#LockHospitals2019 – marking a day for healing, remembrance and release
*** This article was updated with more material after publication *** More than 250 people attended... Read more
Hidden in a pack of draft reports from the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Taskforce that were released by the Morrison Government without fanfare just before Christmas are a series of recomme... Read more
Australia has no national minimum data set for primary health care. This means that no comprehensive, ongoing data set exists in this country that can show how and why people use and access primary he... Read more
Thank you to The Lancet for publishing a fully referenced, evidenced-based report on how to feed an increasing world population with a diet that’s both healthy and sustainable. Over two years and afte... Read more
It is now 319 days since a Tamil family, including their two Australian-born children, were removed from their home in the central Queensland town of Biloela, to be held in uncertainty in immigration... Read more
Croakey contributors and readers have less than a month to finalise a submission to an important inquiry into digital platforms that has significant implications for public health, Amy Coopes reports... Read more
Climate change, its antecedents and sequelae have been nominated as the globe’s top threat in 2019 by both the World Health Organisation and the World Economic Forum, with the latter warning we... Read more
There is a growing global trend to consider pets as part of the family. In fact, millions of people around the world love their pets, enjoying their companionship, going for walks, playing and even ta... Read more
In November 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formed the first gender-balanced cabinet in Canadian history. In announcing his cabinet, he ensured that half of his closest advisers (15 out of a total... Read more
If life coaches and wellness gurus are to be believed, the average New Year’s resolution lasts just two weeks, a fraction of the time the ensuing guilt lingers. For change to be truly lasting, f... Read more
There are few summer pastimes more Australian than sitting down to watch the sport, but are our kids absorbing more than the scores? The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, FARE Australia,... Read more
