Croakey is pleased today to publish Whatever you do, don’t get sick, an essay on prisoner health by Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, an epidemiologist working in chronic disease in Sydney’s west. Ori... Read more
As foreshadowed in a recent article, Historical truth telling as a healing intervention: an invitation to the health sector to engage, members of the Croakey team will head to Carnarvon in W... Read more
Please download, read and share this conference report compiling our coverage from the second National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Conference and the second Worl... Read more
Power to Persuade is a discussion blog and annual symposium focused on social policy, which aims to improve understanding and communication between the main groups involved in the policy pro... Read more
The importance of safe, strengths-based narratives that enable families and communities to heal from the traumas of colonisation was highlighted repeatedly at recent Indigenous suicide preve... Read more
Mental health inquiries are more frequent than iPhone updates, says one observer, yet the results have been disappointing. Do we need to radically change our assumptions? The article below i... Read more
A long-urged commitment on Wednesday from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to a “genuine formal partnership” with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on the... Read more
In the face of shocking over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Indigenous health and legal groups have been arguing for the need to introduce a justice target in... Read more
The Federal Government has announced the appointment of current Lowitja Institute CEO Romlie Mokak as the first full-time Indigenous Policy Evaluation Commissioner of the Productivity Commis... Read more
High rates of early planned caesarean sections in healthy pregnancies and of antibiotic use among children and proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medicines in infants are highlighted as major conce... Read more
