Spin doctors and the micro-management of health
John Menadue writes, Micro-management cannot be blamed on the federal government or others. It is a creation of state ministers and their minders. Many of them are proud of it and have been delighted...
Human Rights Act needed because of institutional failures
John Menadue explains that he changed his attitude to a Human Rights Act because of 'the major institutional failures of our time – the erosion of accountability in the Westminster parliamentary system, and the...
Curing Sick Hospitals
John Menadue writes, ‘A state handover of health services to the Commonwealth may be politically too difficult for some states. A practical and feasible alternative which is being canvassed, would be to establish a...
Health Sector Reform Part 2: Primary Care and Wellbeing
John Menadue argues that we could gain more from Health Sector resources if we re-direct our attention from a hospital and sickness model to a primary care and wellbeing model.
Health Sector Reform Part 1: Workforce Reform
In early June 2005 the Council of Australian Governments meeting, the Prime Minister, Premiers and Chief Ministers acknowledged the need for health workforce reform. A report is expected from the Productivity Commission by the...
Where do we go from here?
John Menadue on defining values and principles.
Values and principles
This week Craig Emerson and Senator Lyn Allison discuss values and principles in the policy portal
Common Wealth
Here are principles that resonate and appeal, and on which we can build distinctive policies for Australia. By John Menadue
An invitation to join us
A major reason for the establishment of the Centre for Policy Development was the need to revive the policy debate and policy development on important issues affecting Australia. At the last election we saw...
The Hospital tail wags the Health Dog
John Menadue in a speech to the Australian College of Health Service Executives in Brisbane on the 22nd of February 2005.