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13 May 2023Intriguing tale of China’s speedy pandemic recovery Richard Cullen
11 May 2023Health budget has big changes – reviving our worn-out Medicare fee-for-service system and boosting bulk billing Stephen Duckett
8 May 2023Treatment and support services for gambling harm Carol Bennett
6 May 2023Will the Albanese Government revive the values that underpinned Medicare? John Menadue
3 May 2023Cuts to preventive health are a false economy: they lead to sicker people and sicker budgets Peter Breadon
2 May 2023Age equality: one of the great human rights issues of our time The Hon Mark Butler MP
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27 Apr 2023Like justice, medical specialist care delayed is care denied Graeme Stewart
21 Apr 2023Why dental care was excluded from Medicare and why it should now be included (an edited repost) John Menadue
18 Apr 2023Restricting Medicare access to GPs that bulk bill all patients Charles Maskell-Knight
16 Apr 2023Matching markets Daniel Mulino
16 Apr 2023It’s 2050. How is our health system holding up? Jennifer Doggett
15 Apr 2023Strength, will and knowledge: critical components for aged care nursing Mary Chiarella
13 Apr 2023What if Medicare was restricted to GPs who bulk billed? This kind of reform is possible Stephen Duckett, Fiona McDonald
6 Apr 2023Unpacking the Philip Medicare Review Charles Maskell-Knight
31 Mar 2023The absurdities of AUKUS Marianne Hanson
31 Mar 2023New obesity treatments offer hope, but can we afford them? John Dwyer
19 Mar 2023Environment: Trees good. Plastics bad. Why don’t governments turn it around? Peter Sainsbury
14 Mar 2023China: decoupling from the West and winning the long game Geoff Raby
12 Mar 2023“Long tail” of COVID-19 impacts disadvantaged Australians’ education most Don Perlgut
11 Mar 2023A desperate race to avoid locking in the pathway to human extinction Ian Dunlop
8 Mar 2023Restoring societal values that make a better future for all Eva Cox
7 Mar 2023Politics, not science, fuelling debate about the origin of COVID-19 John Dwyer
4 Mar 2023A time for leadership: winning the pandemic war first Stephen Alomes
28 Feb 2023The silicosis epidemic - a symptom of wider regulatory failure Arthur Chesterfield-Evans
28 Feb 2023Do China's COVID-19 numbers add up? Kari McKern
27 Feb 2023Ohio Disaster - will those responsible be arrested? Jerry Grey
23 Feb 2023‘Defence’ as an Australian paradox: explaining veteran suicides Tony Smith
23 Feb 2023The difficulties of health reform Charles Maskell-Knight
22 Feb 2023Neurofeedback works for trauma – let’s use it!!! Roger Gurr
20 Feb 2023Asking the question: making the first move in Voluntary Assisted Dying Mary Chiarella, Arthur Chesterfield-Evans
20 Feb 2023An insurance mindset is vital for the future of the welfare state Daniel Mulino
20 Feb 2023Disability can be progressive. Supportive regimes must be progressive too Peter Gibilisco
20 Feb 2023In Kashmir’s cycles of violence, progeny of former counterinsurgents are trapped in traumatic past Aliya Bashir
19 Feb 2023We must address the alarming rates of female veteran suicide Elizabeth Boulton
17 Feb 2023Reforms and more funding needed to save Medicare Stephen Duckett, Jennifer Doggett
11 Feb 2023The myth of meritocracy: Resisting the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce Report Mary Chiarella
10 Feb 2023The Medicare Review: how will its aspirations be achieved? John Dwyer
9 Feb 2023Australia’s problems with cosmetic surgery: why they have happened and how to fix them Kerry Breen
8 Feb 2023Towards an Australian Centre for Disease Control Peter Lewis-Hughes
7 Feb 2023Commonwealth-State cooperation is essential for healthcare reform Stephen Duckett
7 Feb 2023Disaster management: The lessons of 2022 Daniel Mulino
6 Feb 2023What’s wrong with addiction Ian Webster
3 Feb 2023The impact of the housing crisis on the mental and physical health of children John Ward, John Boulton
1 Feb 2023Legal but not in reach: The state of abortion in Australia Esther Linder
13 Jan 2023Does racism explain our approach to global health problems? Jerry Grey
10 Jan 2023The States can act now on 'broken' GP system Charles Maskell-Knight
7 Jan 2023Medicare must be patient and not provider centred John Menadue
7 Jan 2023Why is there a shortage of General Practitioners? Peter Brooks
6 Jan 2023Friedreich's Ataxia: Impossible to cease its progression Peter Gibilisco
5 Jan 2023Myths and facts about China’s current COVID-19 situation Zhou Limin
30 Dec 2022Best of 2022: If I were the Minister for Health John Menadue
27 Dec 2022To better serve Australia’s need, broaden mental health beyond Psychology Bernard Macleod
21 Dec 2022The corporatisation of General Practice Charles Maskell-Knight
19 Dec 2022A poetic imagining: "The Prime Minister has long Covid" Stephen Alomes
16 Dec 2022Deaths from heat waves can be prevented by community shelters David Shearman
8 Dec 2022Medicare reform must not just be about more money to do the same things the same way John Menadue
4 Dec 2022Environment: COP’s over but climate change is like ‘ol man river …’, Peter Sainsbury
4 Dec 2022Four myths about Pandemic preparedness Pearls and Irritations guest David Bell
3 Dec 2022Can we build on Whitlam's legacy and place patient need at the heart of Medicare? Tim Woodruff
2 Dec 2022Whitlam was elected fifty years ago today: Medibank/Medicare was conceived five years before that John Menadue
1 Dec 2022Yes, the Chinese protests are about politics and freedom. But they are also about what COVID might do if it is let loose now James Chin
30 Nov 2022Disability is not a hobby: our mutual obligation to society is paid richly and in full Peter Gibilisco
28 Nov 2022A matter of conscience: what to do about the national medical regulator Kerry Breen
26 Nov 2022Your Medicare card: the Whitlam government's contemporary legacy Stephen Duckett
17 Nov 2022Reinventing the NDIS Ian Webster
15 Nov 2022Medicare compliance review unlikely to succeed Charles Maskell-Knight
10 Nov 2022Covid Hindsight: Victoria acted on nightmare potential for system collapse Lucy Hamilton
3 Nov 2022NDIS: What do soaring costs tell us? Roger Beale
2 Nov 2022The Strengthening Medicare Taskforce: Making everyone equal at the front door of the health system Mary Chiarella, Ken Griffin
26 Oct 2022Some overlooked questions about the Medicare fraud hullabaloo Kerry Breen
25 Oct 2022Medicare "rorts"ridiculous, but reform still needed Charles Maskell-Knight
22 Oct 2022“Sixty percent of all claims sent to Medicare for payment are fraudulent”! John Dwyer
18 Oct 2022Paramedics missing in health care debate Ray Bange
16 Oct 2022The Strengthening Medicare Taskforce: No panacea, but great promise in technology driven care Ken Griffin, Mary Chiarella
10 Oct 2022Technological revolutions and the need for human interaction Peter Gibilisco
4 Oct 2022Specialist nurse care: a no-brainer in Multiple Sclerosis Belinda Bardsley, Rohan Greenland
25 Sep 2022Right wing media outraged by Australia’s Covid 19 response John Dwyer
24 Sep 2022The contrast between China and the US as the Covid debacle rolls on Eve Ottenberg
23 Sep 2022Advertising by doctors: Helpful or harmful? Kerry Breen
23 Sep 2022Learning from people who are homeless Ian Webster
21 Sep 2022Beetaloo gas field: Resurrect health impact assessments to save lives David Shearman, Melissa Haswell
21 Sep 2022The Strengthening Medicare Taskforce: Commonwealth must resist lobbyists and embed team-based care Ken Griffin, Mary Chiarella
17 Sep 2022The demarcations and restrictive work force practices in our health 'system' are a public scandal John Menadue
13 Sep 2022America the great? How the decline of the US will affect Australian policy Michael Pascoe
13 Sep 2022Modi's India gets a free pass on Human Rights - but not China! Lee Rhiannon
7 Sep 2022Our primary care system needs a philosophical and structural revolution (part two) John Dwyer
6 Sep 2022Our primary care system needs a philosophical and structural revolution (part one) John Dwyer
3 Sep 2022The parlous state of consumer protection from health care fraud John Dwyer
1 Sep 2022The strengthening medicare taskforce: All healthcare workers are on the front line. Let’s get them on the front foot Mary Chiarella, Ken Griffin
31 Aug 2022Suffer the little children Duncan Graham
27 Aug 2022Suzanne Davey: General Practice: A bleak future for quality and quantity Dr. Suzanne Davey
26 Aug 2022Australia’s problems with cosmetic surgery: why they have happened and how to fix them Kerry Breen
24 Aug 2022We need more than an Auditor-General’s report on COVID-19 vaccination Charles Maskell-Knight
20 Aug 2022Stumbling Surveillance: The end of the COVIDSafe App Binoy Kampmark
20 Aug 2022How to produce competent general practitioners…faster Dr Katrina Watson
19 Aug 2022What the strengthening Medicare Taskforce: Must do to modernise the primary health care workforce Mary Chiarella, Ken Griffin
14 Aug 2022Integrating care for better health Stephen Leeder
13 Aug 2022Tackling junk food Stephen Leeder
13 Aug 2022My life with Friedreich's Ataxia - some autobiographical reflections Peter Gibilisco
8 Aug 2022Jeffrey Sachs and Neil Harrison: Did US biotechnology help to create COVID-19? Jeffrey D. Sachs
4 Aug 2022Katrina Watson: How to save General Practice John Menadue
1 Aug 2022Peter Brooks and Peter Lewis-Hughes: A possible roadmap for a national pandemic plan John Menadue
29 Jul 2022Will 2022 be the year primary health care takes a step up? Stephen Duckett
29 Jul 2022Demographic future of China, the USA and India Abul Rizvi
17 Jul 2022Time to get serious about ventilation and air quality in training and post-secondary education Don Perlgut
15 Jul 2022Time to unleash the full potential of nurses Mary Chiarella, Ken Griffin
15 Jul 2022Complacency, wishful thinking and misinformation are all contributing to our lack of success in containing the spread of COVID-19 John Dwyer
7 Jul 2022Back to first principles on drugs Nicholas Cowdery
5 Jul 2022Hospitals and general practice reform Charles Maskell-Knight
4 Jul 2022Learning from Covid-19: A call for collective reflection Juliet Bennett
30 Jun 2022We need an Australian Healthcare Reform Commission Jon Blackwell, Kerry Goulston
18 Jun 2022Environment: Can astronomical phenomena inspire us to solve earthly problems? Peter Sainsbury
9 Jun 2022Desperate Premiers call for radical redesign for health care funding John Dwyer
18 May 2022If I were the Minister for Health John Menadue
16 May 2022The erosion of Medicare Charles Maskell-Knight
14 May 2022Do we continue down the pathway of privatisation of health by stealth? Stephen Leeder
12 May 2022What I would do if I were the Minister for Health and Ageing in the next government Stephen Duckett
12 May 2022Healthcare reform is not featuring in the current election John Dwyer
11 May 2022Our health system: The dream and the reality Tim Woodruff
4 May 2022Priorities for a new health minister Charles Maskell-Knight
3 May 2022Attention Australia: The climate crisis is a health crisis too Warwick Anderson, Fran Baum, Tony Capon
24 Apr 2022None of us is safe until all of us are safe: Australia and global vaccine equity Kathy Eagar, Darcy Morris
22 Apr 2022Immigration of Nurses and Doctors Abul Rizvi
20 Apr 2022Privatisation and the hollowing out of Medicare by the Morrison Government John Menadue
10 Apr 2022Margaret Beavis: What really makes Australians more secure? John Menadue
4 Apr 2022Children suffer the most in war Kim Oates
28 Mar 2022Why vaping will be accepted as Australia's response to tobacco Alex Wodak
25 Mar 2022Few aged care facilities deliver high quality care while also making a profit Hal Swerrisen
23 Mar 2022The return of the state? The role of government in managing the pandemic Alex Wodak, Jarrod Allen
21 Mar 2022Dental care must be on the election agenda - it's time Lesley Russell, Heiko Spallek
1 Mar 2022Investing in community health is the solution to our aged care crisis Mary Chiarella, Heiko Spallek, Brad Frankum
28 Feb 2022Boozing it up in Geneva by Big Alcohol Michael Thorn
20 Feb 2022Why a Multiculturalism Act would help reduce Covid impacts on minorities Andrew Jakubowicz
7 Feb 2022US's high Covid death rate mark the dark side of American exceptionalism Jake Johnson
5 Feb 2022New variant plus our Covid-weariness frustrates pandemic control John Dwyer
29 Jan 2022Why the Department of Health has proven tragically inept Charles Maskell-Knight
25 Jan 2022Four strategies to help vaccinate the world against COVID-19 Alex Wodak, Jarrod Allen
22 Jan 2022Aged care again bears the tragic brunt of a COVID-19 wave: why? Kathy Eagar, Anita Westera
19 Jan 2022How to learn from our Covid history (no, not with a royal commission) Stephen Duckett
19 Jan 2022Omicron wave has exposed the battle lines of a new 'ethics' war Paul Komesaroff
19 Jan 2022A sense of mission required for the (eventual) post-Covid nation Jack Waterford
18 Jan 2022Our post-pandemic healthcare system will need massive investment Jack Waterford
18 Jan 2022Stormy seas for health sector: the Omicron wave is too damaging to 'let it rip' Peter Lewis-Hughes
17 Jan 2022Living with Covid: lessons from the Spanish Flu pandemic Jeff Kildea
17 Jan 2022Omicron's relentless spread demands a new response Stephen Alomes
15 Jan 2022Another pandemic will come: have we learnt any lessons from this one? Jon Blackwell
14 Jan 2022Fools rush in: Morrison's latest and worst Covid fiasco Robin Boyle
8 Jan 2022It's not only us, Mr Morrison:the government must also play a part in fighting Covid Stephen Leeder
7 Jan 2022Health policy hazard: Covid is here to stay, so where is the plan? Hal Swerrisen
6 Jan 2022Act now to overcome the Commonwealth litany of failure on COVID Stephen Duckett
16 Dec 2021A curate's egg: the many failures of Australia's vaccine rollout Robin Boyle
15 Dec 2021A curate's egg: measuring the successes of Australia's vaccine rollout Robin Boyle
10 Dec 2021The price of inequality: vaccine nationalism and the Omicron variant Alex Wodak, Jarrod Allen
8 Dec 2021Australia's splintered healthcare system is plagued by inequity John Dwyer
4 Dec 2021Patient beware: many a medical practitioner is naught but a dodgy doctor John Dwyer
3 Dec 2021Front-line nurses, burnt-out or on the brink. Ben Chiarella
1 Dec 2021Rich countries blamed for 'avoidable' new Covid variant Jake Johnson
30 Nov 2021Omicron emerged because rich countries neglected global public health Binoy Kampmark
28 Nov 2021Omicron is fuelled by our failure to mount a coordinated global response John Dwyer
28 Nov 2021Aged care advisory council needs strong nursing voices Mary Chiarella
27 Nov 2021Biden urged to fight big pharma's vaccine greed at key WTO meeting Jake Johnson
21 Nov 2021'Obscene': Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna rake in $5.4 million an hour Jake Johnson
8 Nov 2021Vaccination plus: A safe ticket to the great Aussie summer Stephen Alomes
1 Nov 2021Our new Covid reality leaves the vulnerable living in fear Dechlan Brennan
30 Oct 2021Why Australia should be helping the least vaccinated nations like PNG Terry Slevin
25 Oct 2021From zero to acceptable risk: funeral rites for Covid zero Binoy Kampmark
24 Oct 2021After lockdown: can marvellous Melbourne ever be the same? Binoy Kampmark
24 Oct 2021EU, UK under fire for opposing a vaccine patent waiver due to Big Pharma lobbying Jake Johnson
