If the entire population of Perth could not access a dentist it would be considered a major health crisis. Yet new research from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has found that in 2... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: After making his mark as a strong advocate for health equity and systems reform, public health and climate action, the outgoing president of the Australasian College... Read more
The Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) has released the following statement responding to the announcement that a Northern Territory police officer has been charged with the m... Read more
The government’s cashless debit card was not only a breach of Australia’s human rights obligations and an affront to Indigenous self-determination, it also contradicted commitmen... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Earlier this year residents of Santa Teresa, a remote Indigenous community near Alice Springs, were awarded compensation, after bringing an action against the NT gov... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: Some 300,000 women will die across the globe this year as a result of pregnancy and one-quarter of them will be adolescent girls, according to a leading obstetrician-gynae... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Productivity Commission this week begins a series of hearings across Australia, seeking responses to its draft report of its inquiry into mental health released... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: In their recent submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into an Indigenous Evaluation Strategy, Dr Chelsea Bond and co-authors from the University of Queen... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion are common, significantly increase the odds of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes, and ought to be screened for by... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: “If we replaced the current mental health system with something wonderful, what would it look like?” That was the question at the heart of a Declaration, launch... Read more
