News media code is coming, but regulation of digital platforms remains a work in progress
Introduction by Croakey: The Federal Government’s world-leading media bargaining code is set to beco... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Many in mental health were or would have been exhausted at the news last week that a Select Committee on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention has been set up in Federal Parlia... Read more
The Health Wrap by Associate Professor Lesley Russell looks this fortnight at the vaccination rollout, COVID and the brain, pharmacists in primary health teams, loneliness, health literacy, Indigenous... Read more
Ahead of Rare Disease Day on 28 February, public health practitioner Siân Slade reviews a book released last year, Mackenzie’s Mission, which she says illustrates the power of people to effect positiv... Read more
A new threat to global security is emerging through “vaccine diplomacy”, with some countries using their supplies to strengthen regional ties and enhance their own power and global status, according t... Read more
The experiences of people with hearing conditions will be profiled in a new report to be launched on 5 March, to mark the close of Hearing Awareness Week. The HearMe report identifies ten priority are... Read more
As Croakey reported last week, the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has been examining the indefinite detention of, and the overrepresentation... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Federal Government’s world-leading media bargaining code is set to become law although the implications for public interest journalism are far from clear. As a result of l... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous community and health leaders have called on Reconciliation Australia to revoke its endorsement of Woolworths’ Re... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Amid the pandemic and widespread political upheaval, a record number of journalists were imprisoned worldwide in 2020, and the number singled out for murder in reprisal for th... Read more
Disaster recovery efforts have much to learn from Indigenous healing approaches, including the importance of cultural safety, according to the authors below. This article, by Bhiamie Williamson, a Eua... Read more
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