Australians tend to group the Nordic countries together when thinking about public policy, but their approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic have not been uniform. At a recent webinar, one of an... Read more
As reported earlier at Croakey, the circumstances surrounding a coronavirus outbreak have thrown North West Regional Hospital in Burnie, Tasmania, and its staff into the spotlight this week.... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: In a recent article, Fiona Armstrong, Anthony Capon and Ro McFarlane of the Climate and Health alliance wrote that the COVID-19 pandemic and environmental degradatio... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Over the weekend, the UK became the latest jurisdiction to report a surge of domestic domestic and family violence during the COVID-19 crisis, with massive increases... Read more
As each country charts its own path through the coronavirus pandemic, Singapore has often been held up as an example of where diligent contact tracing, isolation of cases and quarantining of... Read more
In the latest of an ongoing series of articles on how mental health services are meeting their clients’ pre-existing and emerging needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sebastian Rosenberg take... Read more
What follows is a short perspective I wrote back in January, when all of us were dealing in our own ways with the shock and grief of Australia’s terrible bushfire season. At the time and as... Read more
Whatever else you’re doing this socially-distanced Easter long weekend, the authors below have a message for you. There’s never been a better time to give up smoking. To be fair, it’s always... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Rural and metropolitan GPs and a leading Emergency Department doctor open up to Croakey about their critical personal and professional pressures and concerns during... Read more
Yesterday, Australians finally got to see the modelling on which our current response to the COVID-19 pandemic is partially based – via a press conference with the Prime Minister and the Chi... Read more
