Why is timely, coordinated access to all the sectors and services needed to maintain health and address health care needs often so hard? Is this a wicked problem, or are there examples of pr... Read more
Last week’s #CroakeyGO #NavigatingHealth event attracted nearly 100 people to join us in navigating some of the pathways (and hearing about many of the mazes) in mental health. Sponsored by... Read more
Recently June Oscar, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, called on the Australian Government to give full effect to the United Nations Declaration on the Right... Read more
Recently governments in Australia have copied the language of US models and spoken about ‘zero suicide’. Here, Colin Tatz takes issue with the phrase itself, and argues that suic... Read more
Michael Thorn writes: Shocking scandals continue to roll through the media cycle, featuring abuse of power and influence by the addictive industries, and alleging corruption and worse. Who h... Read more
The NSW Government is set to debate a bill that will have it become the last state to decriminalise abortion. A new campaign has begun – #Arrest Us. In the early 1970s eighty women dec... Read more
There’s growing concern that the mental health needs of older Australians struggle to get onto the health reform agenda and that their informal carers – family and friends... Read more
In this edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell shares some of the latest news in mental health and oral health, amongst other things. Lesley Russell writes: In the pa... Read more
Queensland police have decided to drop charges against four French journalists for trespass while they were filming an anti-Adani protest for a documentary for French TV. The case has raised... Read more
*** This article was written by Ruth Armstrong, on behalf of Croakey Professional Services. It was sponsored by Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council. *** Speaking during NAIDOC Week on A... Read more
