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As the end of year draws near, please join us for some conversations, both serious and social

Melissa Sweet
The Croakey team
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

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Croakey is hosting two online events over the next week; please register at the links below.

#HealthEquityMatters2023

At 7.30pm AEDT on Sunday, 11 December we are hosting an open news conference to discuss ideas for public interest journalism projects, collaborations and articles in 2023, with a focus on health equity. If you can’t make it, please share your ideas using #HealthEquityMatters2023.

This event will mark the end of our week-long #CroakeyFundingDrive. (It’s not too late to donate if you’d like to support our work.)

Please note that the special offer of free subscriptions to our weekly news bulletin expires at midnight on Sunday, 11 December; share the word.

Register for the news conference here.

#CroakeyCatchUp

On 15 December, we publish our final bulletin for the year. Over the summer break, we will re-publish some of our best reads from 2022

Please join us for an informal end-of-year online gathering from 5pm AEDT on Thursday, 15 December – for Croakey Health Media members, directors, contributors, readers and supporters. The theme is #WhatMakesYouHappy.

Register here.

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Mental Health Victoria – Croakey Conference News Service coverage of #Lived Experience online forum
Mental Health Victoria, in partnership with the Victorian Healthcare Association, ran an online forum on the importance of embedding the voice of lived experience in mental health system reform.
Croakey journalist Marie McInerney did an exceptional job of covering the event through both real-time social media posts and a written article summarising the discussion and themes that arose during the forum.
Her regular Twitter posts throughout the event generated lively discussion and helped emphasise and elevate the important contributions from the consumer voices.
The article that Marie wrote on the event, titled “Imagine a mental health system that meets the needs of consumers and carers” took the reader on a journey through the forum’s key themes along with images and other media to supplement the discussion. It received very positive feedback from all involved.

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Director, Policy, Mental Health Victoria

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Public Health Medical Advisor,  Apunipima Cape York Health Council  , Associate Professor (Adjunct)  School of Public Health,Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences  James Cook University, Cairns.  

Croakey provides a rare platform to explore public health issues from a range of perspectives. Melissa and Marie have supported #cripcroakey, a series of articles about disability and health, at a time of profound change in disability policy that needs scrutiny and analysis. Croakey’s backing of writers from diverse backgrounds is a fantastic addition to Australian media.

El Gibbs

Award-winning writer; Leading #CripCroakey investigations of disability and health issues

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