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Stephen Duckett is Director, Health Programs, Grattan Institute. He was formerly Secretary of the Department of Human Services and Health.
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Stephen Duckett, an economist, is an Honorary Enterprise Professor in General Practice and in Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne, Chair of the Board of Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network, and a member of the Strengthening Medicare task force.