Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Archives

Issue #2194

US pharmaceuticals vs Australia’s PBS

US pharmaceutical corporations maintain substantial influence through lobbying, trade pressure, patents, and control over drug supply. So far they have not dismantled Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits...

Issue #2146

CPA policy on healthcare

Universal access to medical care is fundamental to building a healthy socialist society. Medical expertise, medical institutions, and medical research are part of Australia’s social...

Issue #2147

Not a trade deal

The Albanese government is looking to enter a trade agreement spanning Pacific and European countries called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. But...

Issue #2189

Breakthrough breast cancer drug out of reach

Anyone who thought Trump is just a colourful character will be over the illusion after the price rises we’re all suffering because of his war...

Issue #2100

More for war in a class budget

“In a cost-of-living crisis, the Labor government is choosing to remove $14.4 billion in funding from the NDIS that will lead to disabled people not...

Issue #2179

EDITORIAL

How’s your health? People like to say you can’t take your health for granted. One thing we do take for granted in Australia – most...

Issue #2139

PBS: Need not greed

Amid all the angst and turbulence surrounding President Trump’s global tariff trade war, Big Pharma in the USA have their sights set on destroying Australia’s...

Issue #2160

EDITORIAL

Have you taken any medicine in the last week/month/year? How useful was it? How much did you need it? How about the people you care...

Issue #2139

EDITORIAL

Tariffs are in the news. US President Trump likes using tariffs as a threat, and there has been a lot of hand-wringing about Australia facing...