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World blood donor day: Australians happy to give their blood for free

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Using cheap private health insurance to avoid the Medicare Levy Surcharge: What is the cost to taxpayers?

by Andrew Macintosh

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Letting Children be Children: Stopping the sexualisation of children in Australia This paper explains why the current patchwork of media and advertising regulation is failing to prevent the premature sexualisation of Australian children. A number of...

by Emma Rush and Andrea La Nauze

March 1, 2006

Drug Law Reform: Beyond Prohibition Prohibition has failed to significantly reduce illicit drug markets and has caused greater harm to society than it has saved. The evidence shows that a treatment-orientated...

by Andrew Macintosh

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Who benefits from private health insurance in Australia? The private health care rebate of 30% costs the government $2.5b per year. Only 24% of households under $25,000 per year have private health care, this increases to 69% for...

by Richard Denniss

February 1, 2005

Mapping Loneliness in Australia Using national survey data, this paper outlines patters of loneliness, support and friendship and assesses who is most at risk of emotional and social isolation and who is...

by Michael Flood

February 1, 2005

Demographic trends in private health insurance membership The Howard government promised to rise in the private health care rebate from 30% to 35% for people over 65 and 40% for people over 70. However between 2001 and 2004 there...

by Richard Denniss

December 1, 2003

A backdoor to higher medicine prices? Intellectual property and the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement

by Buddhima Lokuge, Thomas Alured Faunce and Richard Denniss

September 1, 2003

Health Spending in the Bush: an analysis of the geographic distribution of the private health insurance rebate The coalition's introduced a 30% private health insurance rebate, costing $2.5 billion per annum. This policy favours urban centres as rural areas have less private...

by Richard Denniss

July 1, 2003

Comparing Drug Prices in Australia and the USA: The implications of the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme uses economic evaluations on the price of drugs. The US equivalent, the Federal Supply Schedule does not use such pricing...

The Australia Institute

June 1, 2003

Comfortable, relaxed and drugged to the eye-balls This piece uses three main statistics, to come to the conclusion that 1/3 of Australian adults have a drug dependency. Firstly The National Health Survey found that 18.1% of...

by Clive Hamilton

May 1, 2003

Trading in Our Health System? The impact of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Examines a possible trade-off the Australian Government might be tempted to make in order to achieve a Free Trade Agreement with the US....

by Kamalini Lokuge and Richard Denniss

November 1, 2002

Health Insurance Tax Rort High-income earners over $50,000 for individuals and $100, 000 for families pay a Medicare Levy Surcharge of 1 %( $500 and $1000 respectively). High-income earners can be...

by Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss

October 1, 2001

Regional Employment and Greenhouse Policies A report last year by the Allen Consulting Group has played a pivotal role in reinforcing perceptions that cutting greenhouse gases would result in large economic costs and...

by Clive Hamilton, Alan Pears and Paul Pollard

October 1, 2001

Corporate Control of Healthcare in Australia This paper documents the development of the vertical and horizontal integration of the healthcare services sector. It argues that in the Australian context, the private...

by Fran Collyer and Kevin White

October 1, 2001

How fair is health spending? The distribution of tax subsidies for health in Australia This paper shows that instead of encouraging private provision, concessions for private health insurance have been a financial windfall for wealthy households. The existing...

by Julie Smith

August 1, 2001

The Medicare levy surcharge arrangement: Tax penalty or hidden tax subsidy? This study considers the rationale for estimating tax expenditures, and the conceptual basis for measurement. It assesses the current approach to accounting for the...

by Julie Smith

December 1, 2000

Breastfeeding and the Measurement of Economic Progress

by Julie Smith and Lindy Ingham

September 1, 2000

Tax expenditures and public health financing in Australia This study breaks new ground by examining how the benefits of tax concessions for health expenditures, such as the rebate for health insurance, have been distributed amongst...

by Julie Smith

May 1, 2000

Indicators of a Sustainable Community: Measuring Quality of Life in Newcastle This discussion paper is part of the Australia Institute's work program on measuring quality of life. The Institute has formed a collaborative partnership with Newcastle...

