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Menopause Healthcare Reform in Australia: Policy Gaps and the Path Forward
The 2024 Senate inquiry into menopause and perimenopause exposed persistent gaps in MHT access, GP training, PBS listings, and workplace policy. A policy analysis of the reforms needed.
Pharmaceutical Price Disclosure in Australia: How the PBS Cost Reduction Mechanism Works
Australia's price disclosure regime requires pharmaceutical manufacturers to disclose actual transaction prices, triggering mandatory PBS price reductions. A policy analysis of how the mechanism works, its impact on medicine affordability, and reform priorities.
GLP-1 Medication Shortage in Australia: Policy Failures, Access Inequity, and the Path to Reform
Australia's GLP-1 receptor agonist shortage exposes deep structural failures in medicines policy. This analysis examines the supply crisis, access inequities, the compounding pharmacy debate, and six concrete reforms needed to ensure equitable access to life-changing obesity and diabetes treatments.
Medicare and PBS Reform for Obesity Treatment: What Australia Needs to Do
Australia's PBS coverage of obesity medications is inadequate, inequitable, and out of step with the clinical evidence. A policy analysis of the case for expanded PBS listing of GLP-1 receptor agonists and what reform should look like.