You can’t be agnostic when the whole point of contracting out public services is to gain the cost and productivity benefits of the more efficient private sector, writes Jeremy Sammut.
Private hospitals
Ministerial briefing note 1: To the next health minister
The ideal health system, I suggest, is one where appropriate and effective care is provided to all who need it a timely and an efficient manner, writes Professor Stephen Leeder.
Crikey policy comparisons, part 7: Higher education
The children of the revolution- well, Labor’s proposed education revolution- are set to benefit if ‘K-Rudd’ is to be believed. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister and his deputy have outlined their vision for the nation’s higher education providers. Here’s Crikey’s policy comparison of the higher education policies of Coalition and the ALP.
