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Marie McInerney writes: Victoria’s law and order auction in the lead-up to this Saturday’s election... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: “We are on the precipice of a real disaster unless we as a nation, as a global community, and certainly as a profession speak up on this issue.” This was the emphatic message that P... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: The second World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference will be held in Perth on Thursday and Friday, following immediately on from the second National Aboriginal and Torres... Read more
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) has apologised “unreservedly” for its treatment of Australia’s first Indigenous ophthalmologist, Dr Kris Rallah-Baker. The Col... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: When three-quarters of people in a profession show signs of burnout, you have a problem that goes far beyond individuals to a system that is sick. That was one of the central messag... Read more
In our final report from the recent National 2nd Annual NDIS & Mental Health Conference in Melbourne, we wrap some video interviews and tweet-reports. Watch a playlist of #NDISMentalHealth video i... Read more
Marie McInerney and Summer May Finlay report: The second National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Conference opened in Perth on Tuesday with a powerful expression of Nyoongar culture and... Read more
Could there be such a thing as a healthy airport? The article below was first published by Inside Story. Melissa Sweet writes: As a child growing up in the Netherlands, Evelyne de Leeuw was proud that... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: As Australian governments prepare to sign off on a new set of Closing the Gap targets, a senior Aboriginal health advocate, Professor Tom Calma AO, has called for meaningful re-enga... Read more
One of the more noticeable ad campaigns in the upcoming Victoria state election comes from a seemingly unlikely source. The Shooting Industry Foundation of Australia (SIFA) seeks to unwind Australia’s... Read more
Today is World Toilet Day, and it’s a reminder that Australia and the world are not on track to reach the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 6: ensure access to water and sanitat... Read more
