Newstart: “It’s about anxiety, hunger, fear, stigma, poor health, isolation and despair”
Introduction by Croakey: Life on Newstart now? I don’t have luxuries, still. No hair, makeup,... Read more
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Amy Coopes writes: Sex is an integral part of wellbeing and should be normalised in discussions about patient health, a summit of Australian and New Zealand obstetricians and gynaecologists heard Mond... Read more
Do the glossy supermarket brochures that land in your mailbox or get pushed through the fence land straight in the bin? Like many of us, public health practitioner and #Journalwatch correspondent, Dr... Read more
It is up to non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals and policy makers to “share the load” in creating a culturally safe health system for Indigenous patients and hea... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The presidents of leading medical colleges have issued a joint statement calling on the Australian Parliament to maintain the Medevac legislation and the Independent Health Ad... Read more
Community, mutual respect and connectedness to culture are at the heart of a unique Aboriginal community-controlled rehabilitation service in central western NSW helping people to recover from substan... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A social media campaign busted myths about homelessness to mark World Homelessness Day on 10 October, with the #HomelessTruths hashtag trending nationally in Australia. The ca... Read more
Mark Ragg writes: Incentives are the most important factor that drives an institution’s behaviour, according to Robert Fitzgerald AM, who has peeked into the dirty washing of more institutions than mo... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Life on Newstart now? I don’t have luxuries, still. No hair, makeup, nails, no drinking, or smoking – not that any of those is my thing. No going out. No eating out. No... Read more
It’s time to end our unhealthy, costly love affair with cars and learn from the example of countries such as the Netherlands, according to University of Sydney researchers James Kite and Dr Mela... Read more
Mark Ragg writes: Governments have a reputation for not understanding the impact of their actions, especially on marginalised groups. But when Michael Coutts-Trotter, Secretary of the NSW Government’s... Read more
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