CPD post: Armstrong on the need for a climate change/health alliance
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, [...]
Quick links: Broadband policy posts
There are two very useful posts on the Coalition’s broadband policy [earlier LP discussion here] published today worth highlighting: Tama Leaver on industry reaction and “the folly and farce” of the Coalition’s stance, and Stilgherrian in Crikey on the policy [...]
The Roxon/Dutton health debate at the National Press Club
Nicola Roxon and Peter Dutton will be debating health at the National Press Club momentarily. I’ll be live tweeting here. Update: The debate is being live streamed here. Update: Roxon is very impressive, across the detail. The thing is that [...]
CPD post: Doggett on Abbott’s local hospitals boards
During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next term, [...]
The Coalition's health agenda: protect doctors' incomes
What’s at stake in health in this year’s election is summed up neatly in an article in the Brisbane Times this morning on the performance of one of the government’s GP super clinics, operating in Strathpine on Brisbane’s northern outskirts. [...]
Abbott harsher on the public sector than Howard
There’ll be oodles of commentary tomorrow about Tony Abbott’s Budget Reply speech, and I’ve already added some of my own [see also Bernard Keane for a potted summary, and the full text of the address in reply here]. But I’d [...]
Liberals lead in Newspoll on 2PP: 51-49
I can’t make much of the numbers the ABC had on Lateline just then for the 2PP in Newspoll as they were Labor 46 and Coalition 51, which of course, doesn’t add up. Still, if it is the case that [...]
Abbott's health dilemma
As I observed last night, the Opposition’s first reaction to the COAG deal* on health and hospitals reform was to blather on about “a great big new bureaucracy” (which isn’t as catchy as “a great big new tax”, but is [...]
The politics of health: COAG and beyond
With the Council of Australian Governments meeting for a second successive day to deliberate on the federal government’s National Health and Hospitals Network plan, the usual suspects are proclaiming that there will be no deal, which will be a disaster [...]
Brumby vs. Rudd (and sundry other premiers)
With the announcement of substantial funding for aged care closing the Commonwealth’s offer to the Premiers on health policy ahead of the COAG meeting next week, the National Health and Hospitals Network roadshow reaches the penultimate stage in the drama. [...]
No one watches daytime tv; and other Health Debate myths
By Mark Bahnisch on March 23, 2010
As anticipated, commentariat memes very quickly emerged after the Great Health Debate – “Abbott was disadvantaged because he didn’t have a policy”, “Abbott came out swinging”, “He was authentic”, “Rudd played to The Worm”, “It’s not important anyway”, “No one [...]
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