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Lesley Russell

Lesley Russell is the Menzies Foundation Fellow at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney/Australian National University, and a Research Associate at the United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney.
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Obama's healthcare gamble
Fortune favours the brave
The state of affairs in health
Commonwealth health budget bulletin July 2009

In this edition of Macroeconomics’ Health Bulletin the Budget is examined in the context of the recently released National Health and Hospital Reform Commission’s Report

Chewing the fat
Preventable hospitalisation: the US initiative
Commonwealth Indigenous budget bulletin - June 2009

The Indigenous Budget Bulletin is prepared by the Macroeconomics health team to help engender public debate and scrutiny of Indigenous budget policy

Linking climate and health in the Pacific
Poverty, climate change and health in Pacific Island countries

This discussion paper highlights the considerable health, social and economic consequences of climate change in the developing countries of the Pacific Ocean, where fragile environments, failing economies, poor population health, and a shortage of needed workforce skills mean there are fewer resources to prevent and manage them

Refocusing maternity care

Integrated care networks are an essential element in maternity services reform, according to ANNE-MARIE BOXALL and LESLEY RUSSELL

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Rethinking the Rules Governing Australia
16 March 2010

Australian citizens are being asked to provide input into a nation-wide
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Secrecy law reforms strike a blow to old culture of government secrecy
12 March 2010

The Australian Law Reform Commission report into Commonwealth secrecy laws, Secrecy Laws and Open Government in Australia (ALRC Report 112) is the result of a 15 -month inquiry which identified 506 secrecy provisions in 176 pieces of Commonwealth legislation, including 358 criminal secrecy offences.

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