22 Oct 2021Will NSW's opening up to international travel lead to internal borders closing down? Jane McAdam, Alison Bashford, Regina Jeffries
13 Oct 2021What really happened — not just in Wuhan — to spark the COVID-19 pandemic Alison Broinowski
9 Oct 2021Mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic the Javanese way Duncan Graham
8 Oct 2021In a post-Covid Australia, telehealth underpins the future for healthcare Peter Brooks
8 Oct 2021A year and 3.5 million deaths later, 'greed is triumphing over human life' in vaccine fight Jake Johnson
6 Oct 2021For 21st century primary health care, we need bold and brave leadership Lesley Russell
29 Sep 2021After the pandemic, virtual healthcare is the future Martin Bowles
29 Sep 2021Three Catholic Archbishops: A viral infection Bill Uren
27 Sep 2021How the Doherty model has been politically weaponised. Stephen Alomes
26 Sep 2021The Clayton's but secret Covid national plan Gordon Gregory
24 Sep 2021Dealing with community despair in the time of Covid Ian Webster
22 Sep 2021How nurse practitioners have been shut out of the vaccine rollout Mary Chiarella
21 Sep 2021Covid on the inside: A Sydney doctor's perspective. I can face tomorrow Nicole Hersch
20 Sep 2021Genocide by big pharma. Millions will die David Legge
20 Sep 2021Three unjustified problems with the Queensland euthanasia bill Frank Brennan
17 Sep 2021'Everybody did it': wealthy doctors' lobbies ride JobKeeper gravy train Callum Foote
15 Sep 2021A house divided against itself cannot tame the pandemic John Dwyer
14 Sep 2021Go hard, go early. But the PM prefers a go slow on key issues Kevin Davis
14 Sep 2021Reaching 80% vaccination isn't the same for all communities. The vulnerable will continue to suffer. Andrew Jakubowicz
12 Sep 2021NSW’s reopening plan is risky, and signals an end to a national approach Stephen Duckett, Anika Stobart
12 Sep 2021Sunday environmental round up. Peter Sainsbury
12 Sep 2021In a liberal capitalist society, Charlie Teo exemplifies the freedom and the potential of the entrepreneur Miles Little
10 Sep 2021John Menadue-At last,Australia backs Covid vaccine patent waiver. Better late than never Common Dreams
10 Sep 2021Doherty has ditched the pledge to First Nations Australians Robin Boyle
9 Sep 2021When should the lockdown end? Michael Keating
9 Sep 2021Fix the means test for a consumer-friendly retirement income system Andrew Podger
9 Sep 2021A major revamp of health workforce planning and research infrastructure is necessary in Australia Madhan Balasubramanian, Stephanie Short
9 Sep 2021The virus and social cultures: A national plan beyond Doherty Stephen Alomes
5 Sep 2021A food for special medical purposes for cancer patients? Ken Harvey
3 Sep 2021The Age demeans itself as well as the Victorian public health team Jenny Hocking
3 Sep 2021It's time to change the Covid narrative from getting to zero to harm minimisation Sandy Gifford
2 Sep 2021Blessed are the rich in securing vaccines John Menadue
2 Sep 2021The shameful global vaccine apartheid in 10 images Madhukar Pai
2 Sep 2021Trading Covid freedoms in NSW Stephanie Dowrick
1 Sep 2021Gladys Berejiklian, deep in farce yesterday, threatening chaos today Tony Smith
31 Aug 2021Wilcannia and Covid, a disastrous, discriminatory, failure by Australian and NSW Governments. Jenny Hocking
30 Aug 2021Covid-19 Infections, Vaccinations, Lockdowns, and the Economy Michael Keating
29 Aug 2021Stakeholder voices in health policy Stephen Duckett
27 Aug 2021Opening with 70% of adults vaccinated, the Doherty report predicts 1.5K deaths in 6 months. We need a revised plan Stephen Duckett, Anika Stobart, The Conversation
24 Aug 2021Premier Berejiklian, please stop thinking  about easing of restrictions after “6 million jabs” John Dwyer
24 Aug 2021How Covid in NSW has revealed the differences and disadvantages of class, race, age and gender. Andrew Jakubowicz
17 Aug 2021Vaccinating aged care staff: mismanagement by Scott Morrison’s government. Gordon Gregory
15 Aug 2021Gladys' infection is spreading everywhere Stephanie Dowrick
9 Aug 2021Not good enough, Premier Berejiklian John Dwyer
8 Aug 2021As US hits Biden's 70% vaccination goal, world's poor nations barely over 1% Common Dreams
5 Aug 2021The COVID-19 'National Plan' seems designed to fail Martin Painter
3 Aug 2021Big pharma monopolies gauging over vaccination prices whilst refusing access to poor countries Common Dreams
2 Aug 2021A tale of two cities in the same pandemic. Andrew Jakubowicz
28 Jul 2021Making good use of the AstraZeneca in which we are 'awash' Gordon Gregory
27 Jul 2021Lockdown protesters march across the flat earth Warwick McFadyen
27 Jul 2021Australia Should Back Covid-19 Waiver of Intellectual Property Rules Human Rights Watch
25 Jul 2021The right answer to Jack's question can help use all that AstraZeneca Gordon Gregory
23 Jul 2021We can help restore confidence in the AZ vaccine Graeme Stewart
22 Jul 2021Data hesitancy: class, race, ethnicity and geography in the viral dangers of Sydney Andrew Jakubowicz
22 Jul 2021Is AstraZeneca the Britney Spears of COVID vaccines? Tony Jaques
21 Jul 2021Poor leadership, irresponsible media and a clever virus John Dwyer
19 Jul 2021Wanting a social marketing campaign on Covid and getting a band aid instead Noel Turnbull
19 Jul 2021Covid 19 has revealed the weaknesses but also the importance of globalisation. Gordon Gregory
18 Jul 2021Why do some wealthy people leave money on the table by not buying private hospital insurance? Melbourne Institute
18 Jul 2021Russia’s vaccine curse John Menadue
16 Jul 2021The NSW 'lockdown' that isn't while putting business before people. John Dwyer
16 Jul 2021It's the vaccine rollout, stupid! Mark Buckley
15 Jul 2021Covid 2021 – Lessons from Dunkirk about unused resources. Think pharmacies Geoffrey Brooks
14 Jul 2021'Humanity Must Stand Together': Top Medical Ethicists Demand Vaccine Patent Waivers Common Dreams
13 Jul 2021Fear God, not the pandemic in Indonesia. Duncan Graham
9 Jul 2021We can complete a full mRNA rollout by end of 2021. Here’s the plan Robin Boyle
8 Jul 2021When should mandatory vaccination be on the agenda? Stephen Duckett, Anika Stobart
8 Jul 2021Ageing is not a lifestyle choice: Tony Broe, Ellen Finlay
7 Jul 2021AstraZeneca vaccine: let young people choose for themselves Michael Tanner
7 Jul 2021Lockdown’s compulsory in Indonesia – if you like Duncan Graham
6 Jul 2021The vaccine roll out is a much bigger debacle than the NBN rollout John Menadue
6 Jul 2021The chaotic incompetence of our roll out of the Covid vaccines? Part 2 John Dwyer
5 Jul 2021The chaotic incompetence of our roll out of the Covid vaccines? Part 1 John Dwyer
2 Jul 2021National Cabinet is not to blame, unless you ask the State Governments David Solomon
30 Jun 2021Australian Government silent on CSL, Red Cross contaminated blood scandal; UK government accepts 'moral responsibility' Elizabeth Minter
30 Jun 2021Can we have confidence in the Therapeutic Goods Administration? Ken Harvey
29 Jun 2021Nobody’s handmaiden: how nurses are taking on the top jobs despite opposition. Mary Chiarella
28 Jun 2021Finding the origins of COVID-19 and preventing future pandemics Jeffrey D. Sachs
27 Jun 2021The curse of coal and government health malfeasance David Shearman
25 Jun 2021Can the success of the NHS vaccination rollout in the UK be applied in other areas of healthcare? John Menadue
24 Jun 2021Financial penalties for avoidable hospitalisations. Stephen Duckett
24 Jun 2021Australia's Covid vaccine rollout, Part 4. A good outcome by Christmas is possible Robin Boyle
24 Jun 2021Dissecting the controversy around Medicare reform and a disappointing response from the ALP Jennifer Doggett
23 Jun 2021Australia's Covid vaccine rollout, Part 3. In June 2021 we are at the crossroads Robin Boyle
22 Jun 2021Australia's Covid vaccine rollout, Part 2. What we’ve been delivered Robin Boyle
21 Jun 2021Should procedural specialists be the highest earning doctors in the nation? Kerry Breen, Kerry Goulston
21 Jun 2021Australia's Covid vaccine rollout: what we were promised Robin Boyle
20 Jun 2021Rogue doctors and the good character test Kerry Breen
16 Jun 2021How Victoria's lockdown finally got Australia in vaccination mode Jonas Hedlund, Allan Hernández-Chanto, Carlos Oyarzún
16 Jun 2021Is the expanding medical workforce meeting changing community needs? Anthony Scott
14 Jun 2021Regulating Alcohol in the Northern Territory: in whose interest? Michael Dillon
11 Jun 2021Ageism and the secret to living a long life. Patricia Edgar
10 Jun 2021Competition isn’t improving the aged care sector Melbourne Institute
8 Jun 2021The Stench of COVID Coverups. Alison Broinowski, Tony Kevin
7 Jun 2021Covid and aged care: When you are in a deep hole, the most important thing to do is stop digging. Kathy Eagar, Anita Westera
4 Jun 2021Was there a Wuhan lab leak? Why an inquiry won't dig out the truth Jonathan Cook
1 Jun 2021The federal government’s Covid response: avoid responsibility for national quarantine Robin Boyle
31 May 2021Dentist migration policy in Australia requires a new strategy Madhan Balasubramanian, Woosung Sohn
30 May 2021Why do Australians buy private health insurance? Melbourne Institute
28 May 2021Encouraging COVID complacency is a dangerous political game Martin Painter
28 May 2021WHO Chief decries 'scandalous' vaccine inequality where rich nations control 'fate of the world' Common Dreams
26 May 2021Radioactive trash - a tale of two Sydney suburbs Noel Wauchope
25 May 2021Where next for private healthcare? Stephen Duckett
25 May 2021Australia’s Pandemic Trap is Snapping Shut Martin Painter
24 May 2021Ageism in the time of Covid Ian Webster
24 May 2021All too convenient to blame the Health bureaucrats Jack Waterford
23 May 2021Will India's Covid wave hit Indonesia? Stand by and stand back Duncan Graham
23 May 2021The Budget falsely claims to make health insurance cheaper through lower premium rebates Charles Maskell-Knight
23 May 2021As Covid ravages poor nations, Pharma vaccine profiteering has created 9 new billionaires Common Dreams
20 May 2021The Commonwealth Government is continually avoiding responsibility for quarantine Martin Painter
18 May 2021The Aged Care Royal Commission: the government responds with more money but the structural problems remain. Anita Westera, Kathy Eagar
18 May 2021The second year of the pandemic is even more deadly. Australians in India are being abandoned. John Dwyer
10 May 2021What do we get for the millions spent on COVID consultancies? Stephen Duckett
7 May 2021Covid in India and racism in Australia Greg Barns
7 May 2021Biden supports waiver on Covid -19 vaccines. Will Australia follow? New Zealand is ahead of us again. David Legge
6 May 2021Share the intellectual property on COVID-19 vaccines Jeffrey D. Sachs
5 May 2021India's Coronavirus emergency tells a story poorly understood Ramesh Thakur
4 May 2021A moral responsibility to get Australian's home John Dwyer
4 May 2021Biden urged to stand 'on the side of humanity' and back waiver for Covid vaccine patents Common Dreams
3 May 2021Covid-19 Vaccines: Australia on the side of wealthy countries and Big Pharma Terry Slevin
2 May 2021Capitalism, COVID, and Climate Mike Scrafton
29 Apr 2021Perspectives from the floor of a medically supervised injecting centre James Mulholland
26 Apr 2021Why won’t Morrison accept his responsibility for quarantine? Abul Rizvi
26 Apr 2021There is a conspiracy about the origins of COVID-19. But it has nothing to do with China’s secrecy Paul Komesaroff, Ian Kerridge
22 Apr 2021To hell in a trolley-car with a motley crew: utilitarians, “triage” urgers and Neo-Aztecs Peter Freckleton
21 Apr 2021Who is Australia's worst Health Minister? How does Greg Hunt rate? Noel Turnbull
19 Apr 2021COVID-19 Vaccines: Risks, Benefits, and Indemnity Ken Harvey
18 Apr 2021Explaining the AstraZeneca blood clots: what are our risks and how do we proceed? John Dwyer
18 Apr 2021Children’s Hospital tragedy casts a shadow over Perth Jerry Roberts
16 Apr 2021Are we more depressed or more diagnosed? Don Edgar, Patricia Edgar
16 Apr 2021I'll have what Scott's having, thanks! Robin Boyle
15 Apr 2021Australian Medical Association's aged care money grab Jill White
13 Apr 2021Lobby Land. The power of the health lobby. Health ministers may be in office but they are not in power. An update. John Menadue
9 Apr 2021Australia assists Big Pharma to stall vaccine roll out. David Legge
7 Apr 2021Aged care - where sexism and ageism walk hand in hand Kathy Eagar, Anita Westera
5 Apr 2021The unfolding Covid disaster in PNG John Dwyer
4 Apr 2021Experts warn failure to rapidly 'Vaccinate the World' creates dangerous opening for Covid-19 mutations Common Dreams
2 Apr 2021The 'ecology of attention' in health and social care Ian Webster
29 Mar 2021The unfortunate reality for private health insurance premiums Charles Maskell-Knight
28 Mar 2021WHO Chief blasts 'Grotesque' vaccine inequality as rich nations block speedy end of global pandemic Common Dreams
25 Mar 2021Vaccine rollout hindered by lack of recognition for nurse practitioners Mary Chiarella
24 Mar 2021More talk, no action: Australia’s approach to trade rules restraining vaccine production Deborah Gleeson
24 Mar 2021Do we still burn witches? The petition to pardon Kathleen Folbigg over the death of her four children Kerry Breen
24 Mar 2021Vaccine misinformation on social media is out of control, but we should expect better from the mainstream media John Dwyer
23 Mar 2021How effective are the Covid vaccines for our global immunisation efforts? John Dwyer
23 Mar 2021Developing a systems approach to enable patient navigation: A path to achieving patient empowerment? Sian Slade, Peter Brooks
21 Mar 2021Vaccine Diplomacy Is Paying Off for China Foreign Affairs
15 Mar 2021QUAD: A public relations exercise to disguise Big Pharma’s obstruction and to combat Chinese vaccine successes John Menadue
15 Mar 2021The long Chinese march into Indonesia with vaccines Duncan Graham
10 Mar 2021Vaccination controversy shouldn't compromise efforts to protect Australians John Dwyer
9 Mar 2021Australia could take a leaf from Indonesia's personalised approach to aged care Duncan Graham
8 Mar 2021Vaccine nationalism: Australia votes to deny Covid vaccines to poorer countries David Legge
8 Mar 2021Why dental care was excluded from Medicare and why it should now be included (an edited repost) John Menadue
7 Mar 2021Political stunt silences the Aged Care Royal Commission’s final report Sarah Russell, Elizabeth Minter
3 Mar 2021How a nurse saved the day. And nurses do it every day. Beth Mohle
2 Mar 2021Opportunity Lost: spark of a healthier nation was quickly snuffed out Tim Woodruff
1 Mar 2021Vaccine rollout: the value or otherwise of a 'vaccination certificate'. Part 3 Robin Boyle
1 Mar 2021Our C18th health workforce structure is riddled with demarcations, inefficiencies and antique work practices. (An edited repost) John Menadue
26 Feb 2021Herd immunity? Not with AstraZeneca in the frame. Part 2 Robin Boyle
23 Feb 2021China, Russia steal a vaccine diplomacy march East Asia Forum
21 Feb 2021We are Socioecological: health carers and advocates Mark Wahlqvist, Denise Ruth, Jacinta Tobin
19 Feb 2021Expert denialism: federal Covid advisory committee slow to accept airborne evidence Stephen Alomes
