The Prevention 1st campaign this week released a scorecard on the implementation in Australia of World Health Organisation recommended interventions to reduce preventable chronic disease. Th... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A Queensland Parliamentary committee inquiring into land-clearing laws (which passed in the State last month after a protracted history) had a record number of submi... Read more
Neither of the two major parties has what it takes to tackle inequality; instead they each support taxation policies that will, to a more or less degree, exacerbate inequality. That’s accord... Read more
Paying tax is good for us; it contributes to a healthier society and healthier people. If that doesn’t sound much like any catchy slogan that you’ve heard lately, then it’s... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Debate over the rate and pace of Australia’s immigration program continues, fueled once more by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott in a speech last month to the Sydne... Read more
“The unbearable weirdness of healthcare” was the title of one of the first slides shown at the 8th National Reform Summit in Canberra – by Ian McAuley of the Centre for Policy Development. A... Read more
The Australian Health Policy Collaboration is urging the Federal Government to commit to regularly repeating the Australian Health Survey (conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics du... Read more
(Introduction by Croakey) Following hot on the heels of the Tasmanians, South Australians go to the polls for a state election on March 17. Health did not feature prominently in the leaders’... Read more
(Introduction by Melissa Sweet) Since 2009, Croakey has published about 200 articles relating to obesity (in some of these, it may not be the main focus of the article, but the issue is ment... Read more
A new report from Oxfam is in the news, with the title, “Reward work, not wealth” and a tagline: “To end the inequality crisis, we must build an economy for ordinary working people, not the... Read more
