Year
110816 ACC Levy Consultation 2012
120611-Review-of-ACC-Privacy-and-Security-of-Information
121023-ACC-Levy-Consultation
130731-NZs-Constitutional-Arrangements
A New Approach to Employer-assisted Work Visas
The NZCTU’s submission as part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s consultation on a new approach to employer-assisted work visas and regional workforce planning – March 2019
Read more...Abortion Legislation Bill 2019
The NZCTU Women’s Council’s submission to Parliament’s Abortion Legislation Committee on the Abortion Legislation Bill in September 2019
Read more...ACC Levy Consultation 2014-15
ACC Levy Consultation 2016-17
ACC Levy Consultation 2017-19
October 2016 – The NZCTU’s submission as part of the Accident Compensation Corporation’s consultation process on proposed ACC levies fro 2017 and beyond.
Read more...ACC Levy Consultation 2017-19
Accident Compensation (Financial Responsibility and Tranparency) Amendment Bill
Administration of Justice (Reform of Contempt of Court) Bill
Advanced Technology Institute Bill
Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability
The NZCTU’s submission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the proposed Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability (ACCTS) in November 2019.
Read more...Alternative Economic Strategy
October 2010
Read more...Arms (Prohibited Firearms Magazines and Parts) Amendment Bill
The NZCTU’s submission to Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure select committee on the Arms (Prohibited Firearms, Magazines, and Parts) Amendment Bill in April 2019.
Read more...Bounded Public Interest Test into the Anti Dumping and Countervailing Duties Regime
Care and Support Worker (Pay Equity) Settlement Bill
Child Poverty Reduction Bill
China-NZ Free Trade Agreement Review
Civil Aviation Bill – Exposure Draft
The NZCTU’s submission to the Ministry of Transport on the exposure draft of the Civil Aviation Bill in July 2019.
Read more...Commission for Fianncial Capability’s Review of Retirement Income Policies 2019
The NZCTU’s submission to the Commission for Financial Capability as part of the 2019 Review of Retirement Income Policies in April 2019.
Read more...Consultation on Immigration Settings for International Students
The CTU welcomes the proposed changes as a contribution to eliminating exploitation in the employment of international students and recent graduates on post-study visas. This submission has three key recommendations: That employer-assisted post-study work visas be replaced as proposed with open work visas of three years for degree level 7 or above and one year… Read more »
Read more...CPTPP
Cross Party Inquiry Into Homelessness
CTU submission to the Cross Party Inquiry into Homelessness in August 2016.
Read more...Crown Minerals (Permitting and Crown Land) Bill
CTU Economic Bulletin – October 2019
CTU Economic Bulletin 199 – April 2018
CTU Economic Bulletin 203 – September 2018
CTU Economic Bulletin 205 – November 2018
CTU Economic Bulletin 210 – May 2019
The “Wellbeing Budget”
Read more...CTU Economic Bulletin 211 – June 2019
CTU Economic Bulletin 212 – July 2019
CTU Economic Bulletin 213 – August 2019
CTU Economic Bulletin 215 – November 2019
CTU Economic Bulletin 218 – March 2020
CTU Economic Bulletin 223 – October 2020
CTU Economic Bulletin 224 – November 2020
CTU Economic-Bulletin 204 – October 2018
CTU Report on Budget 2017
CTU Report on Budget 2019
The New Zealand Council of Trade Union’s initial analysis of the Government’s 2019 “Wellbeing” Budget.
Read more...CTU-Monthly-Economic-Bulletin-201-June-2018
CTU-Report-on-Budget-2018
CTU-Report-on-Budget-2020
Designing a Fair Pay Agreements System – Submission
The NZCTU’s complementary submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s 98 questions on Designing a Fair Pay Agreements System, in September 2019.
Read more...Designing a Fair Pay-Agreements System – Questions
The NZCTU’s response to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s 98 questions on Designing an Fair Pay Agreements System in November 2019.
Read more...Developing Regulations to Support the New H&S at Work Act
Did Budget 2017 Provide Enough for Health?
Part of the CTU Working Papers on Health, this paper asks whether Budget 2017 met the level of funding will be required to maintain health services?
Read more...Did Budget 2016 Provide Enough for Health?
Part of the CTU Working Papers on Health, this paper asks whether Budget 2016 met the level of funding will be required to maintain health services?
Read more...Did Budget 2019 Provide Enough for Health?