18 Feb 2021The race is on ... vaccines vs variants. The global response will determine the winner John Dwyer
18 Feb 2021Penny wise, pound foolish: the federal government must step up on hotel quarantine Stephen Duckett, Brendan Coates
15 Feb 2021Serving the underserved: nurse practitioners' invaluable roles during Covid Mary Chiarella, Leanne Boase
14 Feb 2021Going for CALD on Covid Andrew Jakubowicz
14 Feb 2021Upturn: A better normal needs a focus on health, not just healthcare Lesley Russell
11 Feb 2021Deaths in aged care on Morrison's watch Kristina Keneally
8 Feb 2021Australian aged care is a crisis waiting to happen Peter Baume
5 Feb 2021Aged care, quarantine: open and shut cases of federal responsibility but Morrison won't step up to the plate Sarah Russell
31 Jan 2021Indonesia’s pandemic policy: Pray and pay Duncan Graham
28 Jan 2021Vocational Education Trainers need vaccination priority - economic recovery may depend on it Don Perlgut
24 Jan 2021We have the tools to help control the pandemic; we have to use them John Dwyer
21 Jan 2021Putting all our eggs in the vaccination basket is delusional Tony Smith
21 Jan 2021Pandemic deaths have numbed our humanity and perception of risk Tony Jaques
20 Jan 2021Australia’s Covid-19 quarantining – an abrogation of federal responsibilities! There is no national plan Rhonda Boyle
20 Jan 2021State of emergency: London, Washington DC fail basic duty to protect citizens Janine Perrett
18 Jan 2021Diplomacy's pointy end. Chinese vaccines in Indonesia. Duncan Graham
17 Jan 2021The Matthew Fisher Sarcoma Research Fund John Menadue
9 Jan 2021Barriers to the NDIS Ian Webster
6 Jan 2021No Plan PM: how government’s lack of an aged care plan cost lives. Typically the PM then blamed others. Elizabeth Minter, Sarah Russell
6 Jan 2021Responding to Callaghan: completing Australia's retirement income system Andrew Podger
5 Jan 2021China's 'vaccine diplomacy': A global charm offensive. Winning hearts and minds! The Japan Times
5 Jan 2021Are surgeons just a little bit less careful when operating on their birthdays? Peter Sainsbury
4 Jan 2021It is foolhardy, indeed downright irresponsible, to have spectators at cricket and tennis matches this summer John Dwyer
4 Jan 2021The shabby treatment of nurses by medical doctors. John Menadue
3 Jan 2021Reflections on and predictions for the Covid-19 pandemic as 2020 gives way to 2021. Part 2 John Dwyer
2 Jan 2021Reflections on and predictions for the Covid-19 Pandemic as 2020 gives way to 2021. Part 1 John Dwyer
31 Dec 2020Is the Darwin Dan Murphy’s Woolworths a Juukan Gorge moment? Michael Thorn
31 Dec 2020Nurse Practitioners must be recognised by the Medical Benefits Schedule Debra Thoms, Leanne Morton
31 Dec 2020Surely pre-senile dementia is too high a price to pay for sporting glory John Dwyer
30 Dec 2020Medicare Review: professional mobbing and cartel behaviour against nurses Christopher O’Donnell, Lisa Whitehead
30 Dec 2020What is the fate of the MBS Review Task Force and its work? (Croakey Dec 21, 2020) Lesley Russell
24 Dec 2020Let’s all shout out for our nurses in 2021 Kim Oates
23 Dec 2020Health Professionals during the pandemic Carol Cooke
22 Dec 2020The global effort by anti-vaxxers to destroy confidence in Covid-19 vaccines John Dwyer
21 Dec 2020We thought you saw us nurses - seems we were wrong Jill White
21 Dec 2020Dentists, overtreatment and policy deficiencies Gary Moorhead
17 Dec 2020A perverse, offensive and oppressive rejection of nurses Mary Chiarella, Jane Currie
17 Dec 2020What has happened to influenza (and everything else) during the COVID-19 pandemic? Dominic Dwyer
15 Dec 2020Overtreatment in Dentistry: A Professional Controversy Alexander Holden
14 Dec 2020El Cheapo Aged Care: why the Coalition’s make-work schemes won’t work Sarah Russell
7 Dec 2020There were shocking Covid-19 infection rates in USA arrivals in March – why were flights not shut down? Robin Boyle
3 Dec 2020Three cheers for health workers who care for patients, communities and the planet David Shearman
26 Nov 2020Fraudster will create US COVID vaccination problems Noel Turnbull
25 Nov 2020'Our Malady' by Timothy Snyder: Lessons for Australia in health care Kerry Goulston
19 Nov 2020The people with disabilities who regularly miss out Ian Webster
15 Nov 2020Review of the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Framework Ken Harvey
12 Nov 2020Covid vaccine claims 90% efficacy; Australia has bought 10 million doses David Legge
11 Nov 2020Biden wins the poisoned chalice as we pray for a coronavirus vaccine John Dwyer
9 Nov 2020Hotel quarantine interim report on outsourcing recommends changes but accountability questions remain (Kristen Rundle, The Conversation 6.11.20) The Conversation
5 Nov 2020Where to send granny? Bringing the last generation back into total society Duncan Graham
2 Nov 2020Around the world it is the lack of caution among 19-29 year olds that disproportionally puts infection control at risk John Dwyer
1 Nov 2020Tianshu Bai et al. Private or Public? The declining use of private healthcare in Australia (Melbourne Institute Oct 2020) Melbourne Institute
1 Nov 2020Angelique Chan. Asian countries do aged care differently. Here’s what we can learn from them (The Conversation Oct 23, 2020) The Conversation
30 Oct 2020Yes Minister: Another day, another aged care scandal Sarah Russell
29 Oct 2020Aged care: Commissioners hand government a 'get out of jail' card with disagreement between Commissioners. Kathy Eagar
28 Oct 2020No one else in the world has tamed a second wave this large like Daniel Andrews (The Conversation Oct 26, 2020) Stephen Duckett, Tom Crowley
28 Oct 2020Aged care and the magic pudding Kathy Eagar
22 Oct 2020Despite more than 30 major inquiries, governments still haven’t fixed aged care. Why are the lobbyists getting away with it? (Oct 21, 2020) The Conversation
21 Oct 2020Reform of the waterfront, with its dogs and security guards, was minor compared to what's needed for health sector John Menadue
20 Oct 2020The lack of integration in Australia's health workforce. There are unconnected silos everywhere. Mary Chiarella, Lesley Russell, Peter Brooks
19 Oct 2020The Victorian lockdown is not just about health and lives! Robin Boyle
16 Oct 2020Misinformation about Covid-19. Don't listen to Donald Trump or Alan Jones. John Dwyer
16 Oct 2020No shortage of options to pay for rights-based care for the elderly with a disability. Part 2 Roger Beale
15 Oct 2020Gillard's discrimination against people with a disability aged over 65 must be put right - Part 1 Roger Beale
15 Oct 2020The aged care Royal Commission’s Covid-19 report is superficial, misleading and unhelpful Hal Swerrisen
15 Oct 2020The National Disability Insurance Scheme: a consumer's experience Jon Blackwell
13 Oct 2020Residential aged care funding rules are unfair and inefficient Stephen Duckett
13 Oct 2020LobbyLand. The politics of fossil fuels - the pits! David Shearman
6 Oct 2020Aged care providers have Coalition wrapped around their little fingers Sarah Russell
5 Oct 2020Social prescribing links workers Lesley Russell
29 Sep 2020First Nations people, their health, and this coronavirus Michael Gracey
29 Sep 2020Tackling the mental health crisis in the time of Covid 19; prescribing the same remedy over and over again? Bill Bush
28 Sep 2020Out-of-pocket medical financial abuse Kerry Breen, Kerry Goulston
22 Sep 2020Aged care has become a property play - perhaps even for some church groups? Ray Bricknell
21 Sep 2020Home based and community health care Mary Chiarella
21 Sep 2020Australian aged care death rate among highest in the world. Aged care Insite. August 12 2020 Conor Burke
17 Sep 2020What happens when we treat aged care residents as “consumers” (Inside Story Sep 14, 2020) Sarah Holland-Batt
13 Sep 2020Cuban and American healthcare (CounterPunch Sep 3, 2020) Don Fitz
9 Sep 2020Promoting health equity: mixed scorecard for Australia’s policy response to Covid-19 Belinda Townsend, Sharon Friel, Sharni Goldman
9 Sep 2020Coughing up a smokescreen Duncan Graham
8 Sep 2020Aged care should not be 'pre-palliative care' as Scott Morrison suggests Hal Swerrisen
8 Sep 2020Overcoming individualisation is fundamental to social change Matthew Fisher
7 Sep 2020PART 2: COVID controversies and vaccine shortcuts John Dwyer
4 Sep 2020Covid controversies continue to hinder our efforts to end a deadly pandemic - Part 1 John Dwyer
4 Sep 2020Victoria should stay the course Stephen Duckett
3 Sep 2020Air pollution from coal blights young lives, even before birth John Hewson
3 Sep 2020Sexual misconduct in our society: Can we do better? Kerry Breen
2 Sep 2020How market forces are failing us in opting out to private and for-profit child care Lisa Bryant
2 Sep 2020Tackling substance abuse in the coronavirus pandemic Lesley Russell
1 Sep 2020It was a mistake to privatise aged care Peter Baume
1 Sep 2020PART 2: Review of the Medicare Benefits scheme James Gillespie, Kerry Goulston
1 Sep 2020Robodebt and suicide Ian Cunliffe
31 Aug 2020PART 1: Review of the Medicare Benefits scheme James Gillespie, Kerry Goulston
26 Aug 2020Aged Care as part of a National Care Service. Ray Bricknell
24 Aug 2020We have the least worst Minister in charge of Aged Care Mungo MacCallum (Dec'd)
24 Aug 2020What about the security companies? Don’t they have corporate ethical responsibility? Rivka T Witenberg
23 Aug 2020The inconsistent responses to Covid-19 Jocelyn Pixley
23 Aug 2020Harmful research misconduct, is our research integrity framework adequate? Ron Brent, Kerry Breen
20 Aug 2020Being old and disabled in the time of COVID Roger Beale
19 Aug 2020'Rage against the dying of the light' in the way we treat elderly people Ian Webster
18 Aug 2020The (failing) aged care system we have in 2020 operates exactly as it was designed to - Part 2 Kathy Eagar
17 Aug 2020The (failing) aged care system we have in 2020 operates exactly as it was designed to - Part 1 Kathy Eagar
17 Aug 2020The Ruby Princess fiasco, deaths and damage. Mungo MacCallum (Dec'd)
16 Aug 2020The Coronavirus does discriminate Paul Malone
16 Aug 2020War and Pandemic Journalism: the Truth Can Disappear Fast (Counter Punch August 7, 2020) Patrick Cockburn
14 Aug 2020A pandemic letter from an Aussie in the USA (PURSUIT August 14, 2020) Adam Elshaug
13 Aug 2020Why is Australia's public health data hidden? Heiko Spallek
13 Aug 2020What went wrong with Aged Care? Mark Buckley
12 Aug 2020To mask or not to mask? Is that the question? Mary Chiarella
10 Aug 2020COVID-19 lays bare the US’s deep problems, with some help from Trump Richard Eckersley
9 Aug 2020Nurses, COVID-19 and the risks they run for us. Mary Chiarella
9 Aug 2020Fast Tracking a National Care Service Sue Rabbitt Roff
7 Aug 2020Aged care homes: the weakest COVID-19 link Kathy Eagar
5 Aug 2020The hindering of our efforts to control the spread of Covid-19 John Dwyer
30 Jul 2020Caring for older Australians Stephen Leeder
30 Jul 2020The powerless suffer and the powerful carry on amid Covid-19 Tim Woodruff
29 Jul 2020The Power of Attorney and abuse of the elderly Patricia Edgar, Don Edgar
27 Jul 2020Watching Fox News in the US may kill you Noel Turnbull
23 Jul 2020The cost of outsourcing public health services Noel Turnbull
19 Jul 2020Domestic violence in the pandemic. Anti terrorism is a tried and successful diversion Post by mail
16 Jul 2020In this pandemic, children will suffer far more than we realise Kim Oates
10 Jul 2020The Therapeutic Goods Administration must do better. Ken Harvey
6 Jul 2020Where politics ‘trumps’ public health John Dwyer
3 Jul 2020Australia’s health care after coronavirus – is there a silver lining to the pandemic? Lesley Russell
25 Jun 2020‘Get them laughing to get them drinking’ and 'Keep them drinking' while they're stuck at home. Hannah Pierce
25 Jun 2020Death of the critical friend in South Australia Paul Laris
16 Jun 2020Monty Python and the quest for herd immunity Rodney Tiffen
12 Jun 2020Australia’s COVID-19 response Part 2: The four successes and four failures Stephen Duckett, Anika Stobart
11 Jun 2020Health inequalities: plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose Peter Sainsbury
11 Jun 2020Australia’s COVID-19 response Part 1 of 2: the story so far Stephen Duckett, Anika Stobart
9 Jun 2020Malcolm Turnbull’s ‘political kryptonite’ lesson: Resistance to Big Pharma’s greed can succeed Deborah Gleeson
8 Jun 2020PETER BROOKS, STEPHEN DUCKETT and BRIAN OLDENBURG. Telehealth and digital health navigators – a bright future. Stephen Duckett, John Menadue
5 Jun 2020RAY MOYNIHAN. Many of the world’s most influential medical leaders too cosy with pharma. John Menadue
4 Jun 2020JOHN ASHTON. The UK with the world’s second worst response to COVID-19. John Menadue
4 Jun 2020IAN WEBSTER. The UK and COVID-19; lessons for the UK and some for Australia Ian Webster
3 Jun 2020Lockdown mea culpa: Norway sets an example Ramesh Thakur
30 May 2020GEORGE BROWNING. Australia’s two personalities-pandemic and climate change George Browning
30 May 2020Let’s learn from this pandemic to be better prepared for the really big one Ramesh Thakur
29 May 2020JEFF KILDEA. How many Australians died of Spanish Flu? Take your pick Jeff Kildea
29 May 2020JOHN CARLIN. Discrimination and Inequality John Carlin
27 May 2020The rise and fall of coronavirus modelling Ramesh Thakur
27 May 2020LESLEY RUSSELL. The Next Community Pharmacy Agreement Lesley Russell
25 May 2020ROY HARVEY. The Anzac spirit and the future of health policy Roy Harvey
22 May 2020IAN HICKIE and STEPHEN DUCKETT. Mobilise private resources to cope with the COVID-19 mental health wave Stephen Duckett
22 May 2020DEBORAH GLEESON & DAVID LEGG. Three simple things Australia should do to secure access to treatments, vaccines, tests and devices during the coronavirus crisis (The Conversation 21.4.20) David Legge, Deborah Gleeson
21 May 2020JOHN WARD. Residential aged care in Covid and beyond John Ward
19 May 2020Political ambition demands we play the Covid ‘Blame Game’ while Rome still burns John Dwyer
18 May 2020CAVAN HOGUE. Science, not politics, must drive an independent and comprehensive Coronavirus inquiry Cavan Hogue
18 May 2020DAVID FIDLER. The dangerous COVID-19 quest for WHO reform (EAF 10.5.20) David Fidler
18 May 2020KEN HARVEY. Formal response from the TGA Ken Harvey
14 May 2020IAN WEBSTER: Public health and the nanny state. Ian Webster
13 May 2020HAL SWERISSEN. The New Normal: how we’ll live with Covid-19 Hal Swerrisen
13 May 2020JACK WATERFORD. Digesting the cases being missed Jack Waterford
12 May 2020JACK WATERFORD. Asymptomatic Covid cases will give us our next waves Jack Waterford
12 May 2020DUNCAN GRAHAM. When in doubt, think up a number Duncan Graham
12 May 2020PETER HANSFORD. Corona Virus: Capturing the Lessons Learned Peter Hansford
12 May 2020KIM OATES. Anxiety and the Etiquette of Walking Kim Oates
11 May 2020JEFF KILDEA. Lessons to be learned from the Spanish flu pandemic of 1919 - Part 2 Jeff Kildea
11 May 2020JAMES CURRAN. Canberra’s wolverines threaten our connection (AFR 8.5.20) James Curran
11 May 2020Building a mental health system that tackles root causes Toni Hassan
11 May 2020SUE WAREHAM. Prioritising Health Sue Wareham
8 May 2020RICHARD BUTLER. Covid19 USA: The Human Exchange Rate    Richard Butler
8 May 2020JEFF KILDEA. Lessons to be learned from the Spanish flu pandemic of 1919 - Part 1 Jeff Kildea
