*** This post was updated and expanded on 4 & 5 April *** The Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector has sounded the alarm over the Federal Budget’s failure to invest approp... 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
*** This post was updated on 5 April *** This rolling wrap of reaction to the election-eve Federal Budget compiles reaction to developments affecting health and healthcare, with a focus on t... Read more
The #Health4NSW Twitter festival profiled key health issues ahead of the NSW election, engaging almost 900 participants on Twitter in a discussion that broadened election health debate beyon... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: In its final report in 2017, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse outlined recommendations for making institutions in Australia ch... Read more
Behind the recent news that there will be a Royal Commission into the abuse of disabled people lies a long history of advocacy, writes El Gibbs, Media and Campaigns Manager at People with Di... Read more
Australians with a disability are less likely to exercise, more likely to eat poorly, report feeling unsafe and unhappy in their own neighbourhoods, and experience worse physical and mental... Read more
The newly appointed Victorian Health Minister, Jenny Mikakos, has inherited an ambitious agenda after the Labor Party’s success at last week’s state election. As stated in its pre-election p... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Several new resources for those with an interest in promoting physical activity were launched at the 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congr... Read more
As is being widely reported, Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced a Royal Commission to investigate the quality of care provided in residential and home aged care in Australia, incl... Read more