Part of the CTU Working Papers on Health, this paper asks whether Budget 2019 met the level of funding will be required to maintain health services?
Read more...Domestic Violence Victims Protection Bill
Draft Tertiary Education Strategy
Economic Bulletin 216 – January 2020
Economic Bulletin 217 – February 2020
Education (Update) Amendment Bill
Education (Vocational Education and Training Reform) Amendment Bill
The NZCTU’s submission to Parliament’s Education and Workforce Select Committee on the Education (Vocational Education and Training Reform)
Amendment Bill in October 2019.
Education Amendment Bill
Education Amendment Bill
Education Amendment Bill (No2)
Electoral Amendment Bill 2019
The NZCTU’s submission to Parliament’s Justice Select Committee on the Electoral Amendment Bill in September 2019.
Read more...Electoral Finance Reform Proposal
Emissions Trading Scheme Review – Priority Issues
CTU Subimission on priority issues as part of the review of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Review 2015-16.
Read more...Employment Mediation Services Change Proposal
CTU submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on the Employment Mediation Services Change Proposal in January 2016.
Read more...Employment Relations (Allowing Higher Earners to Contract Out of Personal Grievances) Amendment Bill
Employment Relations (Triangular Employment) Amendment Bill
Employment Relations Amendment Act Implementation
Employment Relations Amendment Bill
Employment Relations Amendment Bill
The NZCTU’s submission to the Education and Workforce Select Committee on the Employment Relations Amendment Bill.
Read more...Employment Relations Amendment Bill – Technical Analysis
Employment Standards Legislation Bill
CTU submission to the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee on the Employment Standards Legislation Bill in October 2015.
Read more...Employment Standards Legislation Bill
Enhanced Drug Impaired Driver Testing Discussion Document
The NZCTU’s submission to the Ministry of Transport’s discussion document on enhanced drug-impaired driver testing in June 2019.
Read more...Essential Skills Visa Changes Discussion Document
Families Commission Act Repeal Bill
Feedback on Redevelopment of QES
Fisheries (Foreign Charters Vessels and Other Matters) Bill
Flexible Superannuation Submission
Focussing on the Future – 2013 Review of Retirement Income Policies
Forestry Health and Safety Inquiry
General Election Inquiry 2014
Government Communications Security Bureau and Related Legislation Amendment Bill
Government Procurement Rules – Fourth Edition
The NZCTU’s submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on the fourth edition of the Government Procurement Rules, in March 2019
Read more...Hazardous Substances Regulations
Health and Safety (Pike River Implementation) Bill
Health and Safety at Work(Worker Engagement, Participation and Representation) Regulations
Health and Safety Reform Bill
CTU submission to the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee on the Health and Safety Reform Bill in May 2014.
Read more...Health and Safety Reform Bill
Health Benefits Limited – Auckland Metro Food Services
CTU submission to Health Benefits Limited on the Business Case Consultation for Auckland Metro Food Services in November 2014.
Read more...Health Benefits Limited – Finance Procurement and Supply Chain
CTU submission to Health Benefits Limited on the Proposed Organisational Design for Finance, Procurement and Supply Chain in November 2013.
Read more...Health Benefits Limited – Food and Laundry
CTU interim submission to Health Benefits Limited on the Selective Indicative Case for Change in Facilities Management and Support Services: Food Services, Linen and Laundry in May 2013.
Read more...Health Benefits Limited – National Infrastructure
CTU submission to Health Benefits Limited on the Business Case Consultation Document for a National Infrastructure Platform in November 2014.
Read more...Health Benefits Limited Auckland Metro DHBs Food Services Business Case
Health Benefits Limited Food and Laundry Indicative Case for Change
Health Benefits Limited Indicative Case for Change Finance Procurement and Supply Chain
Health Benefits Limited National Infrastructure Platform Business Case
Health of Older People Strategy
Health Vote 2017-18 post-Budget
This spreadsheet updates the data used to assess the requirements for health spending before the 2017-18 Budget with actual budget data.
Read more...Health Vote 2019-20 Pre-Budget
This spreadsheet provides the data used to assess the requirements for health spending in the 2019-20 year.
Read more...Health-Vote-2018-19-post-Budget
Health-Vote-2018-19-post-Budget
Read more...Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill No2
Hong Kong NZ Investment Protocol
Household Living Costs Price Indexes Public Consultation
How Much Funding Does Health Need in Budget 2016?
