Richard Norman

AAP Image/Dean Lewins

September 8, 2022

Australia finally has new climate laws. Now, let’s properly consider the astounding social cost of carbon

Thomas Longden, Australian National University; Richard Norman, Curtin University; Sotiris Vardoulakis, and Tom Kompas, The University of Melbourne

Every year, air pollution kills 2,600 Australians. Australia’s new climate policy regime must account for this and other harms climate change wreaks on society.

AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy

May 3, 2022

How do the major parties rate on Medicare? We asked 5 experts

Jim Gillespie, University of Sydney; Lesley Russell, University of Sydney; Richard Norman, Curtin University; Rosemary V. Calder, Victoria University, and Stephen Duckett, The University of Melbourne

Medicare has been mentioned a lot this election campaign. But what have the major parties actually promised? Five experts grade their policies.

Was the Liberal Party right about Medicare funding? AAP/Peter Boyle

June 28, 2016

Election FactCheck: Has the Coalition invested an average of $5 billion more per year into Medicare than Labor did?

Richard Norman, Curtin University and Rachael Moorin, Curtin University

Has the Coalition invested an average of $5 billion per year more than Labor into Medicare?

As the Australian government tightens its belt, consumers end up spending more of their own money on health. Nikki Short/AAP Image/AAP

September 24, 2015

Patients paying more for health care as government tightens belt

Nicola McCaskill, The Conversation and Sasha Petrova, The Conversation

Australians are picking up some of the slack of government belt-tightening by paying more for health, with experts concerned this could reduce the equity in Australia’s health system.

Women and older people form two ‘armies’ Treasurer Joe Hockey is hoping will help protect Australia’s future prosperity. Mick Tsikas/AAP

March 5, 2015

Hockey looks to ‘armies’ in Intergenerational Report: experts react

John Buchanan, University of Sydney; Alan Pears, RMIT University; Hal Kendig, Australian National University; Ian Lowe, Griffith University; Martin O'Brien, University of Wollongong; Richard Norman, Curtin University; Rosalie Viney, University of Technology Sydney, and Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute

Experts question where the jobs for older Australians will come from.

The Coalition government’s proposed changes to Medicare have never managed to garner public favour. AAP/Peter Boyle

January 15, 2015

Autopsy of a dead policy: government shelves impending Medicare change

Richard Norman, Curtin University

The government has backed down from its plan to cut Medicare rebates to doctors, which was to start on Monday, January 19, after several days of public pressure. For those not au fait with the world of…

In the UK, surgeries are awarded points and additional funding for keeping patients healthy. emanueletudisco photography/Flickr

September 3, 2014

Creating a better health system: lessons from England

Richard Norman, Curtin University and Suzanne Robinson, Curtin University

Australia has a relatively strong health system by international standards, but it needs a makeover. To generate fresh ideas, The Conversation is profiling five international health systems that have important…

It doesn’t matter how you count it, Tony Shepherd’s claim that Australians see doctors 11 times a year just doesn’t add up. AAP/Lukas Coch

May 7, 2014

FactCheck: does the average Australian go to the doctor 11 times a year?

Richard Norman, University of Technology Sydney and Philip Haywood, University of Technology Sydney

All Australians, on average, go to the doctor now 11 times per year. I just don’t think we’re that crook. – Tony Shepherd, Commission of Audit Chairman, press conference on the report’s launch, May 1 The…

Alex E Proimos Flickr.

September 3, 2013

FactCheck: were just 67% of GP visits bulk‑billed when Tony Abbott was health minister?

Richard Norman, University of Technology Sydney

“The bulk-billing rates are at historic highs now. Visits to GPs are 82% bulk-billed. When Tony Abbott was minister it was 67%.” Health minister Tanya Plibersek, National Press Club Health Debate, 27 August…

Health rationing assessments compare different aspects of health such as pain, anxiety, mobility and social interactions – but what’s more important? Image from shutterstock.com

May 8, 2013

Comparing apples, pears and hips: health rationing at work

Richard Norman, University of Technology Sydney and Rosalie Viney, University of Technology Sydney

In the seventh part of our series Health Rationing, Richard Norman and Rosalie Viney explain the controversial system governments use to decide what will and won’t be covered under Australia’s universal…

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