Introduction by Croakey: The global Black Lives Matter movement and polarisation fueled by the novel coronavirus pandemic have heightened experiences of and awareness of racism in Australia... Read more
Schools have emerged as an important site of transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19, and need to be a focus of pandemic control measures, according to Dr Zoë Hyde, an epidemiologist... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Australia has just a decade to meet the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that were agreed in the 2015 United Nations commitment to “end poverty, protect the pl... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A who’s who of authors have penned books on the climate crisis that will crowd the the shelves of book shops in the coming weeks. But will a new crop of books... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Federal Government’s Robodebt settlement will not benefit many people who have been affected by the harmful policy, according to a statement issued today b... Read more
An Australian superannuation fund has agreed to overhaul its approach to managing climate risk after settling a lawsuit brought by one of its members. In this article from The Conversation,... Read more
World Kindness Day (on 13 November) is “an opportunity to show solidarity and prove how small acts of kindness can go a long way during the pandemic”, according to the United Nat... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: When Pfizer and BioNTech issued this media release on 9 November, it generated international headlines about an impending COVID-19 vaccine and moved stock markets ar... Read more
Over-servicing is an issue across health care, including in dentistry. Alexander Holden, Senior Lecturer in Dental Ethics at the University of Sydney, reports below on a study that included... Read more
In an open letter, more than 1,200 academics from universities and institutes across Australia have written to the Victorian Government to protest against the destruction of Djab Wurrung cou... Read more