Part of the CTU Working Papers on Health, this paper asks, prior to Budget 2016, what level of funding will be required to maintain health services?
Read more...How Much Funding Does Health Need in Budget 2017?
Part of the CTU Working Papers on Health, this paper asks, prior to Budget 2017, what level of funding will be required to maintain health services?
Read more...How Much Funding Does Health Need in Budget 2018?
How Much Funding Does Health Need in Budget 2019?
Part of the CTU Working Papers on Health, this paper asks, prior to Budget 2019, what level of funding will be required to maintain health services?
Read more...Human Rights Amendment Bill
Immigration Amendment Bill (No2)
Improving Our Resource Management System
Incorporated Societies Bill
CTU submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on the Incorporated Societies Bill exposure draft in June 2016.
Read more...Incorporated Societies Bill
Independent Review of Intelligence and Security
Industry Training and Apprenticeships Amendment Bill
Industry Training Review
Inequality in Wages and Self-Employment 1998-2015
This study shows rising inequality in the hourly rates of gross earnings (before tax and benefits) among both wage and salary earners and the self-employed over the period 1998- 2015, although incomes of the lowest 10 percent (decile) of wage and salary earners benefited greatly from strong rises in the minimum wage since 2000. A majority of people received either low incomes per hour or experienced low growth in those hourly rates, or both.
Read more...Inland Revenue Department Rulings on Crypto-assets
The NZCTU’s submission to the IRD on its rececent rulings BR Pub 19/01: Income tax – salary and wages paid in crypto-assets and BR Pub 19/02: Income tax – bonuses paid in crypto-assets, in September 2019.
Read more...Inquiry into Foreign Trust Disclosure Rules
Inquiry into the 2014 General Election
CTU submission to the Justice and Electoral Select Committee as part of the Inquiry into the 2014 General Election in March 2015.
Read more...International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
International treaty examination of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus
Submission of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions – Te Kauae Kaimahi to the Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee on the International treaty examination of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) Plus – July 2017
Read more...Introducing a Time Bounded Public Interest Test Automatic Termination Period into the Anti Dumping Countervailing Duties Regime
IRD Consultation on Tax Treatment of Members of Non-resident Fishing Crews
Join Productivity Commission Discussion Document on Strengthening Trans-Tasman Economic Relations
Joint NZCTU, PSA, E tū and NZNO Submission on the Privacy Bill
This is a collaborative submission made on behalf of the NZCTU, PSA Etū an NZNO unions. We support aspects of the improvements in the Privacy Bill, but consider that the dimension of workers’ rights to privacy, and beneficiaries’ rights to privacy, have not been given sufficient consideration. Privacy legislation is most important for providing employment… Read more »
Read more...Keep Kiwibank Bill
CTU submission to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee on the Keep Kiwibank Bill in December 2015.
Read more...Keep Kiwibank Bill
Kiwifund Bill
Labour Party Future of Work Commission
CTU’s submission to the Labour Party’s Future of Work Commission in February 2016.
Read more...Literacy and Numeracy Strategy Refresh
Literacy Numeracy Implementation Strategy 2015-19
Living Standards Dashboard: Monitoring Intergenerational Wellbeing
The current Government and the Finance Minister has said that there is an intention to base Budget 2019 on a Living Standards Framework. We welcome the political championing by the new Government of basing policy and Budgets on wellbeing and improving living standards. It requires an acceleration of work on the Living Standards Framework. Given… Read more »
Read more...Lobbying Disclosure Bill
Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill
Local Government Amendment Bill (No3)
Major Hazard Facilities Good Practices Guidelines
Maritime Transport Amendment Bill
Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill
Mediation Services Restructuring Proposal
Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry
Minimum Wage (Contractor Remuneration) Amendment Bill
CTU submission to the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee on the Minimum Wage (Contractor Remuneration) Amendment Bill in September 2015.
Read more...Minimum Wage (Contractor Remuneration) Amendment Bill
Minimum Wage (Starting Out Wage) Amendment Bill
Minimum Wage Review 2010
Minimum Wage Review 2011
Minimum Wage Review 2012
Minimum Wage Review 2013
Minimum Wage Review 2014
Minimum Wage Review 2015
CTU submission to the 2015 Minimum Wage Review.
Read more...Minimum Wage Review 2015
Minimum Wage Review 2016
October 2016 – Each year the CTU makes a sumbission as to the Government in relation to the decision whether to increase the statutory minimum wage.
