Associate Professor Daniel Ghezelbash is Deputy Director of UNSW's Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law. Ghezelbash holds a DECRA grant to research 'Fast Track Asylum Procedures: Balancing Fairness and Efficiency' (2022 – 2025). He is an expert in the data and qualitative evidence around this issue and is available to talk about the asylum seeker claim process changes.
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Specialist Fees Denying Patient Access to Care: Time to Act “Reports that specialist fees are skyrocketing and reducing access of patients to specialist care are very concerning and long in the making” said Dr Tim Woodruff, President, Doctors Reform Society. “The Federal Government has been very slow to act on this issue despite repeated advice””, said Dr Woodruff. “We have long recommended dedicated federal funding to state governments to be used specifically to increase their specialist outpatient facilities, with the amount based on measured need in the community. We have also recently recommended that community specialist medical centres should be…
MEDIA RELEASE Health Equity Matters commends investment to support 2030 HIV elimination goal Health Equity Matters has commended the Australian Government's announcement of $41.7 million over three years to support progress toward eliminating HIV transmission in Australia by 2030. The funding, announced by Health Minister Mark Butler, will support HIV awareness, prevention, testing and treatment programs targeting under-serviced populations, including $14.1 million for Health Equity Matters and the National Association of People with HIV Australia. "The Minister is right that Australia can be the first country to achieve virtual elimination of HIV transmission. This $41.7 million investment in community-led programs,…
TheParliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works(the Committee) will conduct a site inspection at Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre and shortly after question officials from the Department of Home Affairs about proposed works at the site. The proposed works at the site will redevelop the Hawk Compoundwithin the detention centre to meet the needs of Australia’s Immigration Detention Network, address safety and security risks, and update the existing facilities to meet National Construction Code requirements. The works will see the removal of existing buildings and infrastructure and the construction of new accommodation for 47 detainees and associated security infrastructure. The proposed…
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