In a tough political and budget year with several major initiatives to be funded - most notably the Gonski education reforms and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, now known as DisabilityCare Australia - the health and ageing section of the 2013-14 Budget has fared reasonably well. Overall the Budget contained $43 billion in savings over...

This report card provides information against Essential Indicators from the HfL Program for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) that have participated in the program since 2007 and the 2010-11 OSR data for ACCHS. In addition, background information on the Indigenous population in general are provided from the 2011 Census preliminary estimates and various AIHW...

This paper presents the author’s analysis of the Indigenous provisions in the Australian Government’s 2013-14 Budget in the context of current and past strategies, policies, programs and funding support. It also looks at the implementation and impact of the Commonwealth’s Indigenous Chronic Disease Package. This work has been done using only materials and data that...

This paper argues that the 2013-14 federal budget does not provide relief for consumers struggling with out-of-pocket health costs.

On 7 February 2013 the Senate referred the following matter to the Senate Community Affairs Committee for inquiry and report: (a) the supply of chemotherapy drugs such as Docetaxel, particularly in relation to: (i) patient access to treatment, (ii) cost to pharmacists and suppliers, and (iii) cost to the private and public hospital systems; (b)...