Tag: Budget 2022-23
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An opportunity squandered: Budget 2022 fails to invest in lauded National Preventive Health Strategy
Terry Slevin – PHAA CEO What if Australia invested in Preventive Health? A reflection on the 2022 Budget If well researched strategies for preventive and public health stated in the 2021-2030 National Preventive Health Strategy were to be given credence, and be implemented, it would have been reflected through…
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Sick governance risks all our health
Malcolm Baalman – PHAA Senior Policy and Advocacy Adviser We saw a disappointing Budget this week, with virtually no new investment in population-level prevention of diseases. What governments decide to do – or not do – makes a huge difference to the population’s health. Governments make laws about environmental health,…
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Before hitting the brakes on unhealthy products, let’s take our foot off the accelerator
Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin, CEO PHAA This post is the fourth in our series of articles exploring the PHAA’s 2022-23 pre-Budget submission, The Public Health Crisis Budget. Read the first post here, the second, and the third. “The commercial determinants of health are defined as factors that influence health which…
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Building a national approach to preventive health investment or the “Vomit principle” in action
Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin, CEO PHAA This post is the third in our series of articles exploring the PHAA’s 2022-23 pre-Budget submission, The Public Health Crisis Budget. Read the first and the second posts. The “Vomit Principle”? Let me explain. The CEO of the well-respected Grattan Institute spoke to a…
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How do we improve the nutrition of older Australians?
Kate Thiele – Meals on Wheels Australia & Melanie Parker – PHAA Introduction As people move through life, nutrition requirements change. This is pertinent for older Australians (70 years +), where poor nutrition can have a detrimental effect on health and wellbeing, particularly through malnutrition and other associated health problems. Lack…
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Public health measures can help balance the Budget
Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin – PHAA CEO This post is the second in our series of articles exploring the PHAA’s 2022-23 pre-Budget submission, The Public Health Crisis Budget. Read the first post here. Government revenue, primarily gathered through taxes, is and always has been, a fundamentally political issue. Governments need…
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Where will the 2022-23 Budget take us?
Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin – PHAA CEO This post is the first in our series of articles exploring the PHAA’s 2022-23 pre-Budget submission, The Public Health Crisis Budget. Future articles will include levies on harmful products including tobacco, alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages. With polls showing the federal Government is a…