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Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute

Fair health outcomes start with prevention. The new Centre for Disease Control can make it happen

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For the land of the fair go, Australia has work to do on our health. Although the average Australian’s life expectancy is very high, that’s not true for everyone.

Indigenous Australians, and Australians with little formal education, can expect to die about eight years younger than their fellow citizens. People who live in rural areas will die about two to three years earlier, on average, than people who live in cities.

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