Read more...Minimum Wage Review 2016
Minimum Wage Review 2019
The NZCTU’s submssion to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment in October 2019 as part of the annual Minimum Wage Review.
Read more...Mixed Ownership Model Bill
Modernising Parental Leave
CTU submission on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment discussion document “Modernising Parental Leave” in August 2014.
Read more...Modernising Parental Leave
New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Review 2015-16
New Zealand Health and Disability System Review
The NZCTU’s submission to the Government’s Health and Disability System Review in May 2019.
Read more...New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Amendment Bill
NZ Intelligence and Security Bill
NZ International Convention Centre Bill
NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement
NZ-Korea Free Trade Agreement
NZCTU Minimum Wage Review 2020
The CTU strongly supports a rise in the minimum wage on 1 April 2021. Our preference in declining order is: 2/3 of the average wage – $22.29 The Living Wage – $22.10 The currently signalled rate of $20 This is because such a rise: Explicitly values the work of many of our essential workers under… Read more »
Read more...NZCTU Submission CEDAW October 2017
This submission responds on the 2012 report from the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and its recommendations pertaining to Article 11 Employment. The submission focusses on the continuing challenges in the implementation of CEDAW in New Zealand in the specific areas of work and employment. These are: Equal pay/ pay equity Paid… Read more »
Read more...NZCTU Submission to the Productivity Commission on the Inquiry into Technological Change and the Future of Work – June 2019
The NZCTU’s response to the Productivity Commission’s issues paper “Techological Change and the Future of Work” as part of the Commission’s inquiry into Technological Change and the Future of Work
Read more...NZCTU submission to the Tax Working Group
It is essential that the state is sufficiently resourced to carry out its functions and to perform its important redistributive role. Taxation is the means to achieve a better society and needs to be promoted as such. The Government will need significantly more revenue in the coming decade to address New Zealand’s social deficits, inequality… Read more »
Read more...NZCTU Survey on the Interim Report of the Tax Working Group
In April 2018 the NZCTU commissioned UMR Research to conduct an online survey of New Zealanders about their views around taxation. We shared the results of that survey in our feedback on the Tax Working Group’s “Future of Tax” background paper in May1. In response to the Working Group’s Interim Report, the NZCTU has conducted a further online survey of Together.org.nz supporters to re-test our initial findings and provide specific feedback to a number of particular issues raised by the Interim Report.
Read more...Ombudsman Experiences Seeking Official Information
Overseas Investment Amendment Bill
Parental Leave and Employment Protection (6 Months Leave and Work Contact Hours) Amendment Bill
Parlaimentary Inquiry into the Future of Manufacturing
Periodic Reporting Regulations for Retail KiwiSaver Schemes
Pike River Phase 4
Playing By the Rules – Strengthening Enforcement of Employment Standards
Playing By the Rules: Strengthening Enforcement of Employment Standards
NZCTU Submission on the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment discussion document “Playing By the Rules: Strengthening of Employment Standard” in July 2014
Read more...Police (Cost-Recovery) Amendment Bill
Pre-Positioning for Open Bank Resolution
Premium-only Aged Residential Care Facilties and Stand-down Provisions for Mixed Facilities
Privacy Bill
This is the NZCTU’s submission to the Justice Select Committee on the Privacy Bill 2018, in collaboration with PSA, NZNO, and E tū. The significant technological advances since the inception of the Privacy Act in 1993 mean this Bill is long-awaited. New Zealand is not alone in recognising the need for change in our privacy laws as evidenced by the fact most privacy laws around the world have been reviewed or updated in the past three years.
Read more...Productivity Commission Inquiry into New Models of Tertiary Education
CTU submission to the Productivity Commission as part of their Inquiry into New Models of Tertiary Education in June 2016.
Read more...Productivity Commission Report on International Freight Transport
Productivity Commission Report on Measuring and Improving State Sector Productivity
Productivity Commission Report on More Effective Social Services
Productivity Commission Report on Regulatory Institutions’ Practices
Productivity Commission Report on the Services Sector – Part 1
Productivity-Commission-Report on the Services Sector – Part 2
Proposed FTA Negotiations NZ-EU
CTU submission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the proposed free trade agreement negotiations between New Zealand and the European Union in March 2016.
Read more...Proposed Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement
CTU submission to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee on the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement in March 2016.
Read more...Proposed UK-NZ Free Trade Agreement
The NZCTU’s submission as part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s consultation on the proposed UK-NZ Free Trade Agreement in February 2019.
