How to fix hospital funding

How to fix hospital funding

Spending on Australia’s public hospitals has increased by an average of $3 billion every year in the past decade. Yet hospitals are still under strain. Ambulances are ramping outside emergency departments, waits for surgery are getting longer, and staff say they’re burning out. And demand will only grow as Australians gets older and sicker. There’s no doubt governments will have to spend more - but with ever more pressure on budgets, they’re going to need to be smarter about spending. On this podcast, health experts Peter Breadon and Elizabeth Baldwin discuss their new report, Smarter spending: Getting better care for every hospital dollar, and how to fix hospital funding in Australia. Read the report: https://grattan.edu.au/report/smarter-spending-getting-better-care-for-every-hospital-dollar/

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Grading the 2025 NAPLAN results

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How to save the NDIS

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The Maths Guarantee: How to Boost Students' Learning in Primary Schools

The Maths Guarantee: How to Boost Students' Learning in Primary Schools

Australia has a maths problem: one in three Australian school students fail to achieve proficiency in maths. When maths is taught well, children and the nation benefit. But taught poorly, students ar...

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Election 2025: Evaluating the housing policies

Election 2025: Evaluating the housing policies

Whether it’s increasing rent or mortgage repayments, the surging cost of buying a house or simply finding a secure place to live, Australians are struggling more than ever with housing costs. And with...

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