Lesley Russell writes: There’s plenty to consider this week, in Australia and in the US. Health issues in the upcoming US midterm elections On Tuesday November 7, the people of the Uni... Read more
First Nations people from across the globe will attend the eighth Gathering of Healing Our Spirit Worldwide (HOSW) in Sydney next month, to build solutions for First Nations communities. Co-... Read more
On Friday the Morrison Government announced it would remove $3.9 billion from a Building Australia future fund into a drought future fund. In the article below, a senior psychiatrist, Profes... Read more
How can the health sector contribute to healing through historical truth telling about the nature of colonisation and its wide-ranging impacts upon Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peop... Read more
First, the text of the apology by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to those who, while children, suffered abuse at the hands of those who claimed to care for them. Then selected reaction.... Read more
Last month Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, communities and organisations sent an open letter to the Federal Government calling for a formal response to the recommendations con... Read more
The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) expects to issue a consensus statement early next year with recommendations for improving the care of people presenting to hospitals wi... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The much-anticipated United Nations High-Level Meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has disappointed many health leaders, with concerns raised about a lack of... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: In an introductory post at Croakey a few days ago, we flagged our intention to publish four outstanding essays from the Public Health Association of Australia’s (PHA... Read more
Despite the concerted campaign run by the global #IndigenousNCDs movement in recent months, the UN Political Declaration on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) was... Read more
