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MedicarePlus | Global village
Reforming Medicare is a favoured New Year’s resolution
Pioneer? Racist? Or product of his time?
Any excuse, Privatise or perish, Clear and present danger, Keep left unless undertaking
The Howard government wants a different Medicare: one where people who can, pay more to visit a doctor. The government is grappling with a complex economic issue, but should not dismiss the social benefits that Medicare delivers to the very sick and less well off.
Australian responses to AIDS.
It is time for government leaders to stage a ‘walk in’ and recommit the country’s resources for the health of everyone.
The imposition on students of greater burdens for repayment when they leave university is likely to cause a drought in the number of graduates who will be prepared to work for community agencies and the public service.
Jane Mayo Carolan confronts poverty in Australia.
Mark Latham is doing far better than anyone expected. No one had particular faith in him, but the signs, so far, are good.
It is a pity we need disasters to respond honorably to our world. The earthquake around Yogyakarta put into the right perspective Australian relationships with Indonesia. It put human beings first.
MedicarePlus passed through parliament in early March. Rather than easing the financial burden on average working families, closer examination reveals the policy leads to the creation of poverty traps.
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