7 May 2020GEOFF EBBS. Coronavirus tracking is about more than privacy vs safety. Geoff Ebbs
7 May 2020JOHN CARLIN. Living with Death - the Coronavirus Paradox John Carlin
6 May 2020Sound the Trumpists: The deputy sheriff rides again – Part Three: Goading the dragon Ramesh Thakur
5 May 2020Sound the Trumpists: The deputy sheriff rides again – Part Two: India and Australia Ramesh Thakur
5 May 2020GEOFF RABY. PM’s Virus Inquiry was a Lose-Lose Call (AFR 4.5.20) Geoff Raby
4 May 2020JOHN DWYER. Palmer’s Pills, all 32 million of them! John Dwyer
4 May 2020Sound the Trumpists: The deputy sheriff rides again – Part One: The global landscape Ramesh Thakur
4 May 2020DAVID SHEARMAN and MELISSA HASWELL; The EPBC Act Review is a once in a decade chance to prioritise our Environment, our Health and our Future David Shearman, Melissa Haswell
1 May 2020ALEX MITCHELL: How Sydney survived the 1900 bubonic plague Alex Mitchell
1 May 2020ANDREW FARRAN. Pandemics, paradoxes and the Federal system Andrew Farran
30 Apr 2020JOHN DWYER. Trump, Xi and the WHO. John Dwyer
30 Apr 2020TIM WOODRUFF. Health Services or a Health System?: We Have a Choice Tim Woodruff
30 Apr 2020TONY SMITH. Promoting ignorance over education. Tony Smith
30 Apr 2020ALLAN KESSING. Unregulated Global Health Experiment by Airlines. Allan Kessing
29 Apr 2020BARRY JONES. From COVID-19 to Climate Change? Hoping for a miracle. Barry Jones
29 Apr 2020TERRY SLEVIN. The Silver lining on the coronavirus cloud. John Menadue
28 Apr 2020DUNCAN MACLAREN. The Coronavirus and Scottish Independence Duncan Maclaren
24 Apr 2020STEPHANIE DOWRICK. Communication in a time of crisis Stephanie Dowrick
22 Apr 2020Covid-19, Trump, Xi and Canberra (AFR 22.4.2020) John McCarthy
22 Apr 2020IAN McAULEY. A little more coronavirus arithmetic Ian McAuley
22 Apr 2020KERRY GOULSTON, THANH NGUYEN AND OLIVER FRANKEL. Vietnam’s success in containing Covid-19 Oliver Frankel, John Menadue
22 Apr 2020SUE WAREHAM. Cancel RIMPAC and reorder our priorities Sue Wareham
21 Apr 2020ADAM ELSHAUG & STEPHEN DUCKETT. Hospitals have stopped unnecessary elective surgeries – and shouldn’t restart them after the pandemic (The Conversation 16.4.20) Stephen Duckett
20 Apr 2020JOHN DWYER. Questions we need answered before we can safely ease COVID-19 restrictions. John Dwyer
17 Apr 2020PETER SAINSBURY. Corona-myths: shifting the blame to preserve privilege. Part 2 of 2. Peter Sainsbury
17 Apr 2020TIM WOODRUFF. COVID 19: Lessons for our Health ?System Tim Woodruff
16 Apr 2020PETER SAINSBURY. Corona-myths: shifting the blame to preserve privilege. Part 1 of 2. Peter Sainsbury
14 Apr 2020IAN McAULEY. Arithmetic supports a policy of eradicating coronavirus Ian McAuley
13 Apr 2020MAX HAYTON. Ardern provides crisis management masterclass. Max Hayton
11 Apr 2020SATURDAY’s GOOD READING AND LISTENING FOR THE WEEKEND Ian McAuley
10 Apr 2020ALEXANDER C L HOLDEN and CARLOS R QUIONEZ. What should our health professional associations be in the 21st Ce ntury? John Menadue
9 Apr 2020JOHN DWYER. Exploring COVID-19 controversies. Part 1 John Dwyer
8 Apr 2020JACK WATERFORD. Failing to mass test condemns us to repeated epidemics Jack Waterford
8 Apr 2020RIVKA T. WITENBERG A moral dilemma or not. Rivka T Witenberg
8 Apr 2020RIVKA T. WITENBERG.-Panic buying is not hoarding: Rivka T Witenberg
7 Apr 2020Lives vs lives: Corona without karuna Ramesh Thakur
7 Apr 2020GRAEME HOUGHTON. Role of the private hospital sector in the Covid-19 pandemic John Menadue
6 Apr 2020ADRIAN BAUMAN.-Shaping the Corona Story: mass communications in the COVID-19 pandemic. John Menadue
6 Apr 2020LESLEY RUSSELL. The Hidden Death Toll from the Coronavirus Pandemic Lesley Russell
6 Apr 2020PROFESSOR DANG VAN DUONG: COVID-19: National Unity and Solidarity: Lessons learnt from Vietnam John Menadue
6 Apr 2020MARK BUCKLEY. It's a Health Emergency and we need to act Mark Buckley
3 Apr 2020DUNCAN GRAHAM It’s looking real bad next door Duncan Graham
3 Apr 2020STEPHEN DUCKETT, ANIKA STOBART, WILLMACKEY.- If coronavirus cases don’t grow any faster, our health system will probably cope (The Conversations 1.4.2020) Stephen Duckett
3 Apr 2020STEPHANIE DOWRICK. Doing more in a time of less Stephanie Dowrick
3 Apr 2020HARSH MANDER. A pandemic in an unequal India (Hindu 1.4.20) Ramesh Thakur
2 Apr 2020JOHN CARLIN.-Groundhog Days John Carlin
1 Apr 2020Coronavirus postscript Ramesh Thakur
1 Apr 2020TREVOR PARMENTER. The new eugenics Trevor Parmenter
31 Mar 2020JOHN DWYER. Health care professionals want a lockdown now. John Dwyer
31 Mar 2020STEPHEN LEEDER. The ambiguity of herd immunity and the coronavirus Stephen Leeder
30 Mar 2020KERRY BREEN and KERRY GOULSTON.- Further update: An apolitical approach to the Covid-19 crisis - hopes are fading. John Menadue
30 Mar 2020Coronavirus pandemic: sceptical question marks make for better policy than excitable exclamation marks Ramesh Thakur
30 Mar 2020MICHAEL GRACEY. Protecting remote Indigenous people from the COVID-19 pandemic Michael Gracey
28 Mar 2020SATURDAY’s GOOD READING AND LISTENING FOR THE WEEKEND  Ian McAuley
27 Mar 2020MICHAEL KEATING.- Good health policy is good for the economy Michael Keating
27 Mar 2020DUNCAN GRAHAM The land of no social distance Duncan Graham
27 Mar 2020ALAN TYNDALL. Stem Cell Therapy; Hype or Hope? John Menadue
26 Mar 2020KERRY BREEN and KERRY GOULSTON.- Update: An apolitical response at last to the Covid 19 crisis. John Menadue
26 Mar 2020JOHN TONS. Nature Bats Last John Tan
25 Mar 2020Trump declares he is convinced we now have a drug to terminate the epidemic John Dwyer
25 Mar 2020ALLAN PATIENCE. The coronavirus pandemic and the crisis of Australian federalism. Allan Patience
25 Mar 2020JACK WATERFORD.- China's formidable achievement Jack Waterford
24 Mar 2020MICHAEL KEATING.- The latest economic response to the coronavirus Michael Keating
24 Mar 2020JACK WATERFORD.-COVID-19 mapping must go beyond the sick to the well Jack Waterford
23 Mar 2020MUNGO MACCALLUM.-Confusing and often self-contradictory messages on Covid-19 Mungo MacCallum (Dec'd)
23 Mar 2020JOHN TULLOH. Uncle Sam makes it an unhappy Persian new year in Iran. John Tulloh
23 Mar 2020GREG BAILEY. Predictability, Society and the COVID 19 Virus Greg Bailey
23 Mar 2020IAN WEBSTER. Too many experts at a time of crisis. Ian Webster
23 Mar 2020MARCUS REUBENSTEIN: This is NOT an economic crisis! John Menadue
23 Mar 2020JAMES GRUBER. Managing our fears. Some practical advice. James Gruber
20 Mar 2020KERRY BREEN and KERRY GOULSTON.-An improved response to COVID-19 will not be achieved with the current approach. John Menadue
20 Mar 2020RICHARD HORTON.- Scientists have been sounding the alarm for months. Why did Britain fail to act?(The Guardian 19.3.2020) John Menadue
20 Mar 2020JOHN CARLIN. The Corona Virus and Camus' "The Plague". John Carlin
19 Mar 2020JOHN DWYER. There is still a lot more that needs to be done to minimise harm in Australia from COVID-19. John Dwyer
19 Mar 2020JOHN CARMODY.- A 'civil society' or a 'competitive society'? John Menadue
18 Mar 2020MILES LITTLE. Coronavirus - more than an ethical problem John Menadue
16 Mar 2020JOHN CARLIN.- Time of Opportunity John Carlin
13 Mar 2020JINHEE KIM. COVID-19: Lessons from South Korea’s quick response John Menadue
13 Mar 2020COLUM LYNCH and ROBBIE GRAMER.-U.S. and China Turn Coronavirus Into a Geopolitical Football (Foreigh Policy(USA) 11.3.2020) John Menadue
12 Mar 2020LESLEY RUSSELL Coronavirus Highlights American Inequalities and Trump’s Inadequacies Lesley Russell
12 Mar 2020JOHN DWYER. Understanding the public health imperatives required to minimise infection with the Corona virus. (Part Two). John Dwyer
11 Mar 2020JOHN DWYER. Understanding the public health imperatives required to minimise infections with the Corona virus. (Part One). John Dwyer
9 Mar 2020CATHIE HULL. COVID-19 Infection, Isolation and Action John Menadue
6 Mar 2020JAMES GRUBER. China has effectively contained corona virus. James Gruber
5 Mar 2020STEPHEN LEEDER. Health guidelines may be necessary but are not sufficient for optimal medical care. Stephen Leeder
4 Mar 2020JACK WATERFORD. Covid-19 no need to panic yet. Jack Waterford
3 Mar 2020JACK WATERFORD.The big risk is this flu taking root in our neighbourhood, such as Indonesia, East Timor or PNG Jack Waterford
3 Mar 2020MARCUS REUBENSTEIN: Please give this face a name John Menadue
28 Feb 2020MARK BEESON. What’s at stake in the Coronavirus crisis? Mark Beeson
27 Feb 2020TESS HOGUE. Living in Hong Kong through SARS and Covid 19. John Menadue
27 Feb 2020IAN WEBSTER. The retreat from patients, a letter to young doctors Ian Webster
13 Feb 2020JOHN DWYER.The Opioid crisis should focus attention on the inadequacy of Primary Care in Australia. John Dwyer
12 Feb 2020ELENA COLLINSON and JAMES LAURENCESON. China and the Coronavirus. (Australia-China Relations Institute 10.2.2020) John Menadue
12 Feb 2020MARIO CAVALO. Something's not right here folks"​. The USA 2009 H1N1 Virus compared to China 2020 Coronavirus(China Daily8.2.2020) John Menadue
12 Feb 2020KIM OATES. Ten questions patients should ask their doctor. Kim Oates
11 Feb 2020JOHN TAN. Is Australia prepared? The next virus outbreak could be bioterrorism. John Tan
7 Feb 2020HANNAH PIERCE & MADDIE DAY. State and territory governments are taking on alcohol marketing John Menadue
7 Feb 2020JOHN MENADUE    What is a health service for?   John Menadue
4 Feb 2020DAVID SHEARMAN. The Unrelenting Desire to Export more Coal David Shearman
3 Feb 2020PETER BROOKS. Government’s new out-of-pocket medical costs website - a missed opportunity John Menadue
29 Jan 2020TREVOR PARMENTER. Tune Report on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Trevor Parmenter
22 Jan 2020JON BLACKWELL and KERRY GOULSTON. Aspects of Australian healthcare reform (part 3 of 3) – Big problems and big opportunities John Menadue
21 Jan 2020JON BLACKWELL and KERRY GOULSTON. Aspects of Australian healthcare reform (part 2 of 3) – Learning from Denmark John Menadue
20 Jan 2020JON BLACKWELL and KERRY GOULSTON. Aspects of Australian healthcare reform (part 1 of 3) – Some history John Menadue
20 Jan 2020JOHN DWYER. The lack of truth in Medicine and Science. John Dwyer
17 Jan 2020IAN WEBSTER.- Advocacy is hard going against the alcohol lobby. Ian Webster
10 Jan 2020MICHAEL THORN,- The cricket trifecta-booze,junk food and betting. Michael Thorn
7 Jan 2020TONY BROE. Privatising Aged Care Assessment Teams John Menadue
6 Jan 2020DAVID MORE. The ADHA Is Pulling A Large And Costly Confidence Trick On The Australian Medical Profession. John Menadue
3 Jan 2020KERRY GOULSTON. Vietnamese and Australian doctors learning together: reflecting on 20 years of collaboration John Menadue
18 Dec 2019KERRY BREEN and DAVID WEISBROT - Adverse events in healthcare: How to resolve an impasse. John Menadue
13 Dec 2019ALEXANDER HOLDEN and HEIKO SPALLEK. We Must Fill the Hole in our Public Health Services: Why Doesn’t Medicare Cover the Mouth? Heiko Spallek
13 Dec 2019LESLEY RUSSELL. Tackling the Emergency Department crisis: Some “what if?” scenarios Lesley Russell
11 Dec 2019JOHN DWYER. What a mess! Insurance for health care, both public and private, is increasingly dysfunctional with sensible and equitable solutions held hostage by “vested interests”. PART TWO John Dwyer
11 Dec 2019GEORGIA BEHRENS. Future doctors demand climate change action now (Insight Plus 18-11-19) John Menadue
10 Dec 2019JOHN DWYER. What a mess! Insurance for health care, both public and private, is increasingly dysfunctional with sensible and equitable solutions held hostage by “vested interests”. PART ONE John Dwyer
8 Dec 2019PETER SAINSBURY. Sunday environmental round up, 8 December 2019 Peter Sainsbury
4 Dec 2019PETER SAINSBURY. Health professionals stepping up to support action on climate change Peter Sainsbury
3 Dec 2019The barbaric nature of the human condition John Dwyer
27 Nov 2019JOHN MENADUE-The Private Health Insurance industry is a scam subsidised by taxpayers. John Menadue
21 Nov 2019JOHN DWYER Australia's opioid epidemic John Dwyer
20 Nov 2019DAVID MORE. The #myHealthRecord Is A Major Failure Following A Long List Of Other Major System Failures From The Federal Government Over The Years. John Menadue
17 Nov 2019PETER SAINSBURY. Sunday environmental round up, 17 November 2019 Peter Sainsbury
4 Nov 2019ARTHUR CHESTERFIELD-EVANS. Government Inaction may be a significant cause of Australia’s World-Leading Cancer Rates John Menadue
1 Nov 2019CHARLES LIVINGSTONE. Crown has an AGM, amidst the scandals John Menadue
29 Oct 2019DAVID MORE. Has Health Minister Hunt Been A Bit Too Clever By Half On The #myHealthRecord? John Menadue
28 Oct 2019PETER MILLER. How big alcohol is trying to fool the Australian public about alcohol guidelines John Menadue
25 Oct 2019JENNIFER DOGGETT, LESLEY RUSSELL. The Private Health Insurance dilemma: a product in search of a role (Croakey 22-10-19) Lesley Russell
23 Oct 2019DAVID SHEARMAN. Formulating a medical response to a deadly disease of disordered thinking (Croakey 16-10-19) David Shearman
18 Oct 2019JOHN MENADUE. The failure of the National Party on rural poverty and rural health. John Menadue
10 Oct 2019LESLEY RUSSELL. Where is the Focus on Rural Health (Redux) – Looking at You, National Party Lesley Russell
10 Oct 2019STEPHEN DUCKETT. Time to kill the Private Health Insurance zombies Stephen Duckett
30 Sep 2019JEFFREY BRAITHWAITE: How to improve the health system, part 2: learn from things going right as well as things going wrong John Menadue
27 Sep 2019JEFFREY BRAITHWAITE: How to improve the health system, part 1: support the staff John Menadue
26 Sep 2019KIM OATES. An insidious tragedy Kim Oates
25 Sep 2019JOHN MENADUE. A updated post: A Commonwealth Hospital Benefit similar to the existing Medical Benefit to replace the $11b private health insurance subsidy. John Menadue
24 Sep 2019BENEDICT SHEEHY. Bupa’s nursing home scandal is more evidence of a deep crisis in regulation (The Conversation 13-9-19) Ramesh Thakur
22 Sep 2019PETER SAINSBURY. Sunday environmental round up, 22 September 2019 Peter Sainsbury
16 Sep 2019LESLEY RUSSELL. Where is the Focus on Rural Health? Lesley Russell
8 Sep 2019PETER SAINSBURY. Sunday environmental round up, 8 September 2019 Peter Sainsbury
27 Aug 2019Private Health Insurance: Where To Now? Tim Woodruff
18 Aug 2019Sunday environmental round up, 18 August 2019 Peter Sainsbury
16 Aug 2019ALEXANDER HOLDEN and HEIKO SPALLEK. Private Health Insurance Under the Lens: Dental Providers and Patients Should Contribute to the Discussion. Heiko Spallek
13 Aug 2019Alcohol industry calling the shots on Australian health policy Michael Thorn
7 Aug 2019ANDREW PESCE. Patient Gap payments and Out of Pocket Costs. What needs to be done? Part 2 John Menadue
6 Aug 2019ANDREW PESCE. Explaining Gap Fees and their impact. What you knew and what you may not know Part 1. John Menadue
1 Aug 2019JOHN DWYER. Another hard to believe example of the weakness of our regulators in protecting consumers from healthcare fraud. John Dwyer
31 Jul 2019CHARLES LIVINGSTONE. The Crown allegations show the repeated failures of our gambling regulators (the Conversation 30 July 2019) John Menadue
25 Jul 2019MICHAEL GRACEY. Closing that Aboriginal Health Gap Michael Gracey