Read more...Public Consultation of the Independent Forestry Review
The Council of Trade Union’s response to the Public Consultation Document of the Independent Forestry Review Panel in July 2014.
Read more...Public Consultation on CPI Advisory Committee Recommendations 2013
Public Finance (Fiscal Responsibility) Amendment Bill
Reform of Vocational Education
The NZCTU’s submission to the Tertiary Education Commission on the reform of vocational education in March 2019.
Read more...Refreshed Government Model Contract Templates
The NZCTU’s submission as part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s consultation on refreshed Government Model Contract templates in September 2019.
Read more...Regulatory Systems (Workforce) Amendment Bill No 2
The NZCTU’s submission to Parliament’s Education and Workforce Select Committee on the Regulatory Systems (Workforce) Amendment Bill No2, in March 2019.
Read more...Report on the International Civil and Political Rights 2015
Reserve BankMacro-Prudential Policy Instruments and Framework
Review of Corporate Governance Reporting Requirements within NZX
Review of Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act
Review of Legislative Settings – University and Wananga Governance
Review of Standards for Doctors Writing Medical Certificates
CTU submission to the Medical Council of New Zealand on the Review of the Standards for Doctors Writing Medical Certificates in July 2013.
Read more...Review of the Thin Capitalisation Rules
Russia Belarus and Kazakhstan Free Trade Agreement
Safe Mines Safe Workers
Safegauarding the Future of our Financial System
The NZCTU’s response the Reserve Bank’s questions as part of their consultation on the role of the Reserve Bank and how it should be governed, in 2019.
Read more...Shop Trading Hours Amendment Bill
CTU submission to the Commerce Select Committee on the Shop Trading Hours Amendment Bill in January 2016.
Read more...Shop Trading Hours Amendment Bill
Smokefree (Plain-Packaging) Bill
Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill
Social Security Legislation Rewrite Bill
CTU submission to the Social Services Select Committee on the Social Security Legislation Rewrite Bill in June 2016.
Read more...Solutions to Child Poverty
Spreadsheet – Health Vote 2019 Post-Budget
This spreadsheet updates the data used to assess the requirements for health spending in the coming year with actual budget data from the 2019 Budget
Read more...Standards Conformance Infrastructure Review
State Sector and Public Finance Reform Bill
Statutes Repeal Bill Exposure Draft
Strengthening NZs Legislative Response to Family Violence
Submission on Government Procurement Rules – 4th Edition
The NZCTU’s submission to Procurement New Zealand – part of MBIE – on the fourth edition of their Government Procurement Rules.
Read more...Submission on the Equal Pay Amendment Bill
The New Zealand Council of Trade Union’s submission to the Education and Workforce Select Committee on the Equal Pay Amendment Bill.
Read more...Submission on the Tax Working Group’s Interim Report
The tightly-constrained current level of government spending is not consistent with the aspirations of the New Zealand public for health, education, infrastructure, housing affordability, progress towards the carbon-zero goal, reducing inequality, and provision of quality public services in general. Both the 30%-of-GDP target in the Group’s Terms of Reference and the “revenue neutral” suggestion in the Ministers’ letter of 20 September 2018 place higher priority on arbitrary fiscal bright-lines than on the well-being of our people, society and environment.
Read more...Submission to Ombudsman on OIA Experinces with 12 Goverment Agencies
CTU submission to the Office of the Ombudsman on our experiences with official information from twelve government agencies.
Read more...Submission to the Savings Working Group
Submission to the The Labour Party Future of Work
Support for Children in Hardship Bill
Taxation (Annual Rates, Employee Allowances and Remedial Matters) Bill
Taxation (Neutralising Base Erosion and Profit Shifting) Bill
Te Huarahi mo nga Kaimahi
The CTU vision for the workplace of the future. October 2007
Read more...Technological Change and the Future of Work
The NZCTU’s submission as part of the Prouctivity Commission’s inquiry into technological change and the future of work – June 2019.
Read more...Temporary Migrant Worker Exploitation Review
The NZCTU’s submssion as part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s review of Temporary Migrant Worker Exploitation in November 2019.
Read more...Tertiary Education Strategy 2014-19
Trade for All Agenda
The NZCTU’s submission as part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s consultation on the Trade for All agenda in October 2018.
Read more...Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement
Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement Amendment Bill
CTU submission to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Select Committee on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement Amendment Bill in June 2016.
