In this latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell reviews the latest news in aged care, digs into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce issues, s... Read more
Representation matters. As a series of Croakey articles about the new National Preventive Health Strategy has made clear, it is not only who is at the table that matters, but the topics that... Read more
The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has begun public hearings into shocking human rights breaches against people with disability in... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups are urging an extra Newstart loading for recipients in remote areas who cannot afford healthy food or transport and for m... Read more
Newstart recipients are not only more likely to suffer ill health than other Australians but then struggle to get the treatment they need, according to the Consumers Health Forum of Australi... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: There has long been concern and evidence that the NDIS, which promised so much for people with disability, is not meeting the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait I... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The overwhelming majority of AFL clubs were sponsored by at least one company that promoted junk food, alcohol or gambling products during the 2019 AFL season, a rev... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: In the northern hemisphere, the summer of 2019 was reported as the hottest in the 140-year climate record, prompting one newspaper report to call summer “the death s... Read more
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RANZCOG) has called on the Victorian Government to protect sacred trees on Djab Wurrung country in south-western V... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Paul Dutton, from the Barkindji Nation, was a tireless and valuable voice across all the discussions in Tuesday’s #CoveringClimateNow Twitter festival, with many str... Read more
