Patrick Harris and Edward Jegasothy write: WestConnex, the most expensive piece of transport infrastructure being built in Australia, looms large over the next New South Wales election. Cons... Read more
The suburbs are the spiritual home of overconsumption. But they also hold the key to a better future
Samuel Alexander and Brendan Gleeson write: Suburban affluence is the defining image of the good life under capitalism, commonly held up as a model to which all humanity should aspire. More... Read more
A long-urged commitment on Wednesday from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) to a “genuine formal partnership” with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people on the... Read more
Deakin University health economists have evaluated the economic credentials of a range of policies for addressing obesity to discern the most cost-effective, affordable and implementable opt... Read more
In the face of shocking over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Indigenous health and legal groups have been arguing for the need to introduce a justice target in... Read more
The Federal Government has announced the appointment of current Lowitja Institute CEO Romlie Mokak as the first full-time Indigenous Policy Evaluation Commissioner of the Productivity Commis... Read more
High rates of early planned caesarean sections in healthy pregnancies and of antibiotic use among children and proton pump inhibitor (PPI) medicines in infants are highlighted as major conce... Read more
The structural drivers of poor health and wellbeing, including gender inequality, racism, discrimination, and the vested interests of the food and gambling industries, were centre-stage at t... Read more
This post-Victorian election edition of the Health Wrap, prepared by Dr Lesley Russell, discusses the Victorian election result, comparing Labor and Liberal policy platforms, recent research... Read more
The newly appointed Victorian Health Minister, Jenny Mikakos, has inherited an ambitious agenda after the Labor Party’s success at last week’s state election. As stated in its pre-election p... Read more
