Marie McInerney writes: Police should not be involved in most frontline mental health crisis responses because too often their interactions escalate and result in further distress, trauma, p... 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
Below is an extract from the interim report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. We are publishing this at length because of the clarity and power of the writing, and t... Read more
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has begun public hearings into shocking human rights breaches against people with disability in... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: There has long been concern and evidence that the NDIS, which promised so much for people with disability, is not meeting the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait I... Read more
Colleagues have paid warm and heartfelt tribute to Associate Professor Allison Milner, 36, who was killed by a falling tree in Melbourne last month. She is remembered as an outstanding schol... Read more
Responses to the climate crisis must stop excluding disabled people and ensure their knowledge and needs are centred, according to writer El Gibbs. “Listen to us, include us and hear our exp... Read more
In recent weeks, Croakey has published a series of articles from the Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, which was held on the Larrakia Nation in Darw... Read more
El Gibbs writes: The newly returned Morrison Government has, rightly, named the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), as one of their key priorities for this term, naming Stuart Rober... Read more
The new Leader of the Opposition, Anthony Albanese, has made minor changes only to the shadow ministry that lost the recent election. Shorten to NDIS One big shift is the appointment of Bill... Read more
