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
Billed as the world’s first statutory inquiry into climate and health, a new report from Western Australia makes wide-ranging recommendations for action. The inquiry was led by Professor Tar... Read more
Reporting on disasters has always been fraught for journalists, and the people and communities they report on – and these issues are likely only to intensify as we experience increasing disa... Read more
Jennifer Doggett writes: Scott Morrison has called the final report of the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into the economic impact of mental ill health “the most comprehensive report of i... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Joint Council on Closing the Gap, representing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and governments, has agreed to this strategic plan to guide in... Read more
The New York Times reported this week that, “in a sweeping acknowledgment of the risks of the coronavirus in cramped prisons”, New Jersey would on Wednesday release more than 2,0... Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has been described as a ‘perfect storm’ for the creation and dissemination of disinformation (intentionally misleading), misinformation (unintentionally misleading) and... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Air pollution caused by vehicle emissions kills more Australians every year than motor vehicle accidents. Despite this significant toll, successive governments have... Read more
Clinicians, service providers and researchers have issued an urgent call for an innovation in personal protective equipment (PPE) – the ventilated hood – to be made available to remote heal... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: To mark International Overdose Awareness Day on 31 August, the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) called for a greater focus on prevention and... Read more
