The rate of very high psychological distress is rising most steeply in the middle aged, especially in middle-aged women on low incomes. New funding should match this need.
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The short-term NDIS priorities for the new government are to rebuild trust and restore it to its original intention.
Primary care and COVID will be the top two challenges for new government. But the likely ministers have strong credentials.
An archaic law means many people with disability are not allowed to vote. Other countries are changing their rules and so should Australia.
But are the major parties really focusing on the right issues?
GPs say they can’t survive on bulk-billing. But abandoning it altogether might leave vulnerable patients out in the cold.
NT residents receive approximately 30% less Medicare funding per capita than the national average. The gap is worse for First Nations Australians in the NT.
Labor’s election pledge for Medicare includes some additional funding, but to strengthen the system, it needs to improve people’s access to doctors.
The Uluru Statement from the Heart could close the gap in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
We need both major parties to promise to enact it.
There are solutions to long surgery wait lists and workforce shortages, if the major parties had the bravery to commit to reform.
The rising cost of fresh fruit and vegetables has become a hot-button election issue. But neither party has suggested ways we could build a more resilient food system.
Labor and the Coalition have announced their parental leave policies. If you are planning to have children, you should be familiar with what they’re offering.
While states are responsible for running hospitals, the federal government shares responsibility for paying for them. But it’s an uneasy relationship.
Medicare has been mentioned a lot this election campaign. But what have the major parties actually promised? Five experts grade their policies.
Health-care costs are continuing to rise faster than wages, so many Australian families are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up.
Some NDIS participants have been unable to find support workers to help them with their daily living. The government needs to do more to attract disability workers.
Having most Australian adults gather at polling booths seems like a COVID disaster waiting to happen. What measures are in place and how can you limit your risk?
Navigating the NDIS can be a bureaucratic nightmare for participants. Labor has pledged to review the system if elected.
Such an expansive scheme is very expensive. It has been costed at A$77.6 billion over the next decade, funded with new taxes on big corporations and billionaires.
Labor has announced it would introduce urgent care centres to take the pressure off emergency departments if it were elected. Would they work?
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Economics, Monash University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Law, Bond University
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Associate Professor, Rehabilitation, Ageing and Independent Living Research Centre and Occupational Therapy Department, School of Primary and Allied Healthcare, Monash University
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Health economist, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University
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SHARP Professor, Vitalities Lab, Centre for Social Research in Health and Social Policy Centre, and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, UNSW Sydney
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Jim Gillespie adalah Sahabat The Conversation.
Associate Professor in Health Policy, Menzies Centre for Health Policy & Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Co-Director, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, Deakin University
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Professor, Health Policy, Victoria University
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Professor of Disability and Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Health Economics, Curtin University
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Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney
