Please visit Publications for a list of articles written post 2005.

Opportunity for all, Australian Doctor, 16 November, 2005

Keeping the Bird in Its Cage, Australian Medicine, November, 2005

Leaders in their field, Australian Doctor, 19 October, 2005

Shooting the Sufferer, Australian Medicine, September, 2005

Everyone's Problem, Australian Doctor, 7 September, 2005

Is it safe to be sick?, New Matilda, September, 2005

Health: Did you know? Tobacco!, New Matilda, September, 2005

Mind the Gap!, Australian Medicine, August, 2005

Policy or Polyfilla? We need political leadership in Australia, New Matilda, August, 2005

The Cost of Living, Australian Doctor, 27 July, 2005

Medicare Safety Nets, New Matilda, July, 2005

Goals for Health Prosperity, Australian Medicine, June, 2005

Beware the Poverty Trap, Australian Doctor, 21 June, 2005

Why Health Insurance is Unsustainable, New Matilda, June, 2005

Ten steps to more efficient health care, Australian Medicine, May, 2005

Big Bucks and Babies, Australian Doctor, 25 May, 2005

Facing up to New Threats, Australian Doctor, 14 April, 2005

Caring for Country, Australian Doctor, 15 March, 2005

A Defining Moment in Public Health, Australian Medicine, March, 2005

Health-care vision a model for world, Calgary Herald, February, 2005

Behind Death's Door, Australian Doctor, 15 February, 2005

Tackling the Disaster of Global Poverty, Australian Medicine, February, 2005

Sharing Research Rewards, Australian Doctor, 7 December, 2004

Careful What you Wish For, Australian Medicine, 2 November, 2004

The Truth About The Hole in U.S. Medicare, Australian Medicine, October, 2004

Fighting the Fear Factor, Australian Doctor, 28 September, 2004

Global and international health: same or different, Australian Doctor, August, 2004

The plight of Dafur, Australian Medicine, August, 2004

Blinded by the Light, Australian Doctor, 20 July, 2004

Time for Global Action on Diet and Fitness, Australian Medicine, July, 2004

The State of Planet Earth, Australian Medicine, June, 2004

Growing Pains, Australian Doctor, 23 June, 2004

Honoured for Medical Service, Australian Doctor, 16 June, 2004

A Heartfelt Plea, Australian Doctor, 1 June, 2004

Cardiovascular Disease and the Developing World, June, 2004

Ask the experts: Professor Stephen Leeder on Public Health, Australian Doctor, 26 May 2004

Hospital Safety, Australian Doctor, May, 2004

Necesary Navel Gazing, Australian Doctor, 22 April, 2004

In Search for a Vaccine for HIV, Australian Medicine, April, 2004

Starving for Freedom, Australian Doctor, 2 October, 2003

Observations from Afar, Australian Doctor, 2 October, 2003

Annual Report to Faculty, Faculty of Medicine, 21 November 2002

Look at progress, not numbers, Australian Doctor, 5 July 2002

Bex and Snooze, Innominate, June 2002

Dose of humanity required to revive health care system, The Advertiser, Adelaide 20 June 2002

Ageing Nation: time for debate, Australian Medicine, 17 June 2002

Ecosystem plunder is road to ruin, Australian Doctor, 14 June 2002

Are you happy in the service?, Innominate, May 2002

Lessening the burden of ageing, Australian Doctor, 10 May 2002

40 million deserve treatment, Australian Medicine, 6 May 2002

Prevention a simple intervention, Australian Doctor, 12 April 2002

AIDS: Time to take a side, Australian Medicine, 18 March 2002

Health System not all that bad, Australian Doctor, 15 March 2002

Health insurance' furphy the public can't afford, The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 March 2002

Medical Litigation, The Australian Financial Review, 22 Feb 2002

Genes and the Unbottled Genie, Australian Medicine, 4 February 2002

Taking heart across the world, Australian Doctor, 18 January 2002

Charity and Government Action for Better Global Health, The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 December 2001

Correcting the vision that Australia no longer cares about the rest of the world, Australian Doctor, November 2001

Tactical and Strategic Responses To Terrorism, Australian Medicine, 19 November 2001

