The Recovery Book: what Australian governments should do now
REPORTby John Daley, Danielle Wood, Brendan Coates, Stephen Duckett, Julie Sonnemann, Marion Terrill and Tony Wood
To help Australia recover from the COVID-19 recession, the Government should inject $70 billion to $90 billion in extra economic stimulus, including revamping and extending JobKeeper.
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Health Program Director
Stephen DuckettDr Stephen Duckett has held top operational and policy leadership positions in health care in Australia and Canada, including as Secretary of what is now the Commonwealth Department of Health. He has a reputation for creativity, evidence-based innovation and reform in areas ranging from the introduction of activity-based funding for hospitals to new systems of accountability for the safety of hospital care. An economist, he is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
Information about Stephen Duckett’s academic publications are available on Google Scholar.
Program Topics
Reports
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28 June 2020
The Recovery Book: what Australian governments should do now -
21 June 2020
Coming out of COVID-19 lockdown: the next steps for Australian health care -
3 December 2019
Saving private health 2: Making private health insurance viable -
25 November 2019
Saving private health 1: reining in hospital costs and specialist bills -
15 July 2019
The history and purposes of private health insurance
News & Opinion
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9 August 2020
Victoria’s daily COVID reporting is hopelessly inadequate -
24 July 2020
Questions of governance: reflections from a primary health network -
13 July 2020
Intensive care beds: Stephen Duckett responds to Health Minister Greg Hunt -
4 June 2020
Governance lessons for Australia from COVID-19 -
28 April 2020
What Canada could learn from Australia’s health system
Podcasts
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22 June 2020
How our health system can be better after the pandemic – Webinar recording -
15 May 2020
COVID-19: What does the new normal look like? -
13 March 2020
COVID-19 and Australia’s healthcare system -
24 February 2020
How coronavirus is affecting the Australian economy
Submissions
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16 June 2020
The consequences of private involvement in healthcare -
1 May 2020
Learning the lessons from the 2019-20 bushfires -
29 April 2020
Preparing for a hotter Australia -
23 January 2020
Redesigning mental health care
Presentations
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28 April 2020
The role of boards during the pandemic -
4 December 2019
Saving private health -
22 October 2019
Remembering Richard Scotton, co-founder of Medicare -
6 August 2019
Prosthesis pricing needs fundamental reform
Events
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06 July 2020
How Australia can recover from the COVID-19 crisis – Webinar event -
10 June 2020
Webinar Event: How our health system can be better after the pandemic -
27 March 2020
The economic, budgetary and health impacts of COVID-19: webinar -
25 November 2019
Can private health insurance be saved from the jaws of death? – Canberra -
16 July 2019
Private health insurance under challenge – Melbourne