‘I don’t know much about art but I know what I like.’ What if you don’t know what you like – or at least recognise that you need to find out more, not just with art but with a range [...] Read more
The Federal Government has vowed to abolish the carbon tax from 1 July 2014, and has asked for public comment of its newly released carbon tax repeal bills. Croakey has also asked its contri... Read more
While the focus now is rightly on the communities at immediate risk from bushfires in New South Wales, those massive clouds of smoke that have hung over Sydney and elsewhere over the past we... Read more
By 2020 all Australian children should ‘have the best start in life to create a better future for themselves and for the nation.’ That’s the aim of the National Early Childhood Development S... Read more
If it wasn’t already clear on other grounds, then the latest State of Australian Cities 2013 report confirms that asylum seekers aren’t the big problem for the people of western Sydney, or... Read more
Three major health, consumer and social sector groups have joined together in a campaign to highlight the high prices paid for prescription medicines in Australia. The Consumers Health Forum... Read more
US health expert Professor Don Berwick was appointed this year by the UK Prime Minister David Cameron to review patient safety in the National Health Service (NHS) following a scandal around... Read more