Rates of obesity are high among Aboriginal children, but there is a lack of policies, guidelines and programs to tackle the issue, according to a new paper published in Public Health Researc... Read more
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander family violence leaders were on Wednesday urgently seeking a meeting with the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, over the shock defunding o... Read more
Asking about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ‘identity’ rather than about ‘origin’ could improve the quality of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data and “begin to reflect r... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The long-awaited National Alcohol Strategy 2019-2028 was released this week, with the Federal Government immediately ruling out reform to alcohol taxation – a key po... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Desperate efforts by many politicians, health professionals and human rights advocates over many months to save the Medevac legislation were defeated on Wednesday in... Read more
A global campaign has been launched in the British Medical Journal to start to build an evidence base for healthcare that is free of commercial influences – that has already attracted... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health earlier this year brought together scientists from across the globe to answer the question: Can we feed a future po... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The ongoing bushfire emergency that has devastated huge parts of the country was on Monday continuing to threaten communities in New South Wales, with the NSW Rural... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A news release issued by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Northern Territory in the wake of the fatal shooting by police of Kumanjayi Walker in the re... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Productivity Commission this week begins a series of hearings across Australia, seeking responses to its draft report of its inquiry into mental health released... Read more
