Mark Ragg writes: Donnella Mills is a Torres Strait Islander woman who is on the board of Wuchopperen Health Service, a community-controlled health organisation based in Cairns, and a lawyer... Read more
Mark Ragg writes: Incentives are the most important factor that drives an institution’s behaviour, according to Robert Fitzgerald AM, who has peeked into the dirty washing of more institutio... Read more
Mark Ragg writes: Governments have a reputation for not understanding the impact of their actions, especially on marginalised groups. But when Michael Coutts-Trotter, Secretary of the NSW Go... Read more
Back in 2012, the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW published the results of the Legal Australia-Wide (LAW) survey, which involved interviews with more than 20,000 people across the nation.... Read more
Australians have been urged to consider civil disobedience to pressure governments to raise the age at which children can be locked up behind bars. The Secretary-General of Amnesty Internati... Read more
A new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that despite recent efforts, rates of partner violence have been fairly stable for the past 15 years. This is against a b... Read more
Please download, read and share a report compiling our coverage of the Equally Well Symposium, held recently in Melbourne. Croakey editor and conference reporter Marie McInerney covered #Equ... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Community health advocates took to the streets in Melbourne last Friday, participating in a #CroakeyGo act of walking journalism that highlighted a diverse range of c... Read more
The findings of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory are essential reading for those who make policy and provide services in health, j... Read more
*** Updated on 5 & 7 September with photographs and details of meetings with politicians – see bottom of post *** Almost a year after he left Perth on an epic walk for justice acro... Read more
