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Scope

The committee was established to inquire into health policy, administration and expenditure. It considered the impact reduced Commonwealth funding had on the provision of hospital and other health services, as well as the sustainability of Medicare and the affordability of healthcare.

Chairs

Deborah Mary O'Neill

nswALP

Sequence

2014
2016

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Audio [duration 8:37]—'Black Lung Senate report finds litany of failures by government and coal industry', ABC Radio National Breakfast, 29 April 2016.

Reports

Date tabledTitleRead report
First interim reportParliamentary paper number 426/2014
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Second interim reportParliamentary paper number 197/2015
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Third interim report: Australian Hearing: too important to privatiseParliamentary paper number 247/2015
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Fourth interim report: Mental health: a consensus for action (presented out of session on 8 October 2015)Parliamentary paper number 266/2015
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Fifth interim report: Black lung: "It has buggered my life" (presented out of session on 28 April 2016)Parliamentary paper number 158/2016
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Sixth interim report: Big health data: Australia's big potentialParliamentary paper number 176/2016
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Final report: Hospital funding cuts: the perfect storm - The demolition of Federal-State health relations 2014–2016 (presented out of session on 5 May 2016)Parliamentary paper number 215/2016
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