Health announcements in the federal budget include a slow lifting of the Medicare rebate freeze, money for new medicines, and an increase in the Medicare levy to fund the NDIS.
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The clinical committee reviewing obstetrics services for the federal government’s Medicare review said suicide is one of the leading causes of maternal death in Australia. Is that true?
The latest part of the TPP to be leaked is its investment chapter. And like almost everything we know about the secretive negotiations for the agreement, it provides plenty of cause for concern.
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor in Public Health, La Trobe University
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Professor of Public Health, Bond University
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
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Canada Research Chair in Economy and Environment, Queen's University, Ontario
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Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) and Professor of Health Equity, ANU, Australian National University
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Griffith University
