Election 2022 should address unfinished business in health and aged care

sion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> AH Australian Health Review Aust. Health Rev. 0156-5788 1449-8944 CSIRO Publishing 36 Gardiner Road Clayton 3168 Melbourne Victoria Australia AH22054 10.1071/AH22054 Policy Reflection Election 2022 should address unfinished business in health and aged care S. Duckett Duckett Stephen PhD, DSc, FASSA, FAHMS, Director, Health and Aged Care Program, Honorary Enterprise Professor A * Grattan Institute, 8 Malvina Place, Carlton, Vic. 3083, Australia. * Correspondence to: Stephen Duckett Grattan Institute, 8 Malvina Place, Carlton, Vic. 3083, Australia Email: sduckett@unimelb.edu.au 7 April 2022 46 2 127 128 11 March 2022 Received 11 March 2022 15 March 2022 Accepted 15 March 2022 7 April 2022 Published © 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of AHHA. 2022 The Authors The 2022 federal election is critical for the health and aged care sectors. Both parties need to address the COVID care deficit, oral health care, and commit to fix the aged care mess. The ongoing tragedy of First Nations health should also remain a priority. And a bipartisan acceptance of the need to address climate change is also required.