Introduction by Croakey: The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety provides Australia with a long overdue opportunity for generational reform of the aged care sector. The upcomi... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The current public debate on sexual and gender based violence has predominately centred on the the failure of our political and legal systems to protect young women.... Read more
In the latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell puts together a compilation of pieces looking back over the past year globally and reports on its impact on happi... Read more
The Aged Care Royal Commission reported deep concerns about the over-reliance on medication or chemical restraint in residential aged care, including referencing one devastating family story... Read more
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety made several recommendations aimed at improving access to culturally safe aged care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, a... Read more
After thousands of submissions, more than two years of work and 23 public hearings, can Australians expect that the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will lead to transforma... 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
The Health Wrap by Associate Professor Lesley Russell looks this fortnight at how COVID-19 has led to better approaches for homelessness and poverty, the importance of civic trust, the retur... Read more
