The government’s credibility is in the spotlight after the Prime Minister’s announcement that changes are being made to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, based on advice from the Aus... Read more
Leaders in women’s health have some pointed advice for the Federal Government’s new Women’s Cabinet Taskforce, as Croakey editor Jennifer Doggett reports below. The focus is time... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Many countries have faced agonising decisions about who should access scarce health resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, but to date and due mostly to low case nu... Read more
**This post was updated, below the article, on 17 and 19 March with a response from the National Disability Insurance Agency and reply from author Professor Helen Dickinson** Disability advo... Read more
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets for #March4Justice rallies in cities and towns across Australia today, angered and distraught about continued failure – including at the heart... Read more
The experiences of people with hearing loss are informing efforts to drive wide-ranging societal changes, reports journalist Cate Carrigan from the recent launch of the HearMe Project’... Read more
The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System delivered its final report on Tuesday, describing “catastrophic failings” in the system including over-reliance on medication, compu... Read more
The experiences of people with hearing conditions will be profiled in a new report to be launched on 5 March, to mark the close of Hearing Awareness Week. The HearMe report identifies ten pr... Read more
As Croakey reported last week, the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability has been examining the indefinite detention of, and the overrepre... Read more
Is the justice system being used as a de facto disability service, one that proceeds by punitive rather than therapeutic measures?” That was one of the questions posed by Senior Counse... Read more
