The pap smear debacle exposes an amnesia at the heart of government, where reforms are born in a vacuum and informed debate takes a back seat, writes Margaret Faux. Laura Tingle’s recent qua... Read more
If Malcolm Turnbull is serious about innovation, he’d do well to look at how new knowledge is (or isn’t) made freely available, writes Stephen Leeder. This piece originally appea... Read more
Rates of potentially preventable hospitalisations are nine times higher in some local areas and can triple depending on the PHN, new data from the National Health Performance Authority showe... Read more
With a swathe of government reviews underway into health spending and funding, and conflict over the supremacy of primary vs tertiary care, today’s AIHW figures on expenditure by secto... Read more
With 1 in 3 Australians living outside major cities and difficulty in accessing services increasing with every kilometre, too many kids are missing out, writes Lindsay Cane, CEO of rural chi... Read more
The only thing surer than death and taxes is attacks on death. UNSW sociology’s Alex Broom and Emma Kirby survey the polemics and platitudes of the assisted dying debate. *************... Read more
On White Ribbon Day a few weeks ago the Healing Foundation celebrated the success of Our Men, Our Healing, a groundbreaking capacity-building pilot for Indigenous men in Darwin and three rem... Read more
It was Aristotle who once said the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, but modern medicine which has perfected the art of the parts making greater sums. Join Croakey’s own Nake... Read more
It’s seen its fair share of controversy since hitting shelves almost three decades ago and the Heart Foundation’s seal of approval — the Tick — has finally been retir... Read more
Indigenous mental health leaders have welcomed the government’s response to the national mental health review as a “promising start” but has called for clarity on the small... Read more
