The burden of chronic disease in Australia threatens to overwhelm the health budget, the capacity of health services and the health workforce. Much of that burden is preventable through effective, evidence‐based changes to policy. This is a background paper for the Mitchell Institute November 2014 policy forum Chronic diseases in Australia: The case for changing...

Early childhood is acknowledged as the most crucial developmental period in a person’s life; it creates a foundation for the later years and offers a critical opportunity to establish good health and learning outcomes for a lifetime. As part of our broader focus on chronic disease prevention policy, the Mitchell Institute is looking at the...