This report rates Australia’s performance against similar countries and proposes policy reforms for schools and universities, hospitals and housing, roads and railways, cities and regions, budgets and taxes, retirement incomes, and climate change.

Removing financial barriers to dental care would improve Australians’ oral health. This report suggests how to fill the dental gap in our health system.

In this Inaugural Violet Marshman Oration from November 2018, Grattan’s Health Program Director Stephen Duckett considers Indigenous health indicators.

State and territory governments can do more to improve the lives of Australians. The State Orange Book 2018 shows that outcomes vary between states across a broad range of areas. In many cases, states are different because their governments adopted better policies.

Australia could save $1.5 billion a year on health spending by improving the safety of patient care in hospitals. Safer hospital care doesn’t just reduce harm to patients, it also saves money for taxpayers.