Invasion Day 2021: No more about us, without us
Introduction by Croakey: Big crowds, including record numbers in some places, gathered across Australia on Tuesday for COVID-safe #InvasionDay #SurvivalDay rallies, calling for non-Indigenou... Read more
We are the one percent: the wealth of many Australians puts them in an elite club wrecking the planet
Introduction by Croakey: A new report from United Nations agencies is warning the economic impact of COVID-19 and worsening inequalities will fuel malnutrition for billions in Asia and the P... Read more
Fatal wound for Medicare? New fees for dressings “herald the end of bulk-billing”
In this comprehensive LongRead below, solicitor and Medicare scholar Margaret Faux and health informatician and clinical coder Heather Grain warn that the MBS Review Taskforce proposal for G... Read more
New Lancet Commission to investigate worsening public health predicament of gambling
The Lancet Public Health Commission on gambling was established earlier this month, assembling world leaders in public health, mental health, policy, and gambling studies, and supported by a... Read more
Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways
Google has been accused of bullying Australia by both media outlets and health and digital coalition Reset Australia after threatening, in an appearance before a Senate inquiry last week, to... Read more
The hijacking of public health and the price paid during the COVID-19 pandemic
US public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci has described the “liberating feeling”, under the new Biden administration, of once again being able to “get up here and talk about what you know — w... Read more
UK, US, Australian COVID-19 communications fail readability tests, research shows
Introduction by Croakey: A newly formed coalition of health and technology experts, including the Doherty Institute, on Monday warned of the risks of “rampant misinformation on social media”... Read more
Call to protect asylum seeker detainees from coronavirus
Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 18 January 2021. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2020. This article was fi... Read more
Time to check into new hotel quarantine arrangements in Australia
Introduction by Croakey: Victoria has this week launched a new and improved hotel quarantine system and is accepting the arrival of overseas travellers for the first time in five months, aft... Read more
Lessons from Aotearoa/New Zealand on the road to mental health reform
Victoria is at the “sharp end” of mental health reform and must be as ready as possible so that it does not squander the opportunities about to unfold but can make the most of them, a webina... Read more