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Medicare no longer works for patients or doctors, Grattan Institute says

A high demand for general practitioners is leading to longer wait times and putting pressure on doctors. A new report says it's time we overhauled the way GPs work and how they're paid.

ABC News · Dec 4, 2022

Higher Medicare rebates will not cure broken system that rewards ‘speed, not need’, report says

General practices have ‘steady profit margins’ and many are turning away from bulk billing, leaving poorer Australians without access to care, thinktank says

The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2022

Confused about who to vote for in the Victorian election? A guide to the promises made across key issues

From health to the environment and the cost of living, we’ve sorted through the major promises and policies announced by Labor, the Coalition and the Greens

The Guardian - AU · Nov 24, 2022

Teachers drowning in 'near-impossible' amount of lesson planning, forcing them to rely on sites like YouTube, report finds

Australian teachers need 2,000 hours, or a year working full time, to adequately plan their lessons from scratch, a new report has found.

ABC News · Oct 16, 2022

School-wide lesson plans would stop teachers reinventing wheel: report

New research shows teachers spend hours preparing lessons that could be provided to them.

The Canberra Times · Oct 16, 2022

Michael Pascoe: Coalition still hasn’t learned its integrity lesson

Five months after being defeated by a “teal”, Dave Sharma has demonstrated he still doesn’t get the integrity thing.

The New Daily · Oct 11, 2022

Parties 'weaponising' taxpayer-funded ads

One-quarter of the federal government's advertising budget is going towards politicised messaging.

AAP · Oct 9, 2022

Millions in taxpayer funded advertising 'politicised' by governments, new research says

At least a quarter of the Commonwealth's yearly spend on taxpayer-funded advertising is highly political and biased towards the government of the day, according to new research.

ABC News · Oct 9, 2022

‘Weaponised’: Calls for politicians to kick the habit costing taxpayers $50 million a year

Government urged to stop the abuse of taxpayer funded advertising, which has led to $50 million a year in public money being spent.

The New Daily · Oct 9, 2022

All governments are guilty of running political ads on the public purse. Here's how to stop it

If you watch TV or read the paper, you’ve probably seen ads spruiking the achievements of the federal or state government – from the next big transport project to how they’re reducing the cost of living. While some government ads are needed, many are little more than thinly-disguised political ads…

The Conversation · Oct 9, 2022