The health section of the 2020 Report on Government Services (The Report) by the Productivity Commission was released last week. This annual report provides information on the equity, effec... Read more
Public health experts on Monday paid tribute to Greens Leader Richard Di Natale after his surprise announcement that he is standing down as leader of the party and ultimately leaving politic... Read more
This is the second in a two-part @WePublicHealth series from a road trip taken by Croakey’s Dr Ruth Armstrong in the United States. See the first post as she travelled through Texas and Loui... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Canberra is home to many health and medical organisations and health sector leaders, many of whom have lived experience of the traumatic impacts of this horrific sum... Read more
Michelle O’Shea, Hazel Maxwell, Megan Stronach, and Sonya Pearce write: Regular exercise is important for Indigenous women’s health, as it protects against obesity and chronic conditio... Read more
Divisive public debates about Aboriginal identity are causing harm, according to Summer May Finlay, a Yorta Yorta woman, public health academic, and contributing editor at Croakey. Summer Ma... Read more
The post below originally appeared in The Conversation as part of its Designing Hospitals series which explores how architecture and design shape our hospitals and medical centres. This arti... Read more
The climate crisis is identified as one of the urgent global health challenges for the next decade on a list released by the World Health Organization (WHO) this week. Despite many such warn... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: When announcing mental health funding for “firefighters, emergency personnel, individuals and communities impacted by the ongoing bushfire disaster”, Health Minister... Read more
The current media and community focus on the bushfires crisis can mean that other health and social justice issues receive less attention, particularly in the mainstream media. However, this... Read more
