Every Australian owes a great debt to John Deeble who died this week in Canberra, aged 87.  Together with Dick Scotton he provided Gough Whitlam from 1967 onwards with the essential advice on how to establish a compulsory public insurance health program – Medicare.  The result was Gough Whitlam’s triumph in government on 7 August … Continue reading JOHN MENADUE Vale John Deeble – an architect of Medicare… Continue reading »