Twenty years ago, in 2003, I spoke to the National Press Club as Australian of the year and made clear that Australia had a choice to invest in the early years to secure its future prosperity, sustainability, and the wellbeing of its citizens.
I argued then, as I am still, that the greatest opportunities to reduce disease, and improve wellbeing in this country would not come from the health professions but from preventive strategies that impact and lift the social and economic circumstances of all families and most powerfully for the marginalised.
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Twenty years ago, in 2003, I spoke to the National Press Club as Australian of the year and made clear that Australia had a choice to invest in the early years to secure its future prosperity, sustainability, and the wellbeing of its citizens.
I argued then, as I am still, that the greatest opportunities to reduce disease, and improve wellbeing in this country would not come from the health professions but from preventive strategies that impact and lift the social and economic circumstances of all families and most powerfully for the marginalised.
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