Australians are waiting longer and longer for their first psychiatry appointment, especially outside major cities.
- Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
Governments spend billions of dollars every year to encourage us to take up private cover. But our research shows this does little to reduce pressure on the public system.
Beer does more social damage than wine, suggesting it’s right to tax it more highly. But cask wine seems to be significantly undertaxed.
Examining the records of 2,900 nursing homes we’ve found no evidence that where there’s more competition there’s better care or lower prices.
This idea environmental regulation hurts the economy is deeply entrenched in pro-business discourse. Our analysis of 22 nations suggest, in the long term, the opposite is true.
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