Marie McInerney reports: A “tortuously worded disclaimer” from KPMG on its industry-funded report about the risks of illicit tobacco consumption in Australia (see below) was a reminder to th... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: The final day of the Population Health Congress 2015 put the spotlight firmly on the topical issue of corporate strategies for manipulating health research and policy... Read more
The AllTrials campaign had a big win recently when a group of 85 asset managers and pension funds said that they would request that the pharmaceutical companies they invest in declare their... Read more
In 2012, the Namoi Valley Independent newspaper, serving Gunnedah and district in north-western NSW, ran a front-page splash under the headline: “A true community asset: Gunnedah Rural Healt... Read more
Australia’s peak health professional bodies have voiced collective concern about the “appalling secrecy provisions” in the Australian Border Force Act 2015 which threaten jail fo... Read more
A Friends of the MJA group has been set up to protest the recent decision by the Australian Medical Publishing Company (AMPCo) to sack the Medical Journal of Australia’s editor-in-chie... Read more
Dying with Dignity campaigner Dr Rodney Syme has accused the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) of “cowardly” and “insulting” behaviour and of trying to... Read more
There’s been shock and dismay in the Australian health and medical community over the news that leading medical academic Stephen Leeder was sacked as editor-in-chief of the Medical Jou... Read more
While the media has been focussed on the Government’s proposed GP co-payment, there have been potentially bigger changes to primary health care progressing behind the scenes. The transition... Read more
Public health lawyer, author and blogger Michele Simon has been investigating conflicts of interest and the Dietitians Association of Australia. Simon, president of Eat Drink Politics, a co... Read more
