A new report released on Thursday, August 12, shows just how much we, as consumers, can enhance our health by improving our diet and physical exercise. Getting Australia’s Health on Track provides an update on the simple but important ways we can change our lives and reduce by one third the...

As our leaders sometimes say, when challenged about the state of health care in Australia, what other country would you like to get sick in? Not many, as it turns out. Australia’s health system is nearly world-beating, the latest report from the Commonwealth Fund of New York finds. But with two...

Now, perhaps more than ever, young people have reason to think deeply and darkly about the future. Climate change, most recently shown by the catastrophic impacts of fires and floods, and the long-term implications of the COVID pandemic, raise crucial questions for young people pondering the years...

That’s the title of a panel presentation I gave this week to the Australian Medical Association’ s national conference. The combination of an ailing private health insurance system and the prospect of the rise of so-called “managed care” may present a gloomy outlook for many in the medical...

The Consumers Health Forum CEO, Leanne Wells, has advised a national ‘wargame’ roundtable of key points CHF believes must be considered in an effective National COVID-19 Vaccination Plan. Leanne had the opportunity to speak directly to the National Taskforce Co-ordinator-General, Lieutenant General...

Proposals for big changes to primary health care have recently been presented to the Government so this week’s #CHF Talks webinar on the subject was timely. The 20 recommendations in the discussion paper of the Ministerial Primary Health Reform Steering Group include extensive options for reform,...