24 Jul 2019JOHN MENADUE. Taxpayer subsidised Private Health Insurance is a political scam. John Menadue
23 Jul 2019MUNGO MacCALLUM. The Coalition's conflict of disloyalties on health. Mungo MacCallum (Dec'd)
18 Jul 2019The crisis in Private Health Insurance arrangements in Australia is a symptom of our public health failures. John Dwyer
17 Jul 2019JENNIFER DOGGETT. Interpreting Medicare data and bulk billing figures (Croakey) Jennifer Doggett
16 Jul 2019STEPHEN DUCKETT.  Private health insurance needs a rethink Stephen Duckett
5 Jul 2019MONIQUE ROSS. Why the Pharmacy Guild is the most powerful lobby group you've never heard of (ABC News) John Menadue
30 Jun 2019PETER SAINSBURY. Sunday environmental round up, 30 June 2019 Peter Sainsbury
28 Jun 2019MICHAEL THORN. Dry July Sobriety Stunt is Unethical Michael Thorn
25 Jun 2019KELSEY CHALMERS and LESLEY RUSSELL. The National Strategy to Reduce OOP costs: will price transparency work? Lesley Russell
20 Jun 2019TONY BROE. What do Aboriginal Australians want from their aged care system? Community connection is number one (The Conversation, 19 June 2019) John Menadue
19 Jun 2019PAUL KRUGMAN. Mar-a-Lago comes for the N.H.S. (New York Times 8.6.2109) John Menadue
14 Jun 2019BERNARD MACLEOD Youth Suicide John Menadue
10 Jun 2019TIM WOODRUFF. Health Policy: Where to Now? Tim Woodruff
6 Jun 2019LESLEY RUSSELL. Restraining the Free Market That is Specialty Medicine Lesley Russell
24 May 2019JOHN DWYER An open letter to Minister Greg Hunt John Dwyer
23 May 2019CHARLOTTE PALMER. Is the Australian War Memorial a place of healing? John Menadue
14 May 2019PETER SAINSBURY. How do the parties’ environmental policies compare? Peter Sainsbury
14 May 2019IAN WEBSTER. US opioid epidemic: a warning to Australia? Ian Webster
12 May 2019FIONA ARMSTRONG. Health groups release climate policy scorecard: Coalition earns 0/8 Fiona Armstrong
7 May 2019RICHARD DAY Pharmacy Guild Out Muscles Government Again John Menadue
6 May 2019ALEXANDER HOLDEN and HEIKO SPALLEK. Labor’s Pensioner Dental Plan: Long in the Tooth or a Novel Idea?  Heiko Spallek
6 May 2019Zali Steggall takes on Tony Abbott over hospitals-to-tax-haven deal (Michael West) Michael West
3 May 2019RAY MOYNIHAN, PAUL GLASZIOU. We need new rules for defining who is sick. Step 1: remove vested interests (The Conversation) John Menadue
2 May 2019MICHAEL THORN. Writing on the wall for unhealthy advertising Michael Thorn
26 Apr 2019GRAEME STEWART. Major holes in Medicare. John Menadue
22 Apr 2019FIONA ARMSTRONG. Who will address the health emergency of climate change? Fiona Armstrong
18 Apr 2019TIM WOODRUFF. Health Policy and Successful Politics. Tim Woodruff
18 Apr 2019H.K. COLEBATCH. What’s wrong with the APS? John Menadue
12 Apr 2019JOHN DWYER. Politics and anti-science. Hunt’s pathetic “Flip-Flop” on the use of Taxpayer’s dollars to pay for “Alternative” Medicine John Dwyer
9 Apr 2019TIM WOODRUFF. Cancer is horrible; so is death from any cause. Tim Woodruff
8 Apr 2019JOHN DWYER - Will the health initiatives announced last week significantly and sustainably improve health care for Australians? John Dwyer
8 Apr 2019LESLEY RUSSELL: The Budget as an Election Campaign Document Lesley Russell
5 Apr 2019JOHN DWYER Chiropractic manipulation of infant's spine John Dwyer
3 Apr 2019JOHN MENADUE. The Australian Pharmacy Guild continues to dud taxpayers and patients. John Menadue
28 Mar 2019JOHN MENADUE. Labor’s proposed Australian Health Reform Commission is a welcome start. John Menadue
20 Mar 2019TIM WOODRUFF. Out of Pocket Costs: Who is missing out on health care? Tim Woodruff
19 Mar 2019ALEXANDER HOLDEN and HEIKO SPALLEK. Laying Out the Road Map for an Australian Universal Dental Scheme Heiko Spallek
14 Mar 2019JOHN DWYER. Health Reform's "Holy Grail";Medicare must fund the "team Medicine" approach to Primary Care. John Dwyer
8 Mar 2019HEIKO SPALLEK and ALEXANDER HOLDEN. Oral health – an essential component of a healthy life. Heiko Spallek
8 Mar 2019JENNIFER DOGGETT and LESLEY RUSSELL. Tackling Out-of-Pocket Costs Jennifer Doggett
6 Mar 2019PETER BROOKS. Will teenagers’ involvement in the climate change debate be a ‘game changer’? John Menadue
1 Mar 2019LESLEY RUSSELL. Can Primary Health Networks (PHNs) Drive Needed Primary Care Reforms? Lesley Russell
28 Feb 2019JOHN MENADUE. Hospitals should be the last resort, not the first resort. John Menadue
26 Feb 2019IAN WEBSTER. Of minds imprisoned. Ian Webster
22 Feb 2019KERRY BREEN, M TAFFY JONES. Mandatory reporting: Health ministers still have their heads in the sand. John Menadue
20 Feb 2019JILL MARGO. Why Denmark is reducing hospitals while we are building more. (AFR 19.2.2019) John Menadue
20 Feb 2019PETER BROOKS. Will Labor Really Be Brave On Health Reform - Response To National Press Club Address By Catherine King. John Menadue
19 Feb 2019TIM WOODRUFF. Health Reform From Labor: Does the Policy Match the Vision? Tim Woodruff
18 Feb 2019KERRY GOULSTON. Healthcare Reform at last? John Menadue
18 Feb 2019JOHN DWYER. Labor unveils the health care reform initiatives to be pursued if elected. John Dwyer
15 Feb 2019FRANK BRENNAN, TIM COSTELLO, ROBERT MANNE, JOHN MENADUE. Boat Turnbacks and Medical Transfers. Frank Brennan
15 Feb 2019MARIE McINERNEY. Labor would set up Aust Health Reform Commission if it wins 2019 poll (Croakey). John Menadue
13 Feb 2019JOHN MENADUE . Heath ministers may be in office but they are seldom in power John Menadue
11 Feb 2019JOHN DWYER. Health care reforms and the Federal election: A guide for voters John Dwyer
7 Feb 2019LIZ HANNA. A warming Australia spells serious trouble for human health John Menadue
7 Feb 2019HUGH MACKAY. A Culture of Compassion (Edited extract of Australia Day Address) Hugh Mackay
4 Feb 2019TIM WOODRUFF. What’s wrong with Labor’s Private Healthcare Discussion Paper? (Croakey) Tim Woodruff
31 Jan 2019MARK PROOST. Millions of Americans flood into Mexico for health care - the human caravan you haven't heard about. (Truthout 23.1.2019) John Menadue
24 Jan 2019LESLEY RUSSELL. The recommendations from the MBS Review for reforms in primary care: who will ensure these proposals are properly considered? Lesley Russell
21 Jan 2019JOHN MENADUE. Private Health Insurance is a con job. Is Labor being conned again? John Menadue
17 Jan 2019IAN McAULEY. Medicare under threat – from Labor! Ian McAuley
15 Jan 2019'CHRIS HARRINGTON. Care? The scourge of the ward station' John Menadue
15 Jan 2019JEFFREY SACHS and others.- Fully Filling the Global Fund. John Menadue
14 Jan 2019PETER BROOKS. If specialists cannot be fair in their fee charging - should we not be supporting a Royal Commission into medical fees John Menadue
14 Jan 2019JOHN MENADUE. We don’t have a coherent health workforce. We have highly trained and professional people working in silos. John Menadue
11 Jan 2019JOHN MENADUE. The Best of 2018: Why dental care was excluded from Medicare and why it should now be included. John Menadue
10 Jan 2019JOHN MENADUE. The Pandora's box of excessive medical specialists fees! An update and repost from April 19 2017 John Menadue
9 Jan 2019IAN WEBSTER. It's not mental illness, but despair Ian Webster
9 Jan 2019MARTYN LLOYD JONES, PAUL KOMESAROFF. Here's why doctors are backing pill testing at music festivals across Australia John Menadue
3 Jan 2019MICHAEL THORN. The standard you walk past is the standard you accept - sports' addiction to alcohol, gambling and junk food advertising. Michael Thorn
28 Dec 2018PETER MAGUIRE. Regulate It, Man. Marijuana John Menadue
24 Dec 2018TIM CAREY. It’s despair, not depression, that’s responsible for Indigenous suicide (The Conversation, 14.12.18) John Menadue
21 Dec 2018STEPHEN DUCKETT. Morrison’s health handout is bad policy (but might be good politics) (The Conversation). Stephen Duckett
19 Dec 2018LESLEY RUSSELL. ACSQHC Third Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation 2018. Lesley Russell
11 Dec 2018STEPHEN DUCKETT. Activity-based funding and prevention: a message for state governments (Croakey) Stephen Duckett
10 Dec 2018ANTHONY PUN. Advances in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. Anthony Pun
4 Dec 2018Time to make dental care an election issue Heiko Spallek
29 Nov 2018LESLEY RUSSELL: Time to make dental care an election issue Lesley Russell
27 Nov 2018DON EDGAR. Looking for the cuckoo in the mental health nest. Don Edgar
23 Nov 2018STEPHEN DUCKETT. The tooth hurts but Victoria’s public dental system is broken (Grattan Institute). Stephen Duckett
22 Nov 2018JOHN MENADUE. Health Reform Priorities John Menadue
16 Nov 2018JOHN MENADUE. How the politically urgent pushes the important health issues aside. John Menadue
7 Nov 2018No clever answers! Finding the right questions about dental care in Australia Heiko Spallek
6 Nov 2018Bullying in the public health system Anthony Pun
6 Nov 2018MARYANNE DEMASI. Vindication : dietitians cut ties with the sugar lobby. John Menadue
3 Nov 2018KIM OATES. If we listened to children the world would be a better place Kim Oates
1 Nov 2018MICHAEL THORN. Cricket Australia: Culpable without consequence Michael Thorn
31 Oct 2018IAN TRESISE. A View on the Need for Systemic Change in Health & Wellbeing Education John Menadue
30 Oct 2018STEPHEN LEEDER. Health and wealth travel together. Stephen Leeder
26 Oct 2018JENNIFER DOGGETT. Healthcare’s out-of-pocket crisis (Inside Story, 24.10.18) Jennifer Doggett
19 Oct 2018The extraordinary determination of China to have the world embrace its traditional medicine. (Part 3 of 3.) John Dwyer
18 Oct 2018JOHN DWYER. The extraordinary determination of China to have the world embrace its traditional medicine. (Part 2 of 3) John Dwyer
17 Oct 2018GRAEME STEWART. Growing inequality in access to health care is curable. John Menadue
17 Oct 2018JOHN DWYER. The extraordinary determination of China to have the world embrace its Traditional Medicine. (Part one of three) John Dwyer
16 Oct 2018CATHERINE STUBBERFIELD. UNHCR urges Australia to evacuate off-shore facilities as health situation deteriorates. John Menadue
13 Oct 2018JOHN MENADUE Vale John Deeble - an architect of Medicare John Menadue
13 Oct 2018JOHN INVERARITY. Do we have a higher priority as a society than the raising our children: We must end alcohol advertising in sport. John Menadue
13 Oct 2018LESLEY RUSSELL.Tackling the wicked problems in health - by building bridges with social services. Lesley Russell
6 Oct 2018JONATHAN PAGE. How Buddhism helped this cancer doctor care for his dying patients (ABC Science interview) John Menadue
6 Oct 2018JENNIFER DOGGETT. AIHW Health Expenditure Australia 2016-17 report – five key lessons. Jennifer Doggett
5 Oct 2018JERRY ROBERTS. Is Ken Wyatt’s position tenable?. Jerry Roberts
2 Oct 2018JOHN GOSS. Health care is getting cheaper (unless you need a specialist, or a dentist) (the Conversation, 28.09.18) John Menadue
26 Sep 2018BRIONY DOW. Do we need a Royal Commission into Aged Care? John Menadue
20 Sep 2018ISABELLE LANE. Six big players dominate Australia’s scandal-hit aged care sector (The New Daily, 19.09.18) John Menadue
19 Sep 2018STEPHEN LEEDER. Employing less qualified people in aged care Stephen Leeder
18 Sep 2018NICOLE GIBSON. A Letter to Canberra from a young Australian. John Menadue
18 Sep 2018BIANCA BRIJNATH. Improving dementia awareness in Australia’s multicultural communities can mean better care for all. John Menadue
17 Sep 2018FRAN BAUM and TOBY FREEMAN. Time for the reform of primary health care in Australia: a ten-point plan (Croakey, 12.09.18) John Menadue
15 Sep 2018JOHN MENADUE. Beyond the political rhetoric,hard hats and akubras what do our political ‘leaders’ really believe. John Menadue
15 Sep 2018KIM OATES. Viewpoint: "Always say something positive about the child" (Berry Brazelton 1918-2018) Kim Oates
11 Sep 2018MARK DANTA, CHUN MA, RICHARD DAY, DAVID MA. Dealing with the spiraling price of medicines: how “low” can it go? John Menadue
10 Sep 2018IAN WEBSTER: Preventing suicide Ian Webster
7 Sep 2018JOHN MENADUE. Why dental care was excluded from Medicare and why it should now be included John Menadue
1 Sep 2018ALESSANDRO DEMAIO. An evidence-based five-point plan to tackle child obesity in Australia. John Menadue
30 Aug 2018NEAL BLEWETT. Establishing, defending and improving Medicare. John Menadue
24 Aug 2018STEPHEN DUCKETT. A hospital win-win: improving care and saving money. Stephen Duckett
23 Aug 2018LESLEY RUSSELL. The dental divide – and the decay of public dental services (ABC News, 21.08.18) Lesley Russell
23 Aug 2018LESLEY BARCLAY, HANNAH DAHLEN, NIGEL LEE. Australia is breaking records for intervention in childbirth, and the costs are many. John Menadue
20 Aug 2018JOHN MENADUE. The failure of the National Party on rural poverty and rural health. Repost from 23 February 2018 John Menadue
11 Aug 2018ALEX WODAK. Drug Reform Series- Portugal’s successful drug law reform in 2001 Alex Wodak
10 Aug 2018CHRIS PUPLICK. Drug Reform series -The evidence for drug policy reform is clear. Chris Puplick
10 Aug 2018PETER BAUME. Drug Reform series- Drug policy: None so blind John Menadue
10 Aug 2018TONY TRIMINGHAM. Drug Reform Series-Don’t punish drug users. Help them instead. John Menadue
9 Aug 2018HELEN TYRRELL. Drug Reform series-Grasping the nettle: Prisons, drug use and the law John Menadue
9 Aug 2018KEITH HAMBURGER. Drug Reform series – punishment alone is not the answer. John Menadue
9 Aug 2018GINO VUMBACA. Drug Reform series-At last, a government sanctioned pill testing program John Menadue
8 Aug 2018IAN WEBSTER. Drug Reform Series- Drug policy and justice Ian Webster
8 Aug 2018MICHAEL HART. Drug Reform Series – Drub Policy-an addiction to failure John Menadue
8 Aug 2018RALPH SECCOMBE. Drug Reform series-Production of illicit drugs - the balloon effect John Menadue
7 Aug 2018ALEX WODAK. Drug Reform Series -Drug policy: prohibition and punishment is just not effective Alex Wodak
7 Aug 2018BILL BUSH. Drug Reform series- High drug incarceration – harms manifest and benefits hard to perceive John Menadue
7 Aug 2018MICK PALMER. Drug Reform series-The Blind Eye of History: from policing alcohol prohibition to policing drug prohibition John Menadue
6 Aug 2018MARION McCONNELL. Drug Reform series-The long road to drug law reform John Menadue
6 Aug 2018GEOFF GALLOP. Drug Reform series-The politics of drug decriminalisation John Menadue
6 Aug 2018ANN SYMONDS. Drug Reform series -The politics of social change John Menadue
2 Aug 2018TIM WOODRUFF. My Health Record: Major Concerns Continue Despite Backdown By Health Minister. Tim Woodruff
2 Aug 2018PETER DAY. No womb in the Inn. John Menadue
31 Jul 2018RUTH ARMSTRONG and TRENT YARWOOD . Staying in or opting out: My Health Record goes viral for all the wrong reasons (Croakey, 17.07.18) John Menadue
14 Jul 2018ELIZABETH HLAVINKA. High Opioid-Use Counties Voted Trump in 2016 (Medpage Today 22/6/2018) John Menadue
13 Jul 2018TERRY BARNES. Pharmacy power is a paper tiger (AFR 4/7/2018) John Menadue
13 Jul 2018MICHAEL MULLINS. Treatment of the mentally ill as 'the next civil rights issue' Michael Mullins
9 Jul 2018JOHN MENADUE. Domestic violence is a greater threat than terrorism John Menadue
9 Jul 2018GREG AUSTIN: Counter-terrorism lessons for family murders John Menadue
9 Jul 2018IAN WEBSTER. Government and the medicalisation of disabilities Ian Webster
7 Jul 2018TIM WOODRUFF. Health, Class Warfare, and Social Justice Tim Woodruff
