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State and territory leaders will meet in Sydney today to nut out solutions to health and education funding gaps. But what exactly is the problem they’re hoping to address?
It’s difficult to imagine how something as big as a baby’s head can come out of what appears to be a relatively small space. But during childbirth, the perineum – the area of skin and muscle between the…
Australia has high rates of medical and surgical intervention (including caesarean section) during birth, especially in private hospitals. While these interventions can be harmful if overused, people working…
Australian public interest regulators usually have a very imperfect picture of how much anti-competitive or fraudulent activity is occurring in areas such as health care. But there’s a better approach…
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Stephen Duckett is a Friend of The Conversation.Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Reader in Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Karen Willis is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Public Health, Victoria University, Victoria University
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Professor of Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
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Caroline Homer is a Friend of The Conversation.
Co-Program Director: Maternal and Child Health, Burnet Institute
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney
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ARC Future Fellow, Australian National University
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Health economist, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, University of Adelaide
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate professor, University of Newcastle
