• Working and retiring under the new NSW Ageing Strategy

    Helen Rogers     |      January 25, 2017

    When developing their Ageing Strategy, the NSW Government consulted with more than 4,000 older people. Helen Rogers explains what they learnt and what this means for the future of working and retiring.

  • Placing Emotional Fitness at the forefront of innovation

    Linda Simonsen     |      January 13, 2017

    Emotional Fitness is the latest core competency for recruiting and retaining talent. Linda Simonsen from FuturePeople explains.

  • Too many candles on the birthday cake?

    Caroline Howe     |      December 5, 2016

    Australia is ageing. Between 2002 and 2042 the number of Australians over the age of 65 will increase from 2.2m to 6.2m. Dr Caroline Howe has tips to manage an ageing workforce.

  • ASDetect: an award-winning smartphone app for early detection of autism

    Nancy Sadka and Josephine Barbaro     |      December 2, 2016

    ASDetect – The inside story was featured on Open Forum in March 2016. The article described the research that underpinned the app, the vision of the academic team behind it and the spirit of generosity that made it happen. The app has gone on to win multiple awards including being named as a Google Impact Challenge Australia 2016 finalist.

  • Activating health through community enterprise

    Russ Grayson     |      November 30, 2016

    What determines healthy ageing and how can we improve the lives of Australia's growing number of people who, willingly or unwillingly, have left working life? Russ Grayson kicks off our Productive Ageing forum with some ideas on how to invest in individual and community self-help.

  • NSW Out of Home Care Reform – A game changer?

    Kirsty Nowlan     |      November 25, 2016

    New South Wales Premier Mike Baird has revealed a sweeping overhaul of the state's child protection system. Dr Kirsty Nowlan from the Benevolent Society wants to see that the policy delivers the protection all children should receive as their birth right.

  • Nature as medicine

    Beau Frigault     |      November 25, 2016

    A lot of junior doctors and medical students are experiencing work-life imbalance and poor mental health. Beau Frigault says taking time to regroup and reconnect with our natural environment is crucial.

  • Increasing efficiency and value in government purchasing

    editor     |      November 23, 2016

    The GAP Taskforce report on Government Health Procurement has been released. It reveals the significant scope for improvements and savings in Australia’s public health procurement.

  • Improving Australia’s public health procurement

    Catherine Fritz-Kalish     |      November 22, 2016

    A new report from Global Access Partners says there is significant scope for improvements and savings in Australia’s public health procurement; a more rational tendering process is required. Catherine Fritz-Kalish, Co-Founder and Managing Director of GAP, explains why these improvements haven’t occurred in the past. 

  • Healthy ageing through assisting communities

    Russ Grayson     |      October 26, 2016

    In Australia we have long relied on voluntary service to help our communities, but today’s hectic working lives serve as a brake on this voluntarism. Russ Grayson suggests paying retired people for skilled work to support under resourced volunteers.

  • Flying Blind

    editor     |      October 21, 2016

    The Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) has released a report titled Flying Blind – Australian consumers and digital health, analysing the collection and use of health data across the Australian health system.

  • Host a breakfast

    editor     |      October 4, 2016

    This October, the National Breast Cancer Foundation encourages you to come together with friends, family or colleagues for a Pink Ribbon Breakfast to raise funds for breast cancer research.