Global War, Innominate, October 2001

Keep Science Sacred and Disciplined, Australian Doctor, 5 October 2001

Each Child Had a Name, Australian Medicine, 1 October 2001

Retaining the human touch, Australian Doctor, 7 September 2001

Dissection: Break no bones about it, Innominate, August 2001

Food for thought, Australian Medicine, 20 August 2001

Who'd be a billionaire?, Australian Doctor, 10 August 2001

Thinking Globally The Only Way, Australian Doctor, 13 July 2001

Health of the Nation: Matters for Comment, InTouch, 6 July 2001

Celebrating The Past: Awakening The Future, Australian Medicine, 2 July 2001

What to do about risk, Australian Doctor, 15 June 2001

Blindness comes in many forms, Australian Doctor, 25 May 2001

The stigma of mental illness, Australian Medicine, 21 May 2001

No time for complacency in HIV fight, Australian Doctor, 20 April 2001

Tougher stand on CJD, Australian Medicine, 2 April 2001

Oi, Oi, Oi, Innominate, March 2001

Survey Reveals GPs' Vital Role', Australian Doctor, 23 Feb 2001

It's just not cricket!, Australian Medicine, 19 Feb 2001

Doctors' Gloom a Worldwide Issue, Australian Doctor, 26 Jan 2001

Let them eat twice baked bread, Australian Medicine, 4-18 Dec 2000

Sweet as Sugar, Smooth as Silk, Australian Doctor, 1 Dec 2000

At Christmas from the Deanery, Dec 2000

Globalisation: how should we manage it?, Australian Doctor , 3 Nov 2000

Hotting Up For Christmas, Innominate, Nov 2000

The Olympics: Here's to Your Health!, Australian Medicine, 16 Oct 2000

Research, Biotechnology and the Public Dollars, Australian Doctor, 6 Oct 2000

Experience and Age, Australian Doctor, 8 August 2000

Scope for more action on youth suicide, Australian Doctor, 11 Aug 2000

Beyond the Olympics, Radius, Oct 2000

Not simply brick upon brick, Australian Medicine, 4 Sept 2000

The Private Face of Public Medicine, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 Aug 2000

Made of the right stuff, Innominate, Aug 2000

Proof is in the Pudding, Sydney Morning Herald, 27Jul 2000

Tuberculosis Remains A Global Scourge, 17 Jul 2000

Seizing the Shining, Preventive Moment, 14 Jul 2000

Resource allocation and the genetic revolution, Templeton Workshop, 14 Jul 2000

Red, Innominate, Jun 2000

Some more equal than others, AusDoctor, 16 Jun 2000

Avoiding a winter of discontent, Sydney Morning Herald, 5 Jun 2000

How much do we value health?, Australian Doctor, 19 May 2000

Is the mind of God big enough?, Innominate, Apr 2000

Something new and something, well, old!, Radius, Apr 2000

Immunisation, Australian Doctor, 21 Apr 2000

Do we really care about quality?, Australian Medicine, 17 Apr 2000

Obesity and public health, Australian Doctor, 24 Mar 2000

And God said, "Let there be more of it", Innominate, Mar 2000

This brave move must succeed, Daily Telegraph, 9 Mar 2000

Iodine deficiency- a significant public health problem, Australian Medicine, 6 Mar 2000

Breakfast at Tiffany's - On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, inTouch, 2 Mar 2000

Assessment day/judgement day - it's all the same to me ..., Innominate, Feb 2000

A day at the beach, Australian Doctor, 25 Feb 2000

Keeping the Australian system (Medicare) healthy in the light of international experience, Australian Financial Review 2nd Annual Health Congress, 17 Feb 2000

Leadership and Management - Why we need both, Faculty Retreat, Terrigal, 2 Feb 2000

Plain sailing for those feeling ill, Australian Doctor, 28 Jan 2000

The Tobacco Papers, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 Jan 2000

How history will Judge our Gilded Age, Radius, Nov 1999

Oasis, A poem by Professor Leeder, 21 Nov 1999

Healthy Medicine: the challenges facing Australia's health services, Stephen R Leeder's Book. Allen & Unwin, 1999

Book Review - Healthy Medicine: Challenges facing Australia's Health Services, Marge Overs Australian Doctor, 29 Oct 1999

Changes to Medical Education in the age of the Genome Project, The Australian, 27 Oct 1999

Confronting the Phantom Menace of Health Care Costs, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 Jul 1999

Frankenstein and the hot potato, The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 Jun 1999

Mucking about in the data, University of Sydney News, 29 Apr 1999

How to Keep the Public Hospital System Healthy, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 Apr 1999

Radius, Mar 1999

Medicare is Sustainable, The Australian, 10 Mar 1999

Sydney to Hobart, The Australian, 19 Jan 1999

Hello Dolly!, Afterword for O'Sullivan, G, Short, S. and Sharman, E.Goodbye Normal Gene, 1998

Lest we Forget, inTouch, November 1998

Passive Smoking, Australian Medicine, 7 Sept 1998

False hopes, no soul put Medicine at Risk, Australian Medicine, 21 Aug 1998

Burning the Flag of Medicare Private, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 Aug 1998

Mens Health in Australia, Australian Medicine, 20 Jul 1998

Research and the Shaping of the Doctor, Australian Doctor, 26 Jun 1998

Good health stops the economy becoming ill, Sydney Morning Herald ,11 Jun 1998

Mixed heritage, uncertain future in healthcare, The Lancet, 1998

Is Medicine Sustainable?, InTouch, Jun 1998

Letter to the Editor, Sydney Morning Herald, ... on the impact of our ageing population; costs of health care technology; health care and employment; & the original purpose of Medicare 1 May 1998

What is the Incidence of Prevalence?, Australian Medicine, 20 April 1998

Heeding Trans-Tasman Lessons, Australian, Doctor 3 April 1998

Counting the Cost of our Medicare, Australian Doctor, 6 Mar 1998

Relaxed and Comfortable in the Greenhouse, inTouch, Feb 1998

Medicare: improve it, but don't replace it, Sydney Morning Herald, 12 Jan 1998

Aboriginal Health - A Casualty, Australian Medicine, 5 Jan 1998

Reconciliation and Aboriginal Health, inTouch, 14:3 Jun 1997

Faculty of Medicine:Proposed University Private Hospital, Background paper provided to the Senate Planning Committee 15 May 1997