The Australia Institute

March 1, 2000

Regulating Blood The Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) was sold in 1994 by the Commonwealth and became a privately owned company, tasked with the processing of blood. Since its...

by Clive Hamilton

September 1, 1999

Public Expenditure on Services for Indigenous People: Education, Employment, Health and Housing This study comprises a comprehensive assessment of public spending on education, employment, health and housing services for indigenous Australians compared with...

by Max Neutze, Will Sanders, 2 and Giff Jones

The Australia Institute

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World blood donor day: Australians happy to give their blood for free

Using cheap private health insurance to avoid the Medicare Levy Surcharge: What is the cost to taxpayers?

Letting Children be Children: Stopping the sexualisation of children in Australia This paper explains why the current patchwork of media and advertising regulation is failing to prevent the premature sexualisation of Australian children. A number of...

Drug Law Reform: Beyond Prohibition Prohibition has failed to significantly reduce illicit drug markets and has caused greater harm to society than it has saved. The evidence shows that a treatment-orientated...

Who benefits from private health insurance in Australia? The private health care rebate of 30% costs the government $2.5b per year. Only 24% of households under $25,000 per year have private health care, this increases to 69% for...

Mapping Loneliness in Australia Using national survey data, this paper outlines patters of loneliness, support and friendship and assesses who is most at risk of emotional and social isolation and who is...

Demographic trends in private health insurance membership The Howard government promised to rise in the private health care rebate from 30% to 35% for people over 65 and 40% for people over 70. However between 2001 and 2004 there...

A backdoor to higher medicine prices? Intellectual property and the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement

Health Spending in the Bush: an analysis of the geographic distribution of the private health insurance rebate The coalition's introduced a 30% private health insurance rebate, costing $2.5 billion per annum. This policy favours urban centres as rural areas have less private...

Comparing Drug Prices in Australia and the USA: The implications of the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme uses economic evaluations on the price of drugs. The US equivalent, the Federal Supply Schedule does not use such pricing...

Comfortable, relaxed and drugged to the eye-balls This piece uses three main statistics, to come to the conclusion that 1/3 of Australian adults have a drug dependency. Firstly The National Health Survey found that 18.1% of...

Trading in Our Health System? The impact of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Examines a possible trade-off the Australian Government might be tempted to make in order to achieve a Free Trade Agreement with the US....

Health Insurance Tax Rort High-income earners over $50,000 for individuals and $100, 000 for families pay a Medicare Levy Surcharge of 1 %( $500 and $1000 respectively). High-income earners can be...

Regional Employment and Greenhouse Policies A report last year by the Allen Consulting Group has played a pivotal role in reinforcing perceptions that cutting greenhouse gases would result in large economic costs and...

Corporate Control of Healthcare in Australia This paper documents the development of the vertical and horizontal integration of the healthcare services sector. It argues that in the Australian context, the private...

How fair is health spending? The distribution of tax subsidies for health in Australia This paper shows that instead of encouraging private provision, concessions for private health insurance have been a financial windfall for wealthy households. The existing...

The Medicare levy surcharge arrangement: Tax penalty or hidden tax subsidy? This study considers the rationale for estimating tax expenditures, and the conceptual basis for measurement. It assesses the current approach to accounting for the...

Breastfeeding and the Measurement of Economic Progress

Tax expenditures and public health financing in Australia This study breaks new ground by examining how the benefits of tax concessions for health expenditures, such as the rebate for health insurance, have been distributed amongst...

Indicators of a Sustainable Community: Measuring Quality of Life in Newcastle This discussion paper is part of the Australia Institute's work program on measuring quality of life. The Institute has formed a collaborative partnership with Newcastle...

Regulating Blood The Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) was sold in 1994 by the Commonwealth and became a privately owned company, tasked with the processing of blood. Since its...

Public Expenditure on Services for Indigenous People: Education, Employment, Health and Housing This study comprises a comprehensive assessment of public spending on education, employment, health and housing services for indigenous Australians compared with...

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