Alessandro Demaio addressed the National Press Club on Friday, alongside Karen Carey (former chair of the Consumers Health Forum) and Stephen Duckett (head of the Health Program at the Gratt... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: This International Women’s Day (March 8), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is highlighting the crucial role of safe abortion care in preventing maternal mortality. Glo... 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
Introduction by Croakey: Whatever their political stripes, the next Federal Government must commit to reforming “the dead cat” of the private health insurance system, according t... Read more
In a recent article, health policy analyst Jennifer Doggett argued that Labor’s election-eve pledge to establish an independent Health Reform Commission says much more about the politics of... Read more
As fires rage across Tasmania and Victoria, and catastrophic floods deluge Townsville in north Queensland, doctors have urged the Federal Government to treat climate change as a “health emer... Read more