An Access Economics report out yesterday on the prevalence and costs of smoking among people with mental illness has been getting lots of play, but there’s got to be something seriously wrong with its figures, writes Simon Chapman.
Commonwealth health
Rudd’s new Ministry sticks to the Howard mould
Kevin Rudd’s new Ministry has a familiar feel to it. As promised, it hasn’t shaken up the Canberra bureaucracy too much, so that the pencil pushers can hit the ground running – well, sauntering – with the ALP agenda, writes David MacCormack.
Why everyone’s election health policies are lacking
A sound health policy will not just spend money, it will spend it wisely. The AMA’s latest policy hits all the politically-correct buttons but are we getting the best value for our health spending?
