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Essays & reportage
21 September 2009
The Medicare Select proposal has opened up a new front in the health debate. Melissa Sweet talks to supporters and sceptics
Essays & reportage
26 October 2010
Talk about health policy reform often loses sight of the people in the system and their stories. Melissa Sweet watches two GPs in action in the south-west Sydney suburb…
Essays & reportage
29 November 2011
Mental health had a big win in this year’s budget – and that’s when the fights began, writes Melissa Sweet in this joint investigation with Crikey
Essays & reportage
4 June 2012
The principles behind an American campaign to reduce unnecessary and often expensive medical interventions are gaining support in Australia, writes Melissa Sweet
National affairs
19 April 2013
The evidence is clear and health professionals are taking notice, writes Melissa Sweet. Now it’s time for government to act
Essays & reportage
3 February 2010
Amid renewed calls for mass vaccinations in Australia, Melissa Sweet looks at the latest chapter in the international debate about swine flu and its implications for…
Essays & reportage
3 August 2017
With state and federal governments overwhelmingly focused on big-ticket medical spending, can local initiatives fill the gaps?
Essays & reportage
4 April 2012
Can local networks pull off the healthcare reforms that have eluded state and national governments, asks Melissa Sweet
National affairs
16 June 2011
A growing movement among US healthcare professionals is arguing that medical treatment can cause more harm than good, reports Melissa Sweet
National affairs
7 June 2011
Public health nurses at the 11th Street Family Health Services Center are committed to developing long-term relationships with the community, reports Melissa Sweet
Essays & reportage
1 March 2013
Overuse of antibiotics is not only creating resistant bacteria but also changing the ecology of the human body, writes Melissa Sweet
National affairs
3 March 2009
Is the media stopping us from seeing the real problems and doing something about them, asks Melissa Sweet
National affairs
16 October 2018
Australia’s innovative preventive health agency was closed down by the Abbott government. How — and in what form — should it be revived?
National affairs
12 November 2018
Could there be such a thing as a healthy airport?
Essays & reportage
23 July 2020
The struggle to eliminate racism from Australian healthcare has been given new momentum
National affairs
5 September 2018
While the federal government plays politics with climate change, states and community groups are trying to head off a public health crisis
Essays & reportage
24 June 2009
Returning to a life in the Australian bush
National affairs
6 February 2020
Can infectious disease outbreaks help strengthen Australia’s response to another health crisis?
Essays & reportage
4 June 2021
Manufacturers of unhealthy products aren’t letting the crisis go to waste
Essays & reportage
8 October 2012
In 1990 a team of researchers began tracking a group of babies born in two inner suburbs of Melbourne. Their latest results paint a complex picture of obstacles, opportunities and…
Essays & reportage
28 March 2011
“Locational disadvantage” has an enormous impact on lives of many Australians. But an experiment in Sydney’s 2168 postcode area is yielding results
Books & arts
23 December 2010
Well, not all of them were entirely overlooked, but we definitely read them during 2010
National affairs
25 September 2018
There’s a straightforward way of making sure more doctors work where they’re needed
Essays & reportage
20 March 2018
The problems at the Park Street headquarters of Bauer Media are a microcosm of an industry slowly adjusting to a blizzard of change
Books & arts
13 December 2012
Our contributors nominate the books from 2012 (or, in a few cases cases, late 2011) that didn’t get the attention they deserved
