A new threat to global security is emerging through “vaccine diplomacy”, with some countries using their supplies to strengthen regional ties and enhance their own power and global status, a... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Amid the pandemic and widespread political upheaval, a record number of journalists were imprisoned worldwide in 2020, and the number singled out for murder in repri... Read more
Disaster recovery efforts have much to learn from Indigenous healing approaches, including the importance of cultural safety, according to the authors below. This article, by Bhiamie William... Read more
As Guardian Australia reported last month, the World Health Organization selected Professor Dominic Dwyer, Director of Public Health Pathology at New South Wales Health Pathology in Sydney,... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: This week Australia marked the 13th anniversary of the Apology to the Stolen Generations, including with statements in Federal Parliament by Prime Minister Scott Mor... Read more
** This is a rolling post, please ping us on Twitter at @croakeynews with comments and concerns ** Public health experts in Australia were on Thursday horrified by Facebook’s decision... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Health Minister Greg Hunt this week famously declared “the eagle has landed”, as the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine touched down on Monday. He... Read more
Calls in Australia and globally for governments to enact austerity policies to claw back their outlays on COVID-19 responses should cause deep concern, according to a recent letter to The Me... Read more
*** This article was updated on 23 February to include a response from the Federal Department of Health *** The omission of Nurse Practitioners from the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is particula... Read more
As this earlier article at Croakey reported, the Victorian Government’s recent return of two billion litres of water to the Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLaWAC)... Read more
