You will be aware that on 13 February 2011, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to a new deal on national health reform between the Australian Government and the States and Territories. You can read the Heads of Agreement document here, with more information on the government's Your Health website. NSW Health also has a summary from the Director General on its website.
Much has been written about the reform and many details are still to be decided. One interesting article just published in Inside Story is by James Gillespie, Deputy Director of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy at the University of Sydney: The Gillard health program: reform without change?. He writes that markets and demand are transforming the health system, but the policy debate isn’t catching up.
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