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A question for the treasurer: how do you treat mental health without measuring well-being?

  • Written by Carla Liuzzo, Sessional Lecturer, School of Business, School of Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology
A question for the treasurer: how do you treat mental health without measuring well-being?

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg mocked the idea of a “well-being budget” as “laughable” back in February. He’s got less reason to laugh now.

According to an Essential Research poll last week, 78% of Australians agree the pandemic has exposed flaws in the economy and there is an opportunity to explore new ways to run things....

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