Opportunity for all.(social economic and health equity)

Australian Doctor,  November, 2005  by Leeder, Stephen

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Are Australian politicians brave enough to talk about equity? By Professor Stephen Leeder.

WORDS such as 'equity' have been deleted from contemporary political lexicons. A politician found using them will be judged by their faction manager or machine operator to be flaccid, ticker-deficient, feministic and lacking character. They will be prescribed a political derivative of sildenafil, and told to straighten up.

It must therefore be disturbing, even arresting, to politicians committed to tax-free individualism, stiff upper lips and character (missing in those who experience ...

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