Setting prices for government services is not always a simple task but three federal agencies could still do a much better job of it, according to a recent audit. Read More
Labor is crying foul over their missed opportunities to quiz public servants after Senate estimates was cut short by the beginning of the election campaign period, but they could have voted to keep the hearings going earlier. So, which agencies got a break? Read More
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet scored $5 million in last week's budget to consider how the Commonwealth can encourage private investment in positive social outcomes, and the government has appointed two social impact investing gurus to advise them. Read More
The Commonwealth has committed almost $5.8 million to mental health initiatives for traumatised police and emergency services personnel, over half of which comes from the proceeds of crime. Read More
Australia's best public sector grad programs, indexed. Public sector agencies generally don’t do enough to explain what working in a government department is really like to students. Read More
While some may argue to uncap the number of home care places, and replicate parts of the health system by providing free care for all, it’s not that simple. Governments will keep increasing the number of subsidised home care services in response to needs, but costs will also keep rising. Read More
Technology can provide the opportunity to significantly alter the way we deliver healthcare to meet economic and demographic challenges. Read More
A new wave of immunotherapy cancer treatments are on our doorstep. And they have the potential to revolutionise the way we treat cancer. Read More
The recently announced Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will bring into the stark light of day the systemic failures by parts of the sector to provide some of our most vulnerable citizens with even the most basic level of adequate care. Read More
Dr Dianne Heriot, the head of the parliamentary library, is adamant that she independently decided to revise a blog post about how law enforcement agencies could access My Health Record data following complaints from Health. Read More
Ultimately, My Health Record is a system which people may or may not choose to use, but the fear is that it could be used against them. Read More
The office of the National Health Funding Pool Administrator has been in a holding pattern, unable to publish its reports and with nobody acting in the role, since Peter Achterstraat completed his term of appointment at the end of March. Read More
Private patients are increasingly using their health insurance to get early access to high-demand hospital treatments in public hospitals – forgoing long waiting times and queue jumping public patients. Read More
Winter has started, and with it, flu season. Inevitably, all of us (young, old and sick) have been implored to be immunised against influenza, with … Read More
Betters ways to receive early warning of health deterioration before a transfer to intensive care occurs are urgently needed. Good technology in other wards goes a long way to meeting that challenge. Read More
