Gordon Campbell On NZ’s Silence Over Gaza, And Creeping Health Privatisation
Since last Thursday, intensified Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed over 500 Palestinians, and a prolonged Israeli aid blockade has led to widespread starvation […]
Health funding
Gordon Campbell On The Americanising Of NZ’s Public Health System
One of the odd aspects of the government’s plan to Americanise the public health system – i.e by making healthcare access more reliant on user […]
Gordon Campbell On The Coalition’s Empty Gestures, And Abortion Refusal As The New Slavery
This whooping cough story from south Auckland is a good example of the coalition government’s approach to social need – spend money on urging people […]
Gordon Campbell on the Dunedin hospital fiasco
The word “blow-out” is such a politically loaded term. It carries a strong whiff of extravagance and incompetence. In fact, and with public health budgets […]
Gordon Campbell on the nurses strike
The claims by nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants are part of a wider struggle.
Gordon Campbell on the funding crisis in the public health system
Much as Health Minister Jonathan Coleman may like to muddy the water, the crisis in our public health system is hardly the fault of the […]
Gordon Campbell on DHB deficits and free trade
DHBs are under intense pressure to reduce deficits within a climate of chronic underfunding.
Gordon Campbell on yesterday’s Budget
It may seem like Oliver to be so bold as to ask the Finance Minister for more gruel – but what the Dickens, Steven Joyce… is this Budget really as good as it gets?
Gordon Campbell on the challenges of Keytruda funding
The availability of the new generation of anti-cancer drugs in NZ has been driven by political decisions, as much as by medical ones.