Federal Government

$1.2 billion lost to avoidable spending in public hospitals

A new report from the Grattan Institute has found that the public hospital system wastes approximately $1.2 billion a year on avoidable spending. The report follows strong backlash from state and territory governments to a letter from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urging them to rein in spending which they argued was “beyond belief” considering the …

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Calls grow for stronger government action on social housing

Housing experts are calling on federal and state governments to make real commitments to increase social housing supply to tackle the national housing crisis. The federal government established the 10-billion-dollar Housing Australia Future Fund in 2023 to provide at least 500-million-dollars for social and affordable housing projects every year. But Professor Alan Morris from the …

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