While people living in rural and remote parts of Australia have higher rates of heart disease, hospitalisations and poorer access to primary health care services than those in metropolitan a... Read more
The health section of the 2020 Report on Government Services (The Report) by the Productivity Commission was released last week. This annual report provides information on the equity, effec... Read more
As Australia readies for the Federal Budget, Associate Professor Lesley Russell reviews President Trump’s 2020 Budget and a new Grattan Institute report urging the Commonwealth to establish... Read more
In a timely end-of-year reflection that also serves as a call to action for 2019, the chief executive officer of the Consumers Health Forum of Australia, Leanne Wells, identifies several are... Read more
Despite the concerted campaign run by the global #IndigenousNCDs movement in recent months, the UN Political Declaration on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) was... Read more
Summer May Finlay and Marie McInerney write: The Federal Government has announced a national inquiry into barriers faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in need of kidney don... Read more
The Prevention 1st campaign this week released a scorecard on the implementation in Australia of World Health Organisation recommended interventions to reduce preventable chronic disease. Th... Read more
#WorldObesityDay, on 11 October 2017, is calling globally on all governments, health service providers, insurers and philanthropic organisations to prioritise investment in tackling obesity,... Read more
Australia’s Health Star Rating system which is aimed at guiding healthier consumer food choices has attracted plaudits, along with some strong criticism – indeed it’s been declar... Read more
Dear Croakey readers, I hope you have an appetite for some wide-ranging reading. Welcome to a compilation of some recent publications, ranging from over/under use of healthcare to criminal j... Read more
