THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL FOOD STANDARDS Within Australia’s federal system, the regulation of food standards has been the responsibility of the states and territories. This resulted in significant differences between…
A PERENNIAL AND AN EMERGING PROBLEM The introduction of any new technology into hospitals is a perennial problem, as it is in institutions generally. However, when looking at a specific,…
Pharmacists will no longer be able to keep the difference between the price paid by the government for generic drugs and the lower price charged by the manufacturer. But they…
IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM AND THE VARIABILITY OF STATISTICS In 2006 the proportion of the population made up of those 65 years and over was just over 13%. Notwithstanding flood, fire,…
IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM Policy problems addressed through federal–state relations in health usually centre on ‘fiscal squabbles’, ‘waiting’ and ‘waste’. ‘Fiscal squabbles’ break out between different levels of government when one…
IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM For this chapter, a policy problem is taken to be one that receives government’s attention and leads to responses like advocacy, reform, funding, or regulation.2 In the…
attending isolated and remote health services) will be of a non-English speaking background. ABORIGINAL HEALTH Before continuing we wish to clarify that although the issues raised in this chapter are…
IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM The ageing of the population and advances in medical technology have combined to create a problem in making some decisions about medical treatment. In particular, the issues…
Whether we are concerned with individuals or social systems, trust is fundamentally about expectations about the future when we cannot know the outcome or consequences of a decision to act…
THE PROBLEM It is unusual for a government with a majority in both houses of the Federal Parliament to have legislation temporarily abandoned after consideration by a standing committee of…
