A long-urged commitment on Wednesday from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to a “genuine formal partnership” with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on the... Read more
Deakin University health economists have evaluated the economic credentials of a range of policies for addressing obesity to discern the most cost-effective, affordable and implementable opt... Read more
In the face of shocking over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Indigenous health and legal groups have been arguing for the need to introduce a justice target in... Read more
The Federal Government has announced the appointment of current Lowitja Institute CEO Romlie Mokak as the first full-time Indigenous Policy Evaluation Commissioner of the Productivity Commis... Read more
High rates of early planned caesarean sections in healthy pregnancies and of antibiotic use among children and proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medicines in infants are highlighted as major conce... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Federal Government recently announced the terms of reference for its Royal Commission into aged care, in response to shocking incidents of neglect, abuse and neg... Read more
Last month Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, communities and organisations sent an open letter to the Federal Government calling for a formal response to the recommendations con... Read more
In the latest of the JournalWatch series of articles, Dr Melissa Stoneham reviews a Taiwanese study on how to determine the most effective smoking cessation messages and whether or not fear... Read more
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Thursday strongly condemned the government of Nauru’s sudden decision to cease the provision of desperately needed mental health car... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: In the leadup to World Mental Health Day (today, 10 October), the new Scott Morrison led Federal Government announced its second major inquiry, a Productivity Commis... Read more
