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
A national nursing conference has put the carbon footprint of the health care system high on the profession’s agenda, and spurred calls for urgent action on the “extraordinary waste” t... Read more
Imagine waking up after the 2022 federal election to headlines of an “historic upset”, where a #WeCare movement powered by Australian nurses and midwives stormed Parliament to create a new p... Read more
They’re Australia’s single largest group of health professionals, living and working in some of the most remote corners of the continent and advocating tirelessly for their patie... Read more
Service delivery to Queensland’s remote Indigenous communities was “fundamentally broken” and in need of a radical rethink, the state’s Productivity Commission has fo... Read more
AMA President Tony Bartone has thrown down the gauntlet on prevention, urging the newly-elected Morrison government to “just do it” on taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages and a... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Recognising and addressing the post-colonial, intergenerational determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and supporting community-led solu... Read more
