Author Archives: Stephen Duckett and Anika Stobart

Professor Stephen Duckett is Director of the Health Program at Grattan Institute and Emeritus Professor of Health Policy at La Trobe University. He has held top operational and policy leadership positions in health care in Australia and Canada, including as Secretary of what is now the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. He has a reputation for creativity, evidence-based innovation and reform in areas ranging from the introduction of activity-based funding for hospitals to new systems of accountability for the safety of hospital care. An economist, he is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and of the Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Anika joined the Grattan Institute in January 2020 following three years working in policy at the Australian Government Department of Agriculture. Anika holds a Bachelor in Laws and a Bachelor in Science from Monash University.