Walgett community unites to tackle pandemic-related food shortages
Introduction by Croakey: Minister Ken Wyatt today hosted a round table meeting with the Northern Ter... Read more
Mark Ragg writes: The health sector has reacted with horror to the National Cabinet’s backdown on plans to suspend elective surgery in public and private hospitals at short notice. On the morning of 2... Read more
A “perfect storm” of global, national and state factors has produced a dramatic rise in health inequities in South Australia that risk halting or reversing life expectancy trends in the state, accordi... Read more
Watch this video below for a sneak preview of a new report that will be virtually launched during a Twitter festival hosted by Croakey on Friday, 27 March. The report, titled South Australia: The Heap... Read more
The Australian Government is moving towards funding telehealth more widely, and some governments have started using SMS to keep people informed. But the moves are slow, way slower than in many other n... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Australia’s leading scientists are calling for the data underpinning COVID-19 decisions to be made public, saying it is critical the public has confidence that governments are... Read more
On 4 March Jinhee Kim, a South Korean public health researcher currently in Australia, wrote in Croakey about her nation’s preparedness for a pandemic. Her article displayed just how far ahead South K... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The welfare of tens of thousands of prisoners, who are at high risk from COVID-19 outbreaks, remains uncertain in many jurisdictions despite NSW’s historic decision to release... Read more
Why are many front line doctors questioning the official COVID-19 responses? Dr Andrew Miller, an anaesthetist and president of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Medical Association, has... Read more
Why have health inequities increased in South Australia and how can this trend be reversed? This is the challenge from a new report that raises questions of wider significance as the COVID-19 pandemic... Read more
The COVID-19 crisis is driving changes in health services at a pace that was previously unimaginable, including in the delivery of consultations by telephone and video conferencing, or telehealth. The... Read more
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