Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton has called on health leaders to be “open to new data and new science” in the fight against COVID-19 and other looming existential threa... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The need for inspired and inspiring leadership, to shift power dynamics, have trauma-informed care, and understand the exhaustion of many health workers and leaders... Read more
The $2.3 billion commitment to mental health in last week’s Federal Budget has been widely welcomed as a major step towards fixing Australia’s broken mental health system but the task ahead... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A significant new report — COVID-19: Make it the last pandemic — has blamed a “toxic cocktail” of failures, errors and inequalities that have turned the... Read more
Croakey readers can download the Department of Health Budget Briefing Pack here. This post wraps reaction to the Federal Budget on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, justice and d... Read more
Croakey readers can download the Department of Health Budget Briefing Pack here. This is a rolling post, wrapping reaction to the 2021-22 Federal Budget on aged care funding and issues, with... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The recent National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Conference (NATSIEHC) 2021 — The Gap and Beyond, had a welcome and critical focus on community-l... Read more
Pressure is growing on the Australian Government to both support and accelerate the temporary waiver under international law of the intellectual property rules governing vaccine patents afte... Read more
Federal Budgets are always critical but, given the devastating impact of COVID-19 on lives, livelihoods and the economy, Tuesday’s 2021-2022 Federal Budget may stand out. Treasurer Josh Fryd... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Federal Government’s decision to introduce a ban until 15 May on all flights from India and to enforce it with threatened fines of up to $66,000 and five years’... Read more
