This paper gives an overview of rises in private health insurance premiums over the last decade. Early each year the Health Minister announces the average increase to health insurance premiums following the Government’s assessment of applications for increases from health insurers. This announcement invariably attracts considerable media attention. Insurers may subsequently advise their members that...

This annual report of government service delivery is in 2 parts. Volume one of the report focuses on early childhood, education and training as well as justice and emergency management sectors. Heads of government (now the Council of Australian Governments or COAG) established the Review of Government Service Provision (the Review) to provide information on...

This paper presents a brief introduction to the structure, ideological underpinnings and policies of the Australian Greens, and includes a brief history of the development of Green politics internationally and in Australia. • In 2008 the Parliamentary Library published The rise of the Australian Greens which discussed the emergence of environmental politics in Australia, analysed...

This report aims to promote awareness about the performance of government services and help drive improvements. There are a number of improvements in this year's Report, including the introduction of sector summaries in all broad reporting areas (Early childhood, education and training, Justice, Emergency management, Health, Community services, and Housing and homelessness), further data quality...

This sector summary provides an introduction to the Public hospitals (chapter 10), Primary and community health (chapter 11), and Mental health management (chapter 12) chapters of this Report. Major improvements in reporting in health this year are identified in each of the service-specific health chapters. Health services are concerned with promoting, restoring and maintaining a...