6 Jul 2018CHARLES LIVINGSTONE. The Melbourne casino, and irresponsible gambling John Menadue
4 Jul 2018DOUG TAYLOR. Kicking goals in the fight against drugs John Menadue
2 Jul 2018STEPHEN LEEDER. Reviewing the Book of Kells’ schedule of medical fees. Stephen Leeder
20 Jun 2018JOHN DWYER. Health care reform - Part 2. John Dwyer
19 Jun 2018JOHN MENADUE. Coalition legacies. John Menadue
19 Jun 2018JENNIFER DOGGETT and LOUISA GORDON Out-of-pocket costs for healthcare are a problem for all Australians Jennifer Doggett
19 Jun 2018JOHN DWYER. Health care reform - Part 1. John Dwyer
6 Jun 2018JOHN DWYER. “Health Care Homes”, set up to fail and doing so spectacularly. John Dwyer
1 Jun 2018RUTH ARMSTRONG. Four Corners- Mind The Gap episode: a one dimensional look at a multifaceted problem. John Menadue
21 May 2018JENNIFER DOGGETT. Health Budget Gaps. Jennifer Doggett
19 May 2018MICHAEL PASCOE. Profit-rich private health insurers burning billions on non-health costs Michael Pascoe
18 May 2018TIM WOODRUFF. A budget for inequality, worsening health outcomes and decreased productivity. Tim Woodruff
17 May 2018Profit trumping professionalism! All too often the case in Australian pharmacies John Dwyer
16 May 2018JOHN MENADUE. Are pharmacists professionals or shop keepers? John Menadue
12 May 2018MICHAEL THORN. Corporate power unchecked: Time to redress a dangerous imbalance Michael Thorn
12 May 2018PHILLIP BAKER, MARK LAWRENCE. Sweet power: the politics of sugar, sugary drinks and poor nutrition in Australia. John Menadue
1 May 2018JAMES FERNYHOUGH. Revealed: Australia’s richest professionals and the suburbs they live in. John Menadue
30 Apr 2018CHARLES LIVINGSTONE. Crown Casino -Too big to regulate? John Menadue
24 Apr 2018ALEX WODAK. Why is the drug policy debate in Australia stuck? Alex Wodak
17 Apr 2018STEPHEN LEEDER. Home (not so) sweet home Stephen Leeder
16 Apr 2018PETER MARTIN. It's time for sweetest tax of them all. John Menadue
13 Apr 2018LEANNE WELLS. Private health care in Australia: health policy’s wicked problem. John Menadue
9 Apr 2018RUTH ARMSTRONG*. Pathways to justice pass through health: six ways the health sector can help reduce the harms of over-incarceration. John Menadue
5 Apr 2018TIM WOODRUFF Who Cares About My Toothless Patients? Tim Woodruff
3 Apr 2018STEPHEN LEEDER. Morality And Health. Stephen Leeder
3 Apr 2018BOB DOUGLAS. Changing drug law and practice to help rather than harm. Bob Douglas
31 Mar 2018UTA MIHM. How to avoid excessive surgery out-of-pocket costs John Menadue
29 Mar 2018JOHN DWYER. Poor oral health in Australia; a costly chronic problem getting worse and which current strategies have no chance of resolving. John Dwyer
28 Mar 2018MATTHEW FISHER. Malcolm Turnbull in denial on climate change: The Uses and Abuses of Complex Causation. John Menadue
27 Mar 2018DR WARWICK YONGE. Corporate medicine: Illness or cure? John Menadue
26 Mar 2018JOHN MENADUE. Our cricketers The Ugly Australians. A REPOST John Menadue
24 Mar 2018RANJANA SRIVASTAVA From a frontline clinician: here's what's wrong with private health insurance John Menadue
24 Mar 2018JAMES FERNYHOUGH. Half of Australians with private health insurance say it isn’t worth it John Menadue
23 Mar 2018JENNIFER DOGGETT. 8th National Health Reform Summit to focus on equity, efficiency and sustainability. Jennifer Doggett
22 Mar 2018PETER BROOKS and IAN KERRIDGE The Royal Australasian College Of Physicians Examination Debacle Leaves Serious Unanswered Questions. John Menadue
20 Mar 2018CAROL NIKAKIS and REBECCA BUNN. The impact of failed drug policies on our criminal justice system cannot be ignored John Menadue
20 Mar 2018MICK PALMER. Drugs policy - there has to be a better way. John Menadue
16 Mar 2018CHARLES LIVINGSTONE. Is gambling reform possible? John Menadue
13 Mar 2018LAURIE PATTON. It’s not about the size of the population, it’s about where we’re all going to live Laurie Patton
12 Mar 2018Ending the medical / dental divide (redux). Lesley Russell
8 Mar 2018NIALL McLAREN. ECT (electroconvulsive treatment) as high cost medicine in Australia. John Menadue
7 Mar 2018CATHERINE KING AND ANDREW LEIGH. It's no wonder we're questioning the value of private health care. John Menadue
6 Mar 2018STEPHEN LEEDER. Two roads converge in a yellow wood Stephen Leeder
2 Mar 2018JOHN MENADUE. The AMA did its best to scuttle Medicare over 40 years ago. John Menadue
2 Mar 2018Michael Thorn. Will a sugar tax drive you to drink? Michael Thorn
1 Mar 2018Australians prefer government funding for dental care rather than private health insurance John Menadue
28 Feb 2018JOHN MENADUE. Health Ministers may be in office but they are seldom in power John Menadue
27 Feb 2018LESLEY RUSSELL. Ageless At Altitude Lesley Russell
23 Feb 2018JOHN DWYER. The curse of political mediocrity; The informed, bold, courageous policies that Australia needs in health are nowhere to be seen. (Part 3 of 3) John Dwyer
22 Feb 2018The curse of political mediocrity; The informed, bold, courageous policies that Australia needs in health are nowhere to be seen. (Part 2 of 3) John Dwyer
20 Feb 2018JOHN WATKINS. An ode to nurses: hospital stay highlights immense compassion and skill John Menadue
19 Feb 2018KEN HILLMAN. Patient safety, a new perspective. John Menadue
16 Feb 2018Closing the health gap - ten years on Michael Gracey
15 Feb 2018Private health insurance is a con job Ross Gittins
12 Feb 2018The curse of political mediocrity; the informed, bold, courageous policies that Australia needs in health are nowhere to be seen (Part 1 of 3). John Dwyer
12 Feb 2018RAY MOYNIHAN. Beware the hype on genomics and precision medicine. John Menadue
7 Feb 2018STEPHEN DUCKETT, CHRISTINE JORM AND GREG MORAN. Hospitals are risky places – but some are better than others Stephen Duckett
6 Feb 2018IAN McAULEY. Has Labor lost its nerve on private health insurance? Ian McAuley
6 Feb 2018ROBERT WILLIAMSON. New medicine will transform Australia's health system. John Menadue
2 Feb 2018JOHN THOMPSON. Private health insurers discriminate against country people John Menadue
30 Jan 2018PETER BROOKS. Tasmanian Labor takes on the gambling industry John Menadue
26 Jan 2018EMMA ALBERICI. Sugar tax and the power of big business: How influence trumps evidence in politics John Menadue
26 Jan 2018STEPHEN LEEDER. Forget the Dog: make 2018 the Year of the Sceptic. Stephen Leeder
26 Jan 2018JOHN MENADUE. Cricket - grog and junk food! John Menadue
25 Jan 2018LEANNE WELLS. More Government tax incentives for health insurance? John Menadue
24 Jan 2018BERNARD KEANE. If milk prices went up like private health insurance ... John Menadue
19 Jan 2018JOHN MENADUE. A Commonwealth Hospital Benefit to replace the $11b private health insurance subsidy.- A REPOST from October 18 2117 John Menadue
18 Jan 2018John Menadue. The Coalition, Barnaby Joyce rural poverty and rural health. (Repost from 16 January 2016) John Menadue
18 Jan 2018PETER BROOKS. Movement on out of pocket expenses. John Menadue
15 Jan 2018IAN WEBSTER. Policy failures in mental health Ian Webster
15 Jan 2018A paraplegic woman and her elderly carer. John Menadue
11 Jan 2018IAN McAULEY. Private health insurers frighten the ALP-A REPOST from June 2 2017 Ian McAuley
11 Jan 2018LESLEY RUSSELL. Who cares for the carers? Lesley Russell
11 Jan 2018JOHN DWYER. The devastating effects of Trumpism on science and medicine. John Dwyer
10 Jan 2018MARK HARRIS. Sugar tax to tackle obesity: an update. John Menadue
9 Jan 2018STEPHEN LEEDER. Alcohol and sport. A REPOST Stephen Leeder
5 Jan 2018MICHAEL LAMBERT. Overweight and Obesity Part 2: The indigenous Australians Impact John Menadue
4 Jan 2018STEPHEN LEEDER: A little bit of sugar may (or may not) make the weight go down. Stephen Leeder
3 Jan 2018MICHAEL LAMBERT. Overweight and Obesity Part 1: A Global and Australian Perspective John Menadue
2 Jan 2018STEPHEN LEEDER. Social causes of illness are not immutable: they are amenable to change. Stephen Leeder
1 Jan 2018HELEN CLARK. The health of future generations is at risk. John Menadue
28 Dec 2017MICK PALMER. Australia’s Illicit Drugs Policy - There Really is a better Way A REPOST John Menadue
28 Dec 2017AMANDA BIGGS. Whither the private health insurance rebate? John Menadue
20 Dec 2017HUGH MACKAY. Another kind of deficit Hugh Mackay
19 Dec 2017MATTHEW FISHER. Ministers for Health in name only John Menadue
14 Dec 2017MATTHEW FISHER. Australia's policy failure on mental health. John Menadue
8 Dec 2017TIM WOODRUFF. A proposal for health-promoting welfare reform: could it help six million Australians? Tim Woodruff
8 Dec 2017FRAN BAUM. Beyond the social determinants: a manifesto for wellbeing John Menadue
5 Dec 2017JOHN DWYER: When will we seriously tackle the Inequity associated with the delivery of health services to rural and remote Australians? Part 2 of 2. John Dwyer
5 Dec 2017STEPHEN LEEDER. The double-ended spoon and how to meet our health needs Stephen Leeder
4 Dec 2017JOHN DWYER: When will we seriously tackle the Inequity associated with the delivery of health services to rural and remote Australians? Part 1 of 2. John Dwyer
1 Dec 2017MICHAEL LAMBERT. The Productivity Commission on Improving Productivity and Health Reform PART 2 OF 2. John Menadue
30 Nov 2017MICHAEL LAMBERT: The Productivity Commission on Improving Productivity and Health Reform. Part 1 of 2. John Menadue
30 Nov 2017BENJAMIN VENESS. NSW commits to improving health of doctors-in-training John Menadue
29 Nov 2017LYN GILBERT. Healthcare-associated infections are important and often avoidable. John Menadue
21 Nov 2017IAN WEBSTER. The social harm of alcohol to communities and society Ian Webster
13 Nov 2017PETER YOUNG: Why Health Professionals in Immigration Detention should stop colluding and speak out John Menadue
9 Nov 2017JOHN MENADUE. The growing social divide. John Menadue
6 Nov 2017PETER ARNOLD. Ethics and the AMA John Menadue
31 Oct 2017AMBER CARVAN. The health impacts of climate change in rural and remote Australia John Menadue
31 Oct 2017LESLEY RUSSELL . How knee replacement surgery highlights issues of access, affordability and best practice in Australia’s two-tiered healthcare system - Part 2 Lesley Russell
30 Oct 2017LESLEY RUSSELL. How knee replacement surgery highlights issues of access, affordability and best practice in Australia’s two-tiered healthcare system - Part 1 Lesley Russell
27 Oct 2017STEPHEN DUCKETT. Assisted dying is one thing, but governments must ensure palliative care is available to all who need it Stephen Duckett
26 Oct 2017MICHAEL WOODS. Why reforming health care is integral for our economy John Menadue
25 Oct 2017LEANNE WELLS. Who benefits from health insurance reforms? Check the sharemarket. John Menadue
24 Oct 2017JOHN DWYER. The folly of looking at private health insurance as a single issue . Part 2 of2 John Dwyer
23 Oct 2017PETER ARNOLD. Calling for medical help at night John Menadue
23 Oct 2017JOHN DWYER. The folly of looking at private health insurance as a single issue rather than a policy failure .Part 1 of 2 John Dwyer
17 Oct 2017Private Health Insurance: focus on premiums ignores the cost of using it Lesley Russell
16 Oct 2017IAN McAULEY. Yet another futile attempt to support private health insurance Ian McAuley
16 Oct 2017KATE CHARLESWORTH and PETER SAINSBURY. The Devastating Health Costs of Coal. John Menadue
14 Oct 2017JOHN MENADUE. The unfairness and waste of private health insurance and the threat to Medicare. Repost from April 21 2017 John Menadue
12 Oct 2017MICHAEL GRACEY. Aboriginal health: An embarrassing decades-long saga Michael Gracey
2 Oct 2017RIC DAY. Community Pharmacists – Under-Utilised John Menadue
29 Sep 2017PATRICIA EDGAR AND DON EDGAR. Aged care will be a different ballgame -the risks of commercialisation. Patricia Edgar
25 Sep 2017LESLEY RUSSELL. Private Health Insurance - a low-value proposition? Lesley Russell
22 Sep 2017EVAN WILLIAMS. Nanny state? Bring it on! John Menadue
21 Sep 2017IAN McAULEY– Private Health Insurance - let's make the young pay. Ian McAuley
6 Sep 2017PETER MCCULLAGH. Good Suicide versus Bad Suicide John Menadue
1 Sep 2017FRANK BRENNAN. Compulsory drug testing is no silver bullet. Frank Brennan
1 Sep 2017TIM WOODRUFF. Basic income guarantee: this is a health issue! Tim Woodruff
31 Aug 2017IAN WEBSTER. Lessons from the British National Health Scheme for Australia. Ian Webster
30 Aug 2017GERMAN LOPEZ. Imagine if the media covered alcohol like other drugs John Menadue
30 Aug 2017KIM OATES. Infections in healthcare: common but eminently preventable Kim Oates
29 Aug 2017ROB MOODIE. Seven tactics that unhealthy industries use to undermine public health policies. John Menadue
16 Aug 2017LEANNE WELLS. Health insurance: the big shift that’s left patients short John Menadue
16 Aug 2017STEPHEN DUCKETT. Why it costs you so much to see a specialist – and what the government should do about it Stephen Duckett
16 Aug 2017RICHARD ECKERSLEY. What most concerns us about our personal lives and the societies we live in? John Menadue
11 Aug 2017DAVID KING AND PETER BROOKS. Coal is the new tobacco. John Menadue
8 Aug 2017KIM OATES. The health gap. Kim Oates
28 Jul 2017STEPHEN LEEDER. Comparing health systems in 11 countries Stephen Leeder
26 Jul 2017STEPHEN LEEDER. Review of the Medicare Benefits Schedule. Stephen Leeder
12 Jul 2017Health Ministers may be in office but health providers are in power. Think medical specialists fees! (Repost from 19 April 2017) John Menadue
12 Jul 2017CHARLES LIVINGSTON. Victorian pokies "reforms" may impose big costs on population John Menadue
11 Jul 2017ALICE FABBRI, LISA BERO AND RAY MOYNIHAN. Vested interests -Who’s paying for lunch? Here’s exactly how drug companies wine and dine our doctors John Menadue
7 Jul 2017ANNE DUGGAN. The second Atlas of Healthcare Variation – a guide to better practice John Menadue
7 Jul 2017STEVE LEEDER. Health care: getting it right the first time Stephen Leeder
30 Jun 2017STEVE LEEDER. A welcome review of the Medicare Benefits Schedule Stephen Leeder
14 Jun 2017David Ben-Tovim, Some private hospitals are safer than others, but we don’t know which John Menadue
8 Jun 2017JENNIFER DOGGETT. Wasting government funds in subsidising private health insurance. Jennifer Doggett
7 Jun 2017Specialists versus generalists: A commentary on John Menadue and Peter Brooks Ian Webster
1 Jun 2017BASTIAN SEIDEL. Patients want health not necessarily treatment. John Menadue
1 Jun 2017JOHN DWYER. Punishing and jailing the mentally ill. John Dwyer
31 May 2017Drug policy and why Victoria deserves better from Premier Daniel Andrews. Part 3 of 3. Alex Wodak
30 May 2017ALEX WODAK. How can making drugs easier to access save lives? 10 FAQs about drug law reform. Part 2 of 3. Alex Wodak
29 May 2017JOHN MENADUE. Health Reform and cooperative federalism. Part 1 John Menadue
29 May 2017PAUL BARRATT. Growing momentum for drug law reform. Part 1 of 3. Paul Barratt
16 May 2017JOHN DWYER. Policy mayhem is stifling efforts to have more Australian doctors "in the bush" - part one John Dwyer
16 May 2017JOHN DWYER. Policy mayhem is stifling efforts to have more Australian doctors "in the bush" - part two John Dwyer
28 Apr 2017IAN McAULEY. Doing without private health insurance Ian McAuley
26 Apr 2017KERRY BREEN and M.TAFFY JONES. Why mandatory reporting of the ill-health of doctors is not in anyone’s best interests John Menadue
