Assertions that the Australian working medical workforce supply is low are common. However, this report finds that Australia’s supply per 1,000 of the population is nearly the highest in the OECD. The report proposes that the challenge for Australia is to shift acute medical care into the community and downsize hospitals.

The strategy sets out a 10-year vision for strengthening Australia’s health and medical research system. Its scope encompasses all elements of health and medical research across the Commonwealth, states and territories, industry, academia, health professionals, consumers, community and philanthropy. The strategy sets out the vision, goals and focus areas.

In Australia, governments give hospitals a set amount of funding for each service provided to a patient, regardless of patient outcomes. This paper asks whether reducing payments to a hospital when a patient develops certain complications can lower the risk of complications occurring. Initial findings suggest financial mechanisms could be effective in lifting the quality...

This policy brief examines the Australian Government's compassionate release of super scheme and its impacts on women's economic security, with a particular focus on medical-related early withdrawals. The brief argues that while the scheme can provide short-term relief, it can also significantly reduce retirement savings and deepen the gender gap in superannuation outcomes.

Australia’s care industry is the country’s largest employer and one of its fastest growing sectors. This report provides an overview of the industry’s size, structure and performance. It is designed to help businesses, policymakers and stakeholders understand how the sector is evolving, the economic and workforce pressures it faces, and implications for investment, productivity and...