Prohibitionist, ‘just say no’ approaches to drug use do not work and are causing significant harm, according to two much-anticipated inquiries which have called for a reframing o... Read more
The government’s cashless debit card was not only a breach of Australia’s human rights obligations and an affront to Indigenous self-determination, it also contradicted commitmen... Read more
LGBTI health advocates have condemned the omission — by request from the ministerial office responsible — of sexuality, gender and intersex status questions from test ballots for... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Tobacco use contributes to more than one in eight deaths in Australia and remains the leading risk factor for premature mortality, with the burden of past smoking co... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Emergency departments are often thought of as the canary in the coalmine, but what do we do when the canary is clearly in distress? Dr Simon Judkins, President of th... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Medibank has announced that it will become Australia’s first private health insurer to make potential out-of-pocket (OOP) costs publicly available in a move to... 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 patien... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus last week congratulated world leaders for embracing the “political choice” of #HealthForAll... Read more
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has kicked off a fundraising appeal to honour the courage, dedication and sacrifice of legendary World War Two army nurse Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bu... Read more
When Luke Yokota finished Year 12 with good grades some years back and decided to apply to study nursing he got a very mixed reaction from teachers, family and friends. Some responded positi... Read more
