Health System
The Federal Government has branded it “historic” and “a major achievement”, but big questions hang over Julia Gillard’s multi-billion dollar hospital reform deal.
Here are the answers to some of the most likely questions:
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The deal turns on two key things from the Commonwealth: money, and national control. More of one, less of the other.
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Entrepreneur and philanthropist Simon McKeon succeeded Professor Patrick McGorry as Australian of the Year yesterday. Yet in the year of Professor McGorry’s reign, the Federal Labor Government has largely remained silent on the very issue McGorry was recognised for; mental health.
According to the most recent figures, 2,191 Australians took their own lives in 2008.
Statistics tell us at least ten times that - another 20,000 - were hospitalised for self harm or an attempt. And this is a conservative figure, with ongoing debate about discrepancies between ABS figures, and coroner and police reports.
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