This Month
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Playing Solomon on bitter divisions in private health
Health Minister Mark Butler’s review must eventually produce healthier private hospitals and health insurers that pass on the benefits in lower premiums.
- The AFR View
Sydney Uni VC asked security about terror groups at protests
No concerns about Hizb ut-Tahrir have been raised by police or intelligence agencies, says Sydney University vice chancellor Mark Scott
- Tom Burton
Investors have moved away on private hospitals, industry warns
Investors in private hospital developments have shifted away from the sector, further heaping pressure on the healthcare system.
- James Hall and Michael Smith
August
Why Australia’s sick hospitals are on the brink
Australians are paying more for surgery in private hospitals than ever, and there is no cure in sight for facilities struggling with record costs and fees.
- Michael Smith
- Opinion
- Rear Window
Andrew Pridham finds SA uni merger too gamey to chew
The veteran dealmaker lasted only three months on the Adelaide University Transition Council.
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- Health insurance
Health insurance shouldn’t be private hospitals’ field of dreams
Instead of protecting private hospitals from predatory insurers, an obsolete contract framework protects operators from full accountability for inefficiencies and misjudgments.
- Terry Barnes
Vice chancellors feel the political heat
Universities say they are in crisis after Labor’s cap on overseas students, but the education minister says his priority is getting more equity students into the system.
- Jennifer Hewett
Industrial laws stifle private sector collaboration
Industrial relations laws are stopping universities better collaborating with private experts, says Macquarie Uni’s vice chancellor.
- Tom Burton
Gaza protests my most difficult issue, says Sydney Uni’s Scott
Resolving the Gaza protests has been the most difficult challenge of his public professional career, says Sydney University vice chancellor, Mark Scott
- Tom Burton
- Opinion
- The AFR View
University scapegoats still need to get houses in order
The Higher Education Summit heard a system based on decades of massive expansion, loan-funded students and big injections of foreign students is at a watershed.
- The AFR View
How medical research is failing women
For years, the process for developing and testing new drugs has focused disproportionately on male bodies — to the detriment of female patients.
- Sarah Neville
- Opinion
- University
Our universities have become talent bottlenecks
Australia’s higher education system is optimised for foreign students. It is neither developing enough local skills, nor keeping the best of overseas talent.
- Tom Snow
- Analysis
- Food
Can big food adapt to healthier diets?
It must contend with weight-loss drugs and concerns about processed foods.
- The Economist
A man’s guide to surviving menopause
Forewarned is forearmed. Here’s what to expect when your partner starts to experience symptoms and how to deal with it.
- Nick Harding
- Opinion
- Health insurance
Five reasons health funds shouldn’t bail out private hospitals
The short-sighted arguments of vested interests would increase the cost of insurance for Australians contributing to their own healthcare.
- Rachel David
- Opinion
- The AFR View
NAPLAN puts schools in remedial class
The hopes that the $319b Gonski funding revolution would turn around the worst-performing students are turning into one of the great public policy debacles.
- The AFR View
- Exclusive
- Weight loss
Ozempic maker wants taxpayer subsidy for new Wegovy drug
Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk pulled in more than $600 million from Australia last year but reported just $17 million in profit here.
- Nick Bonyhady
Can a healthy diet help autistic children to thrive?
It’s early days but researchers are hopeful that diet could be a key factor in easing some symptoms of the condition.
- David Cox
- Exclusive
- Weight loss
Next blockbuster weight-loss drug to launch in Australia this month
Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy is about to go on sale here, avoiding the prospect of a supply disaster when compounded Ozempic is banned.
- Updated
- Nick Bonyhady
July
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Beware propping up ‘bricks and mortar’ hospitals disrupted by ‘virtual care’
Australia needs a big picture reimagining of how to organise and pay for the kind of healthcare services an ageing society needs, setting aside scare tactics about ‘US-style managed care’.
- The AFR View
