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
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
Schools have emerged as an important site of transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19, and need to be a focus of pandemic control measures, according to Dr Zoë Hyde, an epidemiologist... Read more
Western Australian health groups are calling on the State Government to put an end to junk food advertising on public transport, billboards and sporting venues. As the ABC reported today, th... Read more
In this latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell explores coronavirus misinformation, conspiracy theories and falsehoods, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic... Read more
*** This post was updated on 4 October with Twitter analytics for the event *** Grave fears for the safety of children and other prisoners held in pandemic lockdown were raised during a publ... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Urgent action is needed to address the national emergency of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander deaths in custody, with five such deaths recorded since June, acco... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: This week, Australian governments have sent very mixed messages on their commitment to improving the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. On one ha... Read more
When Michael Thorn began a new job as Chief Executive of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) in 2011, one of the first reports to come across his desk recommended that a... Read more
As previously reported at Croakey, the road to alcohol regulation has been long and fiercely contested. This Friday, Australian and New Zealand Food Forum Ministers will decide whether to su... Read more
