The 109 page briefing document provided to the new Finance Minister Penny Wong by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation is now online.
Well the “expurgated” version is available anyway.
There are a couple of pages related to health costs. “Health Reform – National Health & Hospitals Network” and “Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme – fiscal challenges”. These are highlighted within the report as their growth rate is above 2% and in the case of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme has a special appropriation for funds to run the program.
The document can be found on the government website here or in my Google Documents below.
And enjoy John Cleese as he looks for the Expurgated book of British Birds.