Week 1: time to swap blue gowns for blue sky thinking in #AusVotesHealth?
As predicted, health and healthcare are big issues in the first week of the federal election campaig... Read more
The Federal Government has executed a post-Budget backflip to include Newstart recipients in a one-off payment towards power bills for welfare recipients. However, the Government failed again in last... Read more
*** This post was updated and expanded on 4 & 5 April *** The Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector has sounded the alarm over the Federal Budget’s failure to invest appropriately in... Read more
Prime Minister Scott Morrison may be ‘Back in Black’ but his 2019/20 Health Budget is unlikely to make him number one with the health sector. While there are a few new numbers in the Budget’s hit para... Read more
*** First published at The Conversation *** This year’s budget includes $448.5 to modernise Australia’s Medicare system, by encouraging people with diabetes to sign up to a GP clinic for their care. T... Read more
*** This post was updated on 5 April *** This rolling wrap of reaction to the election-eve Federal Budget compiles reaction to developments affecting health and healthcare, with a focus on the social... Read more
Melissa Sweet writes: Labor has re-committed to implementing a national strategy on climate change and health, following concerns raised yesterday by leading health experts about the omission of this... Read more
Continuing Croakey’s series of pre-Budget articles, today’s post highlights some of the stand-out Budget recommendations from the health and community sectors that don’t fit within any disease g... Read more
A forum in Melbourne tomorrow hosted by Australia’s National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research, the Lowitja Institute, will showcase Aboriginal and Torres Strait Isla... Read more
In its early days, a movement in Aotearoa/New Zealand to address the poorer physical health of people with mental health conditions sparked some alarm bells among those with lived experience of mental... Read more
Delegates at the 15th National Rural Health Conference took over the Twittersphere this week, sharing snaps, news and views from the #ruralhealthconf, ensuring their wide-ranging discussions in nipalu... Read more
