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
*** Update: After this story was published, about 60 refugees and asylum seekers, who had been detained in Melbourne’s Mantra hotel, were moved to another detention site, reportedly th... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A landmark test case is highlighting the excessive use of force in Australian immigration detention centres, according to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC).... Read more
The newly released 2019 Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors study, which explores 286 causes of death in 204 countries and territories to reveal the state of the world’s hea... Read more
The recent 2020-21 Federal Budget contained welcome COVID-19 support for the Pacific and Timor Leste, but Oxfam Australia says Australia’s foreign aid commitments must go much wider to help... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The novel coronavirus pandemic continues to send shockwaves across the globe, with US President Donald Trump in isolation and global cases now topping 35 million. As... Read more
In Victoria, Premier Daniel Andrews has been under pressure from the Federal Government, State Opposition and many business leaders after unveiling a “safe and cautious” roadmap that likely... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Navigating the complexity of Australia’s health system can be daunting at the best of times, but for young people from culturally and linguistically diverse ba... Read more
Victoria has recorded 428 new coronavirus cases today, the state’s highest single-day total, and another three deaths, with at least 150 Victorian healthcare workers reported to be inf... Read more
*Correction: this article and the headline was corrected on July 2 to clarify there has been an increase in numbers of people held in immigration detention facilities, not increasing numbers... Read more
