The national report card on Australia’s health shows that we are not on track to meet our health targets, and foreshadows a rise in preventable chronic illness. Released today, Australia’s ... »
Chronic disease is the biggest health challenge of the 21st century. Australia lags well behind comparable countries in preventing and reducing the main risk factors that contribute to the poor health of people and to the rising rate of preventable chronic diseases in the Australian population.
Medicare is a universal health insurance system, designed to ensure all Australians receive the healthcare they need when they need it and irrespective of their capacity to pay. But is it meeting its objectives?
Victoria University hosted a Roundtable with 40 leaders from the tertiary education, government, industry and not-for-profit sectors, to discuss this changing role. The Roundtable reached agreement on one overarching idea: the need to achieve a more coherent, yet still differentiated, tertiary education system.
The Federal Government has awarded $1.3 million to the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University to undertake a trial that aims to help support re-engagement with work or education and to improve community participation for people with a musculoskeletal disability.