Mandatory reporting laws for doctors. Real-time prescription monitoring. Streamlining medical cannabis access. Lifting the minimum age for tobacco purchase (brought to you by mining magnate... Read more
“Climate chaos threatens the advances in healthcare that we have gained over the past 50 years.” That message, from Chair of Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) NSW Dr John Van Der K... Read more
The Consumers Health Forum of Australia recently published the results of its survey on Out of Pocket Pain which drew 1,200 responses. It said that the survey report Out of Pocket Pain and... Read more
The successes and challenges facing rural and remote health research were a trending national topic on Twitter yesterday, thanks to diligent tweeps attending the 6th Rural and Remote Health... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: On our first #CroakeyGo walk in Sydney last year, the Croakey team was joined by Pedestrian Artist, Molly Wagner. She shared with us how walking both inspired and be... Read more
RJ Seastres writes: AMSA Crossing Borders, the Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) Global Health Project advocating for refugee and asylum seeker health, in conjunction with NSW... Read more
A recent post at Croakey highlighted the major findings of the Australian Law Reform Commission’ s Pathways to Justice report on the over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island... 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
Introduction by Croakey: What do we care about? Looking at what dominates the news headlines in this country; what’s shared on social media and discussed on morning television, I sometimes w... Read more
In news you might have missed, there are moves afoot to change the way decisions about environmental issues are made in Australia. For some time, an alliance of Australian environmental orga... Read more
