child Protection Crisis in Australia
| 25 Jun 2009 | Policy MonographsIt is not underfunding or an overwhelming workload that has caused child protection services to fail the vulnerable children... Read More...
Opinion & Commentary
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Hospital boards trump bureaucracy
| 28 Aug 2010 | The Weekend AustralianThere are clear differences in the way the government and opposition will organise public health administration yet health ... Read More
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A dose of reality: public health problems need private solutions
| 06 Aug 2010 | The AustralianIt is imperative to acknowledge the limits of publicly funded healthcare, says Jeremy Sammut in The Australian, 6 August ... Read More
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Bandage Won’t Stop a Haemorrhage: The Government’s Health Shake–up
| 12 Jun 2010 | The AustralianThe final National Health and Hospitals Network plan doesn’t deliver on the promises of less bureaucracy, genuine activity–based ... Read More
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Paying nurses to play doctor will make system sick
| 22 Mar 2010 | The AustralianThe Medicare reforms will only exacerbate the problems facing public hospitals.... Read More
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Hospital overhaul is our only hope
| 13 Feb 2010 | The AustralianFederal control of hospital funding represents a big step towards ensuring care is delivered in the most appropriate and ... Read More
Ideas@TheCentre
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Unhealthy economics of death
| 23 Jul 2010The ability to employ high-tech medicine to preserve life has outrun society’s current capacity to decide who should use ...
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Potheads and Headspace
| 09 Jul 2010The second wave of ‘community-based’ mental health reform within 30 years has broader policy significance....
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Moving targets are failing Indigenous students
| 30 Apr 2010Forty percent (60,000) of Australia’s Indigenous students fail to meet the national literacy and numeracy standards. The ...
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The hard part: an alternative plan for hospitals
| 12 Mar 2010The dust has settled from the release of the federal government’s public hospital plan, and most commentators agree that ...
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Irrational Medicare system delivers inverse health care
| 19 Feb 2010This week, two health stories from different states point to some fundamental problems with Medicare....
