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
In her final COVID wrap for the year, public health researcher Alison Barrett provides an update on vaccine developments, reports on a study of “wounded healers”, and brings some... Read more
Calls for urgent action on climate change are growing ever louder across the globe. This week, US President-elect Joe Biden announced plans for a climate summit of the world’s major economie... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement (12 December), board members of the Global Climate and Health Alliance have published an... Read more
Ahead of the Western Australian election next year, public health advocates are signalling their determination to put climate action, criminal law reform and increased spending on prevention... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As an unprecedented year characterised by the twin public health crises of bushfires and the novel coronavirus pandemic draws to a welcome close in Australia, links... 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
Introduction by Croakey: The landmark Lancet Countdown warned this week of a warming world that was already impacting human health, particularly for the planet’s most vulnerable, provi... Read more
Australia faces accelerating climate-linked heat and bushfire events yet, despite growing public and media engagement with the issue and a clear opportunity to change course presented by the... Read more