24 Apr 2017JUDITH CRISPIN. Indigenous Elders to Tackle Youth Suicide Using Mobile Technology John Menadue
20 Apr 2017DAVID JAMES. Deconstructing the privatisation scam John Menadue
20 Apr 2017PETER BROOKS. Specialists gaps and anaesthetists. John Menadue
18 Apr 2017DAVID M SCOTT and PETER SEAL. Medical specialists - maintaining a high standard and duty of care. John Menadue
11 Apr 2017PETER BROOKS. Physicians ‘outed’ on fees – Time for Patients to take more control. John Menadue
11 Apr 2017And Jesus said unto Paul of Ryan ... John Menadue
6 Apr 2017MICHAEL THORN. Cricket Australia throw Aussie kids to the Lion Michael Thorn
20 Mar 2017PETER BROOKS and JOHN WILLOUGHBY. A call for doctors to take a stand on the Adani Carmichael coal mine John Menadue
17 Mar 2017STEPHEN DUCKETT. Labor charts a health policy rethink Stephen Duckett
5 Mar 2017JOHN DWYER. The parlous state of strategies to protect consumers from health care fraud. Part 3 of 3. John Dwyer
3 Mar 2017JOHN DWYER. The parlous state of strategies to protect consumers from health care fraud. Part 2 of 3. John Dwyer
2 Mar 2017JOHN DWYER. The parlous state of strategies to protect consumers from health care fraud. Part 1 of 3 John Dwyer
27 Feb 2017TERRY LAIDLER. Reconstructing Juvenile Justice – a 7 point plan Terry Laidler
24 Feb 2017IAN WEBSTER. The need for more balanced media reporting of alcohol and illicit drug problems. Ian Webster
22 Feb 2017JOHN MENADUE. Medical specialists – high fees and poor accountability. John Menadue
22 Feb 2017HAL SWERISSEN. Obesity: individual responsibility isn’t enough Hal Swerrisen
16 Feb 2017PETER GIBILISCO. Where are the public intellectuals like Hugh Stretton. John Menadue
14 Feb 2017KAREN WILLIS AND SOPHIE LEWIS. Increased private health insurance premiums don't mean increased value. John Menadue
8 Feb 2017JOHN MENADUE. We are losing our sense of community John Menadue
27 Jan 2017THOMAS BABOR, DAVID JERNIGAN, CHRIS BROOKES. Alcohol marketing: the simple truth John Menadue
27 Jan 2017ALEX WODAK. Do large seizures of illicit drugs really make a difference? Alex Wodak
24 Jan 2017RONALD MACKINNON. Do we as doctors always put our patients first? John Menadue
24 Jan 2017PHILIP CLARKE & PETER SIVEY. Why don't we know how many people die in our hospitals? John Menadue
23 Jan 2017IAN WEBSTER. A tribute to Anne Deveson – understanding the homeless mentally ill Ian Webster
19 Jan 2017IAN WEBSTER. Protecting young people from our ‘favourite drug’ - alcohol. Ian Webster
19 Jan 2017STEPHEN LEEDER. Over-servicing in health. Stephen Leeder
18 Jan 2017JOHN MENADUE. Private Health Insurance vs dental care. John Menadue
13 Jan 2017BOB BIRRELL. GP Oversupply and Medical Migration John Menadue
12 Jan 2017CHRIS SIDOTI. 30th Anniversary of the Australian Human Rights Commission. Part 2 of 2. John Menadue
10 Jan 2017PETER DAY. Homelessness v houselessness John Menadue
10 Jan 2017KIM OATES. Respecting patients and keeping them safe Kim Oates
9 Jan 2017IAN McAULEY. Brexit, Trump and the Lucky Country 1 – Who’s been left behind? Ian McAuley
9 Jan 2017Brexit, Trump and the Lucky Country 2 – The response of those left behind Ian McAuley
9 Jan 2017IAN McAULEY. Brexit, Trump and the Lucky Country 3 – Globalization takes the rap, unfairly Ian McAuley
6 Jan 2017Chomsky interview on the ravages of neoliberalism. John Menadue
31 Dec 2016HAL SWERISSEN and STEPHEN DUCKETT. Is a tax on sugary drinks “bonkers”? Stephen Duckett
30 Dec 2016PETER SAINSBURY. A timely call to end massive public subsidies of the private health insurance industry Peter Sainsbury
30 Dec 2016How inefficient private health insurance, drug manufacturers and distributors drive up costs. John Menadue
29 Dec 2016JOHN MENADUE. Who said this and when. John Menadue
28 Dec 2016JOHN MENADUE. Cricket – alcohol and junk food. John Menadue
20 Dec 2016IAN WEBSTER. Standing up for Medicare. Ian Webster
10 Dec 2016TIM WOODRUFF. How universal healthcare is being undermined. Tim Woodruff
10 Dec 2016LESLEY RUSSELL. The impact of private health insurance on equity and access in specialist healthcare Lesley Russell
9 Dec 2016JOHN THOMPSON. Privatising Medicare by stealth. John Menadue
5 Dec 2016HAZEL MOIR. Evergreening of patents and the cost of pharmaceuticals. John Menadue
3 Dec 2016JOHN MENADUE. The National Party is silent on rural poverty and poor rural health. John Menadue
30 Nov 2016Castro's legacy. Cuba's achievements in health have been remarkable. John Menadue
30 Nov 2016IAN WEBSTER. Amid chaos, ethics. Ian Webster
14 Nov 2016JOHN MENADUE. Donald Trump – a false prophet and implications for Australia. John Menadue
11 Nov 2016ANDREW PESCE. The Health Care Home: too important to fail John Menadue
3 Nov 2016BRUCE ARNOLD. Testing the body politic? Lobbying by the pathology industry. John Menadue
28 Oct 2016JENNIFER DOGGETT. Seven Key messages in Health. Jennifer Doggett
28 Oct 2016ARTHUR CHESTERFIELD-EVANS. Compulsory Third Party insurance in NSW- a Bad System about to Get Worse? John Menadue
24 Oct 2016SUSAN RYAN. Older women - the new homeless. Susan Ryan (Dec'd)
23 Oct 2016STEPHEN DUCKETT. Blood money: pathology cuts can reduce spending without compromising health Stephen Duckett
12 Oct 2016PETER YOUNG. Unlike Jim Molan, We must not look away from the harm we are causing. John Menadue
11 Oct 2016JOHN MENADUE. Preferential treatment for private patients in public hospitals in NSW. John Menadue
8 Oct 2016JOHN MENADUE. Dental Care – Medicare - Private Health Insurance. John Menadue
7 Oct 2016DAVID CHARLES. Venture Capital and Start Ups – Is Berlin an example for Australian capital cities? John Menadue
22 Sep 2016IAN McAULEY. The Mounting Case For A Royal Commission Into Banks And Insurance Companies Ian McAuley
21 Sep 2016PETER WHITEFORD. The $4.8 trillion dollar question: will an 'investment approach' to welfare help the most disadvantaged? John Menadue
19 Sep 2016The creeping Americanisation of Australian healthcare. John Menadue
14 Sep 2016JOHN MENADUE. ‘Aunty, with our prospects in life – what is the point of being healthy?’ John Menadue
9 Sep 2016PATRICK McGORRY. We must settle the refugees before it is too late. John Menadue
2 Sep 2016JOHN MENADUE. Medicare, Private Health Insurance and the ALP John Menadue
30 Aug 2016WALTER HAMILTON. Minamata Remembered John Menadue
29 Aug 2016JOHN MENADUE. Medicare – the Labor Party does not understand its own creation. John Menadue
29 Aug 2016Why a Single-Payer Healthcare System is Inevitable Robert Reich
23 Aug 2016IAN WEBSTER. Malcolm Turnbull and homelessness - reaching mentally ill people Ian Webster
22 Aug 2016PETER GIBILISCO. Some key ideas for the next generation of disability activists. John Menadue
13 Aug 2016JOHN DWYER. A shared vision for restructuring primary care in Australia. John Dwyer
10 Aug 2016IAN McAULEY. Health care and Labor. Ian McAuley
2 Aug 2016IAN McAULEY. Problems of Private Health Insurance. Ian McAuley
31 Jul 2016PETER YOUNG. Speaking of Freedom: Human rights and mental health in detention. John Menadue
27 Jul 2016LESLEY BARCLAY. Diagnosing rural health gaps in the election. John Menadue
26 Jul 2016JOHN DWYER. Medicare and the 45th Parliament. John Dwyer
25 Jul 2016CHRISTINE DUFFIELD & MARY CHIARELLA. The predicted nursing shortage: strategies and solutions John Menadue
22 Jul 2016IAN WEBSTER. Health care for aged people is increasingly complex. Ian Webster
17 Jul 2016PETER GIBILISCO. Five years in retrospect: Life without control John Menadue
15 Jul 2016KATHY CHAPMAN & BRIDGET KELLY. Unhealthy sport sponsorship continues to target kids. John Menadue
9 Jul 2016KEN HILLMAN. Ageing and end of life issues. John Menadue
6 Jul 2016JOHN MENADUE. What the major parties ignored in the election? John Menadue
4 Jul 2016JOHN MENADUE. Privatisation of Medicare has been underway for years. John Menadue
29 Jun 2016It is disingenuous of the Coalition to claim it has no intention of privatising Medicare. Lesley Russell
28 Jun 2016JOHN MENADUE. Saving Medicare. John Menadue
27 Jun 2016GREIG CRAFT. Drinking and Driving: a global problem. John Menadue
27 Jun 2016RAY MOYNIHAN. Drug companies are buying doctors - for as little as a $16 meal. John Menadue
27 Jun 2016ALEX WODAK. Global drug prohibition and national security Alex Wodak
24 Jun 2016DAVID POPE. Medicare - Eaten out from within. John Menadue
24 Jun 2016ARTHUR CHESTERFIELD-EVANS. Medicare- Did the Liberals try to abolish it? John Menadue
21 Jun 2016Bill Shorten is right: Malcolm Turnbull is a major threat to Medicare Ian McAuley
19 Jun 2016JOHN MENADUE. Privatisation and the hollowing out of Medicare John Menadue
18 Jun 2016JOHN THOMPSON. The regional health “plan”. John Menadue
18 Jun 2016PETER GIBILISCO. Friedreich’s Ataxia and my Miraculous Journey with Education John Menadue
18 Jun 2016STEPHEN LEEDER. Looking forward to a national health policy and not ignoring the community. Stephen Leeder
18 Jun 2016BRUCE BAER ARNOLD. How Pathology Australia advocates for 'patient care' to achieve big corporate profits. John Menadue
16 Jun 2016IAN McAULEY. A Royal Commission into banking and the private health insurance industry. Ian McAuley
15 Jun 2016MICHAEL GRACEY. The simmering shame of aboriginal ill-health. Michael Gracey
14 Jun 2016WARWICK ELSCHE. Shorten should play to Labor's strength. John Menadue
13 Jun 2016JOHN THOMPSON. Private health insurance seek to extend tentacles. John Menadue
11 Jun 2016JENNIFER DOGGETT. Midway through the election campaign, how is health travelling? Jennifer Doggett
9 Jun 2016IAN WEBSTER. Bulk-billing rates are not what they seem. Ian Webster
6 Jun 2016LESLEY BARCLAY. Diagnosing rural health gaps in the election. John Menadue
4 Jun 2016STEPHEN LEEDER. Alcohol and sport. Stephen Leeder
3 Jun 2016JOHN DWYER. Restructuring the governance of health care in Australia. Part 1 John Dwyer
3 Jun 2016JOHN DWYER. Restructuring the governance of health care in Australia. Part 2 John Dwyer
25 May 2016PETER BROOKS. Mind the gap in doctors' fees - it is all around us John Menadue
21 May 2016MICHELE KOSASIH. Seven years on and still itching for change on the negative impacts of alcohol. John Menadue
16 May 2016National Foundation for Australian Women. Budget 2016-17: A gender lens. John Menadue
13 May 2016JOHN MENADUE. Health principles and policies for the next parliament. John Menadue
10 May 2016Ian Webster. Is community medicine dead? Ian Webster
7 May 2016John Thompson. Surgeon’s report shows the ineffectiveness of private health insurers to control health costs John Menadue
3 May 2016Peter Gibilisco. A Synergistic Approach to Disability John Menadue
22 Apr 2016Adrian Bauman & William Bellew. Does a spoonful of sugar help the medicine go down? John Menadue
19 Apr 2016Tony Broe. Coordinating Community Aged Care & Hospital Aged Health Care John Menadue
14 Apr 2016Mark Harris. Obesity: it is time to tax sugar sweetened beverages? John Menadue
13 Apr 2016Kerry Breen. What ails the national registration scheme for Australia’s 600,000 health professionals? John Menadue
13 Apr 2016John Menadue. Health reform and cooperative federalism. Part 2 John Menadue
11 Apr 2016John Menadue. The health insurance lobby at work at the expense of the public interest. John Menadue
5 Apr 2016John Dwyer. Structural reforms to healthcare - two major reforms. John Dwyer
4 Apr 2016John Menadue. The fake discussion about state taxes. John Menadue
4 Apr 2016Mike Steketee. COAG and hospitals: look beyond the funding to fix our health system. John Menadue
1 Apr 2016Michael Keating. The Turnbull Proposal for State Income Taxes Michael Keating
31 Mar 2016John Menadue. State income taxes – another political diversion? John Menadue
30 Mar 2016John Menadue. Budget repair and private health insurance. John Menadue
22 Mar 2016Jonathan Karnon. No-one should get dud hospital care. John Menadue
14 Mar 2016Peter Gibilisco. Disability support services - effectiveness and efficiency. John Menadue
10 Mar 2016Ian Webster. Drugs and the problem of pain Ian Webster
8 Mar 2016Rosemary Breen. Living Water Myanmar John Menadue
2 Mar 2016David Isaacs. As bad as Guantanamo John Menadue
1 Mar 2016Kerry Goulston. Postcard from Vietnam. Health and medical cooperation with Vietnamese doctors and nurses. John Menadue
29 Feb 2016Renee Bittoun. Postcard from Hanoi. Smoking in Vietnam John Menadue
29 Feb 2016Stephen Duckett. Blood money: pathology cuts can reduce spending without compromising health Stephen Duckett
26 Feb 2016Which country has the world's best healthcare system? John Menadue
23 Feb 2016John Menadue. Making the Federation work better. John Menadue
23 Feb 2016Alex Wodak. Endgame in the protracted drug policy debate: are we there yet? Alex Wodak
22 Feb 2016Peter Gibilisco. Neoliberalism and its Perceptions John Menadue
20 Feb 2016Jonathan Page. The Inspiration of Vietnam John Menadue
20 Feb 2016John Menadue. Postcards from Hanoi. John Menadue
19 Feb 2016John Menadue. Hoist with their own petard John Menadue
18 Feb 2016John Menadue. Part 2. How we deliver healthcare is as important as the funding of healthcare. Medicare has degenerated into a payments system. John Menadue
18 Feb 2016John Menadue. Privatising Medicare’s payments system and the erosion of Commonwealth Public Service capability. John Menadue
17 Feb 2016John Menadue. Part 1. How we deliver health care is as important as the funding of health care. Medicare has degenerated into a payments system John Menadue
16 Feb 2016John Thompson. Fiona Nash and private health insurance for rural Australians John Menadue
15 Feb 2016Michael Gracey AO. Grappling with the Indigenous health gap. Michael Gracey
9 Feb 2016David Isaacs. Secrets and lies and bad morality: Australia’s policy on people seeking asylum John Menadue
8 Feb 2016Stephen Duckett. Health in 2016: a cheat sheet on hospitals, Medicare and private health insurance. Stephen Duckett
4 Feb 2016Ian McPhee. Let's talk about dying. Ian McPhee
3 Feb 2016Ian McAuley Private health insurance – does the lady protest too much? Ian McAuley
1 Feb 2016Ian Webster. Alcohol and Sport. Ian Webster
29 Jan 2016John Dwyer. 'Health' products and treatments that are often unproven and sometimes dangerous. John Dwyer
25 Jan 2016Brad Chilcott. I donated a kidney to my son. Don't tell me not to make it 'political'. John Menadue
23 Jan 2016Robin Room and Michael Livingston. Alcohol companies target the 20% of Australians who drink 75% of the alcohol. John Menadue
23 Jan 2016Michael Thorn. Caught Out: How Cricket Australia maintains Aussies high drinking average. Michael Thorn
20 Jan 2016Kim Oates. Excuse me doctor, have you washed your hands? Kim Oates
15 Jan 2016The policy scandal of a $11b taxpayer subsidy to private health insurance. John Menadue
15 Jan 2016John Duggan. Advice from expert clinicians or the AMA John Menadue
14 Jan 2016Ian McAuley, Jennifer Doggett, John Menadue. Private Health Insurance companies are price takers. Prices are set by doctors and hospitals. Ian McAuley
13 Jan 2016Jennifer Doggett, Ian McAuley, John Menadue. Four Corners: No wonder we’re wasting money in health care – we got the incentives wrong Ian McAuley
9 Jan 2016Michael Thorn. The Australian cricket captain says its about the brand and not alcohol. Michael Thorn
2 Jan 2016Kim Oates. Don't forget children when talking about domestic violence Kim Oates
