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Last week in Federal Parliament, Labor Leader Anthony Albanese delivered his Budget Reply speech, responding to the Government’s record spending...
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Introduction by Croakey: The use of external consultants by the Commonwealth public service has been increasing steadily for the past...
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Dr Janet Roden
New South Wales Nurses and Midwives' Association
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Leanne Wells
Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Health Forum of Australia re: #ShiftingGears (2021)
Croakey Health Media was the official media partner for VicHealth’s Life and Health Reimagined series (2020). Croakey’s indepth coverage of the five-week series amplified the conversation about how we can make life after coronavirus better and healthier for everyone.
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VicHealth
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.
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Larissa Taylor
Director, Policy, Mental Health Victoria
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Emeritus Professor Mike Daube
Curtin University
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Professor Kerry Arabena
Public health leader
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Professor Virginia Barbour
QUT
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Professor of Public Health, Flinders University
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Professor Addiction Medicine, The University of Sydney
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Dr Summer May Finlay
Yorta Yorta woman, public health practitioner, PhD, #Just Justice team member, Croakey contributor
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