Monthly Archives:: July 2009

There is inefficiency, inequality and needless complexity in the health system. The government recognizes some of the problems but CPD founder John Menadue says the recommendations of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission do not go far enough. Read The Canberra Times article here

In a recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald Ross Gittins examined CPD fellow Jennifer Doggett’s sweeping ideas on health payments. Such innovations as the implementation of a ‘health credit card’ which would function in much the same way as a regular credit card and reduce much of the inefficencies in the current system. For more detail on Jennifer’s ideas … more

CPD founder John Menadue has identified five issues that if addressed would dramatically improve our heath system. Innovations such as giving the Productivity Commission a key place in health reforms or reducing the reliance on ‘fee for service’ would go along way at fixing the systemic inefficiencies in the health sector, writes John. Read John’s article first published in Crikey … more

Voltaire once said, “Men argue, nature acts”, after two decades of negotiations and virtually no progress on climate change, one has to agree that his words ring true. CPD Fellow Ian Dunlop spoke with others such as Al Gore at the launch of “Safe Climate Australia”. “Safe Climate Australia” will take a brutally honest, science-based approach to climate change. It … more