31 Dec 2015John Menadue. Cricket and the sound of summer. John Menadue
19 Dec 2015John Duggan. The effect of healthcare privatisation on patient outcomes John Menadue
7 Dec 2015Peter Gibilisco. The standardisation of services for people with disabilities. John Menadue
4 Dec 2015Why we don't want private health insurance for primary care John Dwyer
30 Nov 2015Sebastian Rosenberg. Mental health changes. John Menadue
27 Nov 2015John Thompson. The costly abolition of Medicare Locals John Menadue
24 Nov 2015An Open Letter to the Minister for Health concerning Private Health Insurance. John Menadue
21 Nov 2015Lesley Russell   Too high: the impact of specialists’ fees on patients’ health Lesley Russell
18 Nov 2015John Dwyer. Wasting precious health dollars. John Dwyer
17 Nov 2015Thanks to Jake Bailey and Christchurch Boys High School. John Menadue
13 Nov 2015Ian Marsh. Will privatised schools and hospital drive public sector efficiency? John Menadue
9 Nov 2015Peter Gibilisco. Friendship and Service Provision Ethos for People with Disabilities John Menadue
8 Nov 2015Michael Keating. The role of government in policy renewal. Michael Keating
4 Nov 2015John Menadue. The unfairness and waste in health. Private Health Insurance is the real culprit. John Menadue
20 Oct 2015Peter Gibilisco and assisted by Bruce Wearne. A Special Minister for Disability. John Menadue
8 Oct 2015Wasteful costs in health. John Menadue
15 Sep 2015Stephen Leeder. The takeover of the Medical Journal of Australia. Stephen Leeder
26 Aug 2015Sandra Jones. Don’t worry about the kids: Let's just protect the alcohol industry John Menadue
22 Aug 2015John Menadue. The Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. John Menadue
17 Aug 2015Peter Day. “Sally’s worth it.” John Menadue
7 Aug 2015Jane Tolman. Facing up to dementia. John Menadue
3 Aug 2015Mack Madahar. Nurse Practitioners: Challenges and Opportunities. John Menadue
29 Jul 2015John Menadue. Our health system is sustainable. John Menadue
25 Jul 2015John Dwyer. An increase in the GST or efficiency gains to fund our hospitals. Which would you prefer? John Dwyer
13 Jul 2015Kerry Breen. The Australian Medical Association vs. The Medical Journal of Australia. John Menadue
30 Jun 2015Ross Kerridge. GP Remuneration. John Menadue
26 Jun 2015John Dwyer. Pseudoscience and health care. John Dwyer
25 Jun 2015John Menadue. Triple-dipping by Big Pharma. John Menadue
24 Jun 2015John Menadue. Facts on the $11b per annum private health insurance industry subsidy. John Menadue
29 May 2015Alex Wodak. How should medicinal cannabis be provided lawfully in Australia? Alex Wodak
18 May 2015John Dwyer. Politics trumps health policy yet again. John Dwyer
8 May 2015Philip Clarke. Pharmacy sector in dire need of reform. John Menadue
7 May 2015Alex Wodak. Prohibition and its discontents: who really killed Chan and Sukumaran? Alex Wodak
6 May 2015Anne-Marie Boxall. Mental health challenges in rural and remote Australia John Menadue
24 Apr 2015John Dwyer. Sliding down the slippery slope to two-tiered health care. John Dwyer
17 Apr 2015Alex Wodak. The toxic combination of illicit drugs and politics: Australia confronts ice Alex Wodak
15 Apr 2015Ian Webster. On thin “ICE”. Ian Webster
11 Apr 2015Alcohol is a bigger problem than ice. John Menadue
9 Apr 2015Ian McAuley. If the government wants price signals, it should stop supporting health insurance. Ian McAuley
7 Apr 2015John Menadue.  Alcohol and junk food - winning at the expense of our health. John Menadue
4 Apr 2015Lesley Russell. The debate we're yet to have about private health insurance. Lesley Russell
2 Apr 2015Ian Webster.  Alcohol-drenched cricket. Ian Webster
31 Mar 2015ICC Cricket World Cup: Alcohol-drenched culture needs to change. John Menadue
30 Mar 2015 John Menadue.  Improving health outside the health portfolio John Menadue
25 Mar 2015Alex Wodak. Why is illicit drug use considered evil? Alex Wodak
23 Mar 2015John Menadue. More problems with the Department of Health and Ageing. John Menadue
23 Mar 2015Patrick Shanahan. Connecting the Mouth to the Body John Menadue
19 Mar 2015Stephen Duckett. Frequent flyers in health and the way we remunerate doctors. Stephen Duckett
18 Mar 2015Kerry Goulston. Two health reform issues. John Menadue
18 Mar 2015Wayne McMillan. Contemplating our Navels and Fiddling while Rome burns John Menadue
17 Mar 2015John Menadue. Private health insurance and funding a Medicare Dental Scheme. John Menadue
16 Mar 2015John Menadue. A capability review of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing (DHA) John Menadue
13 Mar 2015Michael Gracey. Risks of Closing Remote Aboriginal Communities. Michael Gracey
12 Mar 2015Julia Davison. It takes a nation to raise a child. John Menadue
10 Mar 2015Alex Wodak. Reducing the demand for illicit drugs Alex Wodak
8 Mar 2015Michael Keating. The 2015 Intergenerational Report Michael Keating
7 Mar 2015Alex Wodak. The current imbalance between public and private interests.  Alex Wodak
4 Mar 2015Graham Freudenberg. Gough Whitlam Commemorative Oration. John Menadue
2 Mar 2015Stephen Leeder. Telling the story of mental health. Stephen Leeder
28 Feb 2015John Menadue. Health Insurance - here we go again! John Menadue
27 Feb 2015John Menadue. How vested interests are subverting the public interest. John Menadue
20 Feb 2015John Menadue. Cover-up in the health system. John Menadue
19 Feb 2015Michael Gracey. Why is closing the aboriginal health gap failing so badly? Michael Gracey
18 Feb 2015Mary Chiarella. Luke Foley - Nurse-led clinics and primary health care. John Menadue
17 Feb 2015Jill White. Nurse Led Clinics for NSW. John Menadue
14 Feb 2015John Menadue. Fairness, Opportunity and Security - Filling the policy vacuum John Menadue
9 Feb 2015John Attia, John Duggan. Why the government would have us pay more for poorer health. John Menadue
8 Feb 2015John Dwyer. Health Policy Reform Commentary - Part 2 John Dwyer
5 Feb 2015John Dwyer. Commentary on John Menadue’s blogs on the barriers to health policy reform in Australia.  (Part 1) John Dwyer
1 Feb 2015John Menadue - 30th anniversary of Medicare John Menadue
1 Feb 2015John Menadue. Health Part 2 – what can we learn from overseas health services? John Menadue
31 Jan 2015John Menadue. Health Part 1 – what can we learn from overseas health systems? John Menadue
30 Jan 2015US Government unveils goal to move Medicare away from fee-for-service. John Menadue
29 Jan 2015John Menadue. Health Policy Reform: Part 3 – Principles for reform John Menadue
28 Jan 2015John Menadue. Health Policy Reform: Part 2 – Why reform is difficult. Health ministers are in office but not in power. John Menadue
27 Jan 2015John Menadue. Health Policy Reform: Part 1 – Why reform is needed. John Menadue
25 Jan 2015John Menadue. Health Workforce Reform. John Menadue
23 Jan 2015Nanny Endovelicus. Preventing prevention Part 2 John Menadue
22 Jan 2015Nanny Endovelicus. Preventing prevention. Part 1 John Menadue
17 Jan 2015John Menadue. Co-payments and the government’s attack on general practice. John Menadue
15 Jan 2015John Dwyer. Medicare changes - why on earth would a young doctor want to be a GP? John Dwyer
5 Jan 2015Mary Chiarella. Co-payments, general practice and workforce reform. John Menadue
18 Dec 2014Luigi Palombi. It's time to fix the free trade bungle on the cost of medicines. John Menadue
17 Dec 2014Hazel Moir and Deborah Gleeson. Evergreening and how big pharma keeps drug prices high. John Menadue
15 Dec 2014Helena Britt. General Practice and value for money. John Menadue
13 Dec 2014Michael Keating. The politics of the Medicare co-payment Michael Keating
11 Dec 2014John Menadue. The dog’s breakfast in co-payments has got worse. John Menadue
11 Dec 2014John Menadue. Temporary Protection Visas and the Senate cross-bench. John Menadue
27 Nov 2014Hugh Mackay. The Art of Belonging. Hugh Mackay
19 Nov 2014Ian McAuley. Is capitalism redeemable? Part 8: Inequality’s downward economic spiral Ian McAuley
19 Nov 2014Ian McAuley. Is capitalism redeemable? Part 7: Inequality – a shameful waste Ian McAuley
16 Nov 2014John Menadue.  We pass by on the other side. John Menadue
7 Nov 2014Patty Fawkner SGS. Betty has dementia. John Menadue
3 Nov 2014Michael Keating. Rebalancing government in Australia. Part I. Michael Keating
27 Oct 2014Adam Kamradt-Scott. Mining companies must dig deep in the fight against Ebola. John Menadue
26 Oct 2014John Menadue. Winners in the privatisation of Medibank Pte John Menadue
15 Oct 2014Ian Webster. Suicide prevention. Ian Webster
12 Oct 2014Medibank Private and members' equity. John Menadue
27 Sep 2014John Menadue. Why health reform is so hard. It’s about power. John Menadue
19 Sep 2014Richard Norman, Suzanne Robinson. Health lessons from England. John Menadue
15 Sep 2014Jane Tolman. I don’t want to get Dementia. John Menadue
8 Sep 2014David Isaacs and Ian Kerridge. Asylum seeker's 'brain death' shows failure of care and of democracy. John Menadue
1 Sep 2014Clare Condon SGS. Sanctioned Violence: What does it do to our society and relationships? John Menadue
30 Aug 2014John Menadue. Who owns Medibank Private (continued) John Menadue
21 Aug 2014John Dwyer. The structural reform of Medicare rather than its funding is the real challenge. John Dwyer
20 Aug 2014John Dwyer. The structural reform of Medicare rather than its funding is the real challenge. John Dwyer
19 Aug 2014Elizabeth Elliott. Compassion goes missing on Christmas Island John Menadue
14 Aug 2014John Menadue. Who owns Medibank Private? John Menadue
14 Aug 2014Peter Sivey. Health budget: GP care isn't the problem, costly specialist care is. John Menadue
17 Jul 2014How does Australia’s health system compare. John Menadue
9 Jul 2014Turning the federation clock back to 1901. John Menadue
9 Jul 2014Rod Tiffen. 'The Australian' and tobacco consumption. John Menadue
8 Jul 2014Woolworths and Pharmacies. John Menadue
18 Jun 2014Out-of-Pocket Costs in Australian Healthcare and the $7 Co-payment. John Menadue
17 Jun 2014Jane Tolman. Dementia: how did we get it so wrong? John Menadue
11 Jun 2014Mary Chiarella. Nurses - debt and job satisfaction. John Menadue
4 Jun 2014John Menadue. Have we too many doctors? John Menadue
3 Jun 2014John Menadue. The Blame Game in health John Menadue
2 Jun 2014Stephen Leeder. Electronic medical records for patients! Stephen Leeder
23 May 2014Michael Keating. Part 5. Federalism Michael Keating
21 May 2014Michael Keating. Part 3. An Alternative and Better Budget Structure Michael Keating
16 May 2014Jennifer Doggett. Budget 2014 - Primary Health Care Jennifer Doggett
16 May 2014Fran Baum and Sara Javanparast. Demise of Medicare Locals. John Menadue
15 May 2014John Menadue. Seven dollar GP co-payment – and an unintended consequence John Menadue
12 May 2014John Menadue. Health Co-payments and $7 for a GP visit! John Menadue
12 May 2014Ian McAuley. Pay for a GP visit. Ian McAuley
2 May 2014John Menadue. Taxes - public or private John Menadue
1 May 2014John Menadue. Do our governments spend too much or do they raise too little in taxation? John Menadue
19 Apr 2014This is about more than a bottle of wine John Menadue
3 Apr 2014John Menadue. Citizenship and shared experience. John Menadue
27 Mar 2014John Dwyer. Primary healthcare in Australia reaches the crossroads. John Dwyer
27 Mar 2014Ian McAuley, Jennifer Doggett and John Menadue. The case for government funding of healthcare. Ian McAuley
27 Mar 2014Martin Laverty. Poverty and poor health go together. John Menadue
26 Mar 2014John Menadue. Privatising Medibank Pte - who cares? John Menadue
12 Mar 2014Fran Baum & Paul Laris. Beware of the crocodiles, they will keep you out of the garden! John Menadue
20 Feb 2014John Menadue. Cutting waste and costs in health. John Menadue
6 Feb 2014John Menadue. Cutting back government spending - does it include middle-class and corporate welfare? John Menadue
5 Feb 2014Jennifer Doggett. Cutting waste and costs in health. Jennifer Doggett
3 Feb 2014Ian Webster. Cutting waste and costs in health Ian Webster
3 Feb 2014John Dwyer. Cutting waste and costs in health. John Dwyer
3 Feb 2014Ian McAuley. Cutting waste and costs in health. Ian McAuley
29 Jan 2014John Menadue. Alcohol and violence on the streets --- the tip of the iceberg. John Menadue
22 Jan 2014Andrew Podger - Health reform, co-payments, fee for service and doctor contracts. Andrew Podger
17 Jan 2014The power of vested interests and why drugs cost so much in Australia. John Menadue John Menadue
14 Jan 2014Health workforce reform. Prof Peter Brooks John Menadue
9 Jan 2014The mooted $6 fee for GP visits trivialises the problem. Guest blogger: John Dwyer John Dwyer
8 Jan 2014More on pink batts. Guest blogger: Dr Michael Keating Michael Keating
4 Jan 2014Cricket - junk food and alcohol. John Menadue John Menadue
2 Jan 2014Repost: We all see our doctor too much; and it's not just the aged. John Menadue John Menadue
2 Jan 2014Repost: Co-payments: no rhyme or reason. Guest blogger Jennifer Doggett Jennifer Doggett
26 Dec 2013Repost: Health care and the budget deficit in the US. Joint blog John Menadue and Ian McAuley Ian McAuley
9 Dec 2013Does Tony Abbott believe in markets? John Menadue John Menadue
2 Dec 2013The cost of healthcare in Australia and remuneration of doctors. Guest blogger: Professor Kerry Goulston John Menadue
2 Dec 2013Funding withdrawal forces the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia into Administration. Guest blogger: Ian Webster AO John Menadue
19 Nov 2013A mega industry subsidy to private health insurance companies. John Menadue John Menadue
8 Nov 2013When "... language itself becomes a weapon" Guest blogger: Professor Ian Webster. John Menadue
8 Sep 2013Facing the future. Guest blogger: Prof. Stephen Leeder Stephen Leeder
4 Sep 2013No vision for the health system we need. Guest blogger Prof. John Dwyer John Dwyer
20 Aug 2013Government failure in health care. John Menadue and guest blogger Ian McAuley John Menadue
26 Jun 2013Taiwan shows the way in health insurance. John Menadue John Menadue
14 Jun 2013The personal, public and social costs of mistakes in health. John Menadue John Menadue
6 Jun 2013Doctors scared Maggie Thatcher. John Menadue John Menadue
30 May 2013Catholic Health still leaves the impression that it wants to destroy Medicare. Joint Blog: John Menadue and Ian McAuley John Menadue
29 May 2013Does Catholic Health really want to destroy Medicare? A Catholic Health response by CEO Martin Laverty John Menadue
14 May 2013Does Catholic Health really want to destroy Medicare? John Menadue John Menadue
11 May 2013Euthanasia - A denial of human dignity. Guest blogger Dr Joanne Wright John Menadue
9 May 2013Curbing health costs starting with pathologists and radiologists. John Menadue John Menadue
24 Apr 2013There's nothing basic about basic nursing care. Guest Blogger: Professor Mary Chiarella John Menadue
21 Mar 2013The Medicine Lobby. Vested interests win again. John Menadue John Menadue
28 Feb 2013Health care reform remains a prisoner of Federalism. Guest blogger: John Dwyer John Dwyer
26 Feb 2013Another misleading story about hospital costs John Menadue
25 Feb 2013The blame game in health continues. John Menadue
14 Feb 2013Corporate bullies John Menadue
12 Feb 2013Teaching 'medical English' in Vietnam. Guest blogger Kerry Goulston John Menadue
3 Feb 2013Cricket - Junk food and BUPA John Menadue