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Lesley Russell

Lesley Russell is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Sydney’s Leeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data. She was the inaugural Menzies Foundation Fellow at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy and, prior to that, a health policy adviser to the federal Labor Party. She worked for seven years as health policy adviser on the Energy and Commerce Committee in the US House of Representatives and was a Senior Policy Adviser to the US Surgeon-General during the Obama Administration.

International Lesley Russell 5 November 2019 Donald Trump is drawing on decades of experience in pushing the law beyond its limits
International Lesley Russell 3 October 2019 With the impeachment process under way, the flow of evidence is set to intensify International Lesley Russell 13 August 2019 Timing means that the latest shootings could have a greater political impact International Lesley Russell 10 July 2019 A furore over a proposed question in the 2020 US census could escalate into a constitutional crisis International Lesley Russell 3 July 2019 Has the race for the Democratic Party nomination already taken a dangerous turn?
International Lesley Russell 4 June 2019 The administration continues to roll out hostile policies
International Lesley Russell 1 May 2019 Despite the damning Mueller report, would the Democratic Party do best to focus on next year’s election? Podcasts Jennifer Doggett, Lesley Russell & Peter Clarke 15 April 2019 Australia’s last big healthcare reform was in the 1970s. As the election campaign gets under way, two analysts discuss urgently needed changes with Peter Clarke International Lesley Russell 2 April 2019 Overreach is a feature of the Trump style — and he’s at it again with healthcare International Lesley Russell 7 March 2019 The race to be in the 2020 presidential race is gathering pace
International Lesley Russell 7 February 2019 Where does the president’s State of the Union speech lead?
International Lesley Russell 14 December 2018 It’s being called the new “Year of the Woman,” and it augurs badly for the Republicans International Lesley Russell 12 November 2018 Well, the ripple has become a wave, with the respected FiveThirtyEight now estimating that the Democrats have picked up thirty-eight seats in the House. Here’s Lesley… International Lesley Russell 29 October 2018 Once again, the depth of division in the United States has been laid bare International Lesley Russell 19 October 2018 With the US midterm elections less than three weeks away, how likely is a Democratic triumph?
International Lesley Russell 5 October 2018 Donald Trump has launched an all-fronts attack on science and environmental protection
International Lesley Russell 17 August 2018 The Trump administration says the decades-old effort to reduce poverty is over, for all the wrong reasons International Lesley Russell 28 July 2018 A frenetic White House reflects growing fears about the Republicans’ fate in November International Lesley Russell 2 July 2018 And what it means for the midterm elections International Lesley Russell 28 May 2018 Maternal and infant mortality rates in the United States are already shamefully high, and the Trump administration’s policies are making them worse. But California is…
International Lesley Russell 13 April 2018 America’s opioid crisis won’t be solved by the Mexican wall and capital punishment. Meanwhile, deaths keep rising, and Australia isn’t immune
International Lesley Russell 19 March 2018 The Republican Party is heading for the midterm elections with no plan B International Lesley Russell 15 March 2018 As US gun-control efforts continue, there are signs of a shift in opinion and resolve International Lesley Russell 16 February 2018 Can the Democrats break Republican partisanship in the run-up to the November elections? International Lesley Russell 11 January 2018 The electoral prospects are hard to read as the United States enters midterm-election year
National affairs Lesley Russell 15 December 2017 Governments have yet to create a coherent strategy to help the almost three million Australians providing informal care
National affairs Lesley Russell 27 November 2017 The growing dominance of private providers has led to lower standards of care. But will baby boomers put up with it? National affairs Lesley Russell 30 October 2017 The Productivity Commission’s healthcare recommendations might not go far enough, but they could still be too bold for the government National affairs Lesley Russell 17 October 2017 The government’s focus on private health insurance premiums ignores the real costs of a two-tiered system National affairs Lesley Russell 29 September 2017 We know the placebo effect exists, but do we know enough about its medical potential?