The Issues Tree

Australia's health system is under pressure – hospitals are overwhelmed, aged care is struggling, and regional communities are underserved.Dr Rachel David, CEO of Private Healthcare Australia, reveals the pressures across our health system and why public and private need to work together. In the second half of the program, Mandala’s Minh An Tran interviews Angelique Wan from Consent Labs on the case for prevention over intervention.Angelique covers why investing upstream in consent education saves lives and millions in downstream costs.What if the future of health focused more on prevention?This episode is part of our four-part ‘Innovating social policy’ miniseries and draws on Mandala Partners' research on the health system and the economic impact of consent education. Find it at mandalapartners.com.Guests: Dr Rachel David, CEO, Private Healthcare AustraliaAngelique Wan, CEO and Co-Founder of Consent LabsHosts: Adam Triggs, Partner, MandalaMinh An Tran, Analyst, MandalaThis podcast is recorded and edited on the lands of the Wurundjeri, Ngunnawal and Gadigal peoples.We pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging across Australia. Sovereignty was never ceded.

In Australia, one in seven adults and one in six children are living in poverty, even though we are the world's 15th largest economy.So why is poverty such an enduring challenge in Australia? And what are the opportunities to improve this? Former Minister Jenny Macklin unpacks why JobSeeker is the gaping hole in Australia's safety net and how an increase to JobSeeker could lift individuals out of poverty.Donna de Zwart discusses Fitted for Work's powerful models of supporting women and gender diverse job seekers into employment and financial independence.And Ben McAlpine explains the false economy of cutting social services. The provocation: investing in poverty reduction saves more than it costs in the long term.This episode is part of our four-part ‘Innovating social policy’ miniseries and draws on Mandala Partners' research on investments in social policy.Find it at mandalapartners.com.Guests: Hon Jenny Macklin AC, Chair, Economic Inclusion Advisory CommitteeDonna de Zwart, Managing Director, Fitted for WorkBen McAlpine, Director of Policy and Advocacy, NSW Council of Social ServiceHosts: Adam Triggs, Partner, MandalaAadya Mishra, Analyst, MandalaThis podcast is recorded and edited on the lands of the Wurundjeri, Ngunnawal and Gadigal peoples. We pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging across Australia. Sovereignty was never ceded.

“The care sector is stuck in old ways of doing things." But is it?We dismantle the myth that innovation doesn’t happen in social services and show what’s possible when we think beyond traditional service delivery.Mark Woodland built an AI platform that reduced disability service wait times from 12 months to weeks. Liz Cameron-Smith shares how Youth Foyers are mobilising capital to end youth homelessness.This episode is part of our four-part Innovating Social Policy miniseries and draws on Mandala Partners' research on productivity and innovation in the care sector. Find it at mandalapartners.com.Guests: Mark Woodland, Founder & CEO of KismetLiz Cameron-Smith, Co-CEO Foyer FoundationHosts: Adam Triggs, Partner, MandalaSasa Vanek, Analyst, MandalaThis podcast is recorded and edited on the lands of the Wurundjeri, Ngunnawal and Gadigal peoples.We pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging across Australia. Sovereignty was never ceded.