Deplorable omissions in NCD declaration, as government fails to back Indigenous quest for visibility
The declaration arising from next month’s UN High Level Meeting on NCDs is unlikely to make specific mention of the needs and priorities of Indigenous peoples. It’s a conspicuous omission, g... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: There’s a story from Canada in the post below that bears similarities to the reports that surface from time to time in Australia, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isl... Read more
Voluntary euthanasia was again on the agenda this week, with the Senate narrowly defeating a bill that would have allowed the ACT and Northern Territory to legislate on the issue, something... Read more
Over the past few decades, our understanding of cancer has changed. We now know some cancers don’t grow or grow so slowly that they’ll never cause medical problems. But the way we label dise... Read more
In 2016-17, Australians spent $29.4 billion ($1195 per person) on out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for Medicare-subsidised healthcare delivered outside a hospital. This figure is likely to be signi... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Last Thursday (August 9) was gazetted as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – according to a related United Nations webpage, that’s about 370 mi... Read more
Many health promotion strategies focus on influencing individual choices about diet and lifestyle, by encouraging health promoting behaviours, such as healthy eating and physical activity, o... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Last week we joined a regular விருந்து Tamil Feast held at the award-winning not-for-profit CERES in Melbourne. The feasts, traditional Sri Lankan fare – (here’... Read more
Drug law reform is an issue that has been on the political agenda for decades, with varying degrees of urgency. Yet, despite the overwhelming evidence for law reform and the sustained effor... Read more
Australian children are amongst the most ‘chauffeured’ in the world but are we doing more harm than good by driving our children to and from school instead of supporting them to walk, ride o... Read more