Read more...Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement Amendment Bill
UK Trade Union Confederation Submission on UK-NZ Trade
A submission to the UK Department of International Trade.
Read more...Under Pressure – Executive Summary
Under Pressure – Executive Summary
Read more...Under Pressure – Full Report
Under Pressure – Full Report
Read more...Unsupportable conclusions from NZIER study on the 90-day trial policy
The research by NZ Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) claiming to show that the 90 day law has increased hiring in small firms draws invalid conclusions from a flawed analysis.
Read more...Update of the New Zealand Health Strategy
CTU submission to the Ministry of Health on the draft update to the New Zealand Health Strategy in December 2015.
Read more...Update of the New Zealand Health Strategy
Updating the Education Act
CTU Submission to the Ministry of Education on proposals to change the Education Act in December 2015.
Read more...Updating the Education Act
Vote Health 2016-17 post budget
This spreadsheet updates the data used to assess the requirements for health spending in the coming year with actual budget data.
Read more...Vote Health 2016-17 Pre Budget
This spreadsheet provides the data used to assess the requirements for health spending in the coming year.
Read more...Vote Health 2017-18 Pre Budget
This spreadsheet provides the data used to assess the requirements for health spending in the 2017-18 year.
Read more...Vulnerable Children Bill
WCC Annual Plan 2016
Working Paper on Health No 1
The Report of the Ministerial Review Group, Meeting the Challenge (the “Horn Report”), claims that real health care costs will increase by almost 100% in the next 20 years as the population ages “and as more of us live longer with chronic long-term conditions”. This scenario is used to argue that the only way we… Read more »
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 10
The following are the main conclusions of a comparison of the 2013 Budget with the analysis the CTU carried out prior to the Budget1 which found that $445 million was required to just keep operational expenditure up with rising costs, population growth, and ageing.
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 11
In total, the operational expenses portion of the Health vote will need to rise by 3.5 percent or $499 million from $14,135 million to $14,633 million to maintain the current levels of service.
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 12
This analysis compares the 2014 Budget with the analysis the CTU carried out prior to the Budget, which found that $499 million was required to just keep operational expenditure up with rising costs, population growth, and ageing.1 This analysis includes an updated CPI estimate, adjusting the required funding to $493 million. It also examines the… Read more »
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 13
The health system needs more money each year just to maintain its current standards and services. This is to cover such things as population growth, general cost increases, including costs of new technology and pharmaceuticals, and salary costs.
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 14
This analysis compares the 2015 Budget with the analysis the CTU carried out prior to the Budget, which found a conservatively estimated $629 million of additional funding was required to maintain current levels of services and pay for new initiatives announced by the Government prior to the Budget.
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 2
The health system needs more money each year just to maintain its current standards and services. The population increases, the population ages, new treatments become available and general costs rise, as do new technology, pharmaceutical and salary costs.
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 3
The Health Vote in the 2010 Budget was barely adequate to keep up with rising costs and population growth and ageing, but not adequate to fund new treatments. Instead it funded increases in services at the cost of cuts in others. In addition there are substantial new cost pressures as a result of inflation, forecast… Read more »
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 4
The Health Vote in the 2011 Budget was an estimated $127 million behind what is needed to stand still. While it listed services that will receive more funding, these come at the cost of cuts in other services.
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 5
As pressure continues for public health services to meet increasing health needs on tighter budgets, business is booming in the private sector. There are two reasons for this: increasing levels of public funds are going to the private sector to provide services, and lack of resources, and cuts, in the public sector are… Read more »
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 6
Every year hundreds of millions of dollars are spent treating people in hospital who don’t need to be there. If our primary health care system was functioning more effectively we would save millions of dollars and empty thousands of hospital beds.
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 7
The health system needs more money each year just to maintain its current standards and services. The population increases, the population ages, new treatments become available and general costs rise, as do new technology, pharmaceutical and salary costs. If we want improvements in the health system or to address existing problems such as persistent deficits… Read more »
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 8
The following are the main conclusions of a comparison of the 2012 Budget with the analysis the CTU carried out prior to the Budget1 which found that $506 million was required to just keep up with rising costs, population growth, and ageing.
Read more...Working Paper on Health No 9
In total, the operational expenses portion of the Health vote will need to rise by 3.2 percent or $445 million from $13,836 million to $14,281 million to maintain the current levels of service. The $445 million is simply to keep up with population and cost increases. To provide for additional services and new treatments… Read more »
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