Education policy outlook in Australia

Regulatory Policy Issues in Australia

The pace of development in the Australian financial system over the past decade and a half has been dramatic. The size of the sector has more than doubled in real terms, while the range and sophistication of products and instruments has expanded rapidly. The use of complex products such as derivatives has grown apace. Technological advances are revolutionising the delivery of financial services...

Cancer control policy in Australia

Australia has an evolving national cancer control agenda. In this paper, we review the history and development of cancer control policies in Australia up to the end of 2005, and discuss the principal publications produced by both government and non-government groups which have given rise to cancer control recommendations, goals and targets. These cancer control plans have arisen in response to ...

Returns to Education in Australia

Using data from the 2001-2005 waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, and taking account of existing estimates of ability bias and social returns to schooling, I estimate the economic return to various levels of education. Raising high school attainment appears to yield the highest annual benefits, with per-year gains as high as 30 percent (depending on the adjus...

Postgraduate medical education in Australia.

Adherence: a review of education, research, practice and policy in Australia

UNLABELLED Community pharmacists are well placed to deliver adherence support services as well as other pharmaceutical services to patients. They are often the last point of contact with patients collecting medicines in the healthcare chain, and they tend to be visited by patients on a regular basis to collect prescription medicines. They have the opportunity to reinforce information already re...