Introduction by Croakey: The Aboriginal Community Controlled Health sector’s responses to COVID-19 have been hailed as an exemplar of best-practice public health, preventing spread of... Read more
Among the wide-ranging health impacts of the pandemic, it’s important to focus on the implications for eye health, according to Lyn Brodie, CEO of Optometry Australia. The introduction... Read more
Senior doctors from the Albury Wodonga border region warned last weekend that border restrictions put in place by the New South Wales Government to prevent a spread of Victoria’s coron... Read more
Croakey is publishing a series of articles examining the health implications of the Federal Government’s planned changes to university funding. Below, Donna Murray, the CEO of Indigenous All... Read more
Regional Australia will bear the brunt of the Federal Government’s changes to university funding, with women likely to be worst affected, according to Jon Wardle, Professor of Public Health... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As previously reported at Croakey, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) in March launched a “badly needed” five year Aboriginal and Torres St... Read more
In her latest edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell reports on growing concerns around food insecurity, the wide-ranging health impacts of racism, and calls to address the moral dete... Read more
As coronavirus infection rates decline across Australia and social distancing rules are relaxed, mental health experts are warning of a second wave: a surge in people seeking mental health s... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: In her ode to primary care in the article below, GP Dr Karen Price warns against the “cherry picking of diseases”, such as the Coalition’s 10-year... Read more
Delegates at the 15th National Rural Health Conference put forward more than 200 recommendations, with priorities including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander self-determination, planeta... Read more
