Skip to main content RSS Info Close Search Facebook Twitter
Location
Category
Providers / Vacancies
Feedback

Premiers to cooperate over health

The state premiers have pledged to work with Kevin Rudd to fix the public health system, one of his first key tests as Prime Minister-elect.

Labor went to the election with a proposal to take financial control of Australia’s 750 public hospitals if the states fail to reach benchmarks to be set down under a $2.5 billion incentives and infrastructure package. Under the plan, the Labor Government would assess the states’ performance in mid-2009, and go to the 2011 election asking voters for a mandate to take over public hospitals if the targets were not being met.

Mr Rudd promised to convene the Council of Australian Governments within his first 100 days in power and establish a reform commission, which would be tasked with developing the benchmarks and the next five-year state federal funding deal.

In his first press conference as Prime Minister-elect, Mr Rudd nominated “establishing long-term arrangements for our public hospitals system” as within the Labor Government’s six-part primary agenda.

“That agenda of work will begin this week,” he said. The state premiers have already indicated they will cooperate with Mr Rudd’s tight deadline.

Share this article

Read next

Subscribe

Subscribe to our Talking Aged Care newsletter to get our latest articles, delivered straight to your inbox
  1. Eighty years after getting married, this couple lives together...
  2. Who says your age should limit your dreams?
  3. Data from a recently released report highlights a concerning...
  4. With an ageing and growing population, data from the...
  5. Approximately 411,000 Australians are estimated to be living...
  6. How could you benefit from attending university as an older...

Recent articles

  1. What is a lesser known impact of hearing loss for older...
  2. Are there options for older Australians to live in the same...
  3. The new initiative brings older Aussies together to see the...
  4. A collaboration between Dementia Australia and VistaPrint...
  5. How can you look after yourself during the expected heatwaves...
  6. How is an interactive app being used in aged care settings to...
  7. How could the upcoming strengthening of super standards save...
  8. Brother Thomas Oliver Pickett, a Western Australian volunteer,...
  9. Why is an illegal website targeting older Australians?
  10. Eighty years after getting married, this couple lives together...
  11. How does heart health impact your risk of dementia?
  12. Instead of going to the hospital, could older Australians...
  1. {{ result.posted_at | timeago }}

Sorry, no results were found
Perhaps you misspelled your search query, or need to try using broader search terms.
Please type a topic to search
Some frequently searched topics are "dementia", "elderly" etc
Close