• 2013‐14 BUDGET: Analysis of Health and Ageing Provisions 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2013-06-01
      This paper presents the author’s analysis of the Health and Ageing provisions in the Australian Government’s 2013-14 Budget in the context of current and past strategies, policies, programs and funding support. This work ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • The 2016 US Presidential Race: Politics, Policy & Provocation 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2016-08-17
      US presidential races are always fiercely fought, protracted, expensive and reflective of the times: the 2016 campaign will be one for the history books. The July conventions are expected to result in Hillary Clinton's ...
      Open Access
      Presentation
    • 2016‐17 Budget Indigenous Affairs 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2016-05-23
      This analysis looks at the Indigenous provisions in the 2016-17 federal Budget. This is done in the light of current and past strategies, policies, programs and funding, and is supported, where this is possible, by data ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • Analysis of 2014-15 Health Budget: Unfair and Unhealthy 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2014-09-23
      This analysis looks at the health and related provisions in the Australian Government’s 2014-15 Budget. This is done in the light of current and past strategies, policies, programs and funding, and is supported, where ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • ANALYSIS OF INDIGENOUS HEALTH BUDGET 2008-09 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2008-06-01
      The Rudd Government has set ambitious targets for closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage with respect to life expectancy, child mortality, access to early childhood education, educational attainment and employment ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2008-09 HEALTH BUDGET 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2008-01-01
      AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2008-09 HEALTH BUDGET
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2008-09 STATE AND TERRITORY HEALTH BUDGETS 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2008-01-01
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • ANALYSIS OF THE 2009-10 HEALTH BUDGET 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2009-06-01
      This analysis looks at the health and ageing and related provisions in the 2009-10 Commonwealth Budget in the context of current and past strategies, policies, programs and funding support. The opinions expressed are those ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • AN ANALYSIS OF THE 2009-10 STATE AND TERRITORY HEALTH BUDGETS 

      Russell, Lesley; Beaton, Angela
      Published 2009-08-01
      This analysis of the 2009-10 State and Territory Health Budgets has been prepared by assessing the budget commitments, as we found them in the publicly available budget papers and related information, against the partnership ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • ANALYSIS OF THE 2010-2011 HEALTH AND AGEING BUDGET 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2010-01-01
      The 2010-11 Budget and the raft of health care reform announcements that preceded it will supply the platform on which the Rudd Government will run in the forthcoming election. It deserves scrutiny to determine if it ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • ANALYSIS OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT’S 2009-2010 INDIGENOUS BUDGET 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2009-01-01
      The 2009-10 Budget contains $1.271 billion / 5 years in new spending for Indigenous initiatives. Of this new spending, $807.4 million is allocated to initiatives in the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory Emergency ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • Analysis of the Federal Health Budget and Related Provisions 2015-16 

      Russell, Lesley; Menzies Centre for Health Policy
      Published 2015-07-07
      This analysis looks at the health and related provisions in the Australian Government’s 2015-16 Budget. This is done in the light of current and past strategies, policies, programs and funding, and is supported, where ...
      Open Access
      Working Paper
    • ANALYSIS OF THE HEALTH PROVISIONS IN THE 2012-13 MID-YEAR ECONOMIC AND FISCAL OUTLOOK (MYEFO) 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2013-05-29
      This paper looks at the health provisions in the 2012-13 Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2012 13 (MYEFO). It is done in the light of current and past strategies, policies, programs and funding and is supported by ...
      Open Access
      Working Paper
    • AN ASSESSMENT OF COMMONWEALTH MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2008-07-01
      Mental illness is a major social and economic burden for individuals, the health care system and the nation. One out of every five Australians will experience some form of mental illness each year, and three out of every ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • The Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation series 

      Giles, Gillian; Herkes, Robert
      Published 2018-12-01
      The Third Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation explores the extent to which healthcare use in Australia varies depending on where people live. The Atlas will be launched on 11 December 2018 by the Minister for Health, ...
      Open Access
      Presentation
    • BUDGET 2007-08 Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2007-05-01
      The purpose of the MYEFO report is to provide updated information to allow the assessment of the Government's fiscal performance against the fiscal strategy set out in the current Budget Papers (ie Budget Paper No. 1).
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • BUDGET 2008-09 Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 

      Unknown author
      Published 2009-05-01
      The purpose of the MYEFO report is to provide updated information to allow the assessment of the Government's fiscal performance against the fiscal strategy set out in the current Budget Papers.
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • BUDGET 2008-09 Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 

      Russell, Lesley
      Published 2008-01-01
      The Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998 requires the Treasurer to publicly release and table a Mid-year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) report by the end of January in each year, or within 6 months after the last budget, ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical
    • BUDGET 2009-10: A HEALTHY MID YEAR ECONOMIC AND FISCAL OUTLOOK? 

      Russell, Lesley; Beaton, Angela
      Published 2009-11-01
      The purpose of the MYEFO report is to provide updated information to allow the assessment of the Government’s fiscal performance against the fiscal strategy set out in the current Budget Papers. The Treasurer must publicly ...
      Open Access
      Report, Technical