What it is REALLY like to be unemployed
Unemployed. If there has been any day in my 61.5 years of life when I’ve felt it is all just too much, yesterday was that […]
Articles by Robyn Dunphy
Let’s Talk About Sex
Growing up, I was taught there were three things one didn’t discuss in polite company: sex, religion and politics. Religion and politics can lead to […]
Men, women … and Trump
The media, social, mainstream and everything in between, have been flooded with justifications, discussions, jibes, insults and everything in between over the proven (by his […]
If you have regular pathology tests, here is something you should know
A little back story may be appropriate. In February 2015 I looked at Medicare. It was noticeable that pathology services constituted a large percentage of […]
What’s in it for ME? Society’s dilemma
Managing change is part of my day job. One of the catch phrases we use these days is “what’s in it for me”. In “selling” […]
Scrap the Medicare Levy, increase GST
We have to think outside the square. I am not suggesting this concept is THE answer, by any means. I’m merely suggesting we need to […]
eHealth and the silo culture of medicine
In February SBS Insight broadcast Saving Health. If you missed it, it is worth watching given recent Medicare funding discussions. As a patient seeing multiple […]
Keeping active if you have chronic conditions
Chronic conditions can strike at any age. For some conditions, such as the arthritis family, exercise is vital. Yet one can easily over do it […]
We need politicians with vision
One of the things that bothers me about the current Australian government is lack of vision, lack of the ability to think outside the square or to […]
Medicare is the wrong target
This article continues from Sussan Ley updates the nation on Medicare. I spent several hours Friday night looking at the Medicare statistics. I came to a conclusion […]
Sussan Ley updates the nation on Medicare
As any regular reader of my work is aware, I have been very vocal about the various changes to Medicare proposed by the LNP government. […]
Selective compassion
We must ask ourselves, are we truly a compassionate nation? I am against the death penalty. I always have been, and I always will be. […]
Immigration Detention: try living with the life changing effects
So many experts have warned the government about the effects of detention on asylum seekers. The experts have been publicly denouncing detention for years, yet we detain […]
How Medicare rebate cuts may impact the patient, other than cost
Policies, based only on financial considerations, that discourage people from seeking treatment at the earliest (and therefore cheapest) opportunity are knee-jerk reactions at a momentary point […]
Changes to Medicare – you’ve been targeted
Should I just put a down payment on my coffin now, Scott Morrison? Different political persuasion, this government, but essentially the same beast. This isn’t just […]