Jessica Urwin writes: Last week the federal government approved the Yeelirrie uraniam mine in Western Australia in the face of vigorous protest from traditional owners. This Canadian-owned u... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Climate and Health Alliance has released an election scorecard giving a grim assessment of the major parties’ performance on climate and health. The LNP receive... Read more
In one of the more significant announcements of the 2019 election campaign, Labor promised this week to invest $2.4 billion in a Pensioner Dental Plan – giving up to three million older Aust... Read more
In this article, originally published at The Conversation, Stephen Duckett, Director of the Health Program at the Grattan Institute, looks at the claims, counter-claims and facts behind two... Read more
In this article, one of a series on health and other issues being published at The Conversation in the leadup to the May 18 federal election, Jim Gillespie, Deputy Director, Menzies Centre f... Read more
*** First published at The Conversation *** This year’s budget includes $448.5 to modernise Australia’s Medicare system, by encouraging people with diabetes to sign up to a GP clinic for the... Read more
The recent child and youth suicides in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities contain a message for Australian society, according to a statement issued recently by The Centre of B... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: With gas mining and exploration a burning issue in some NSW electorates, a timely reminder of the effects of gas from Melissa Haswell and David Shearman. By Melissa... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Whatever their political stripes, the next Federal Government must commit to reforming “the dead cat” of the private health insurance system, according t... Read more
Jessica Kaufman and Margie Danchin write: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has named vaccine hesitancy as one of their top 10 threats to global health for 2019. Last week, the wife of an... Read more
