Introduction by Croakey: The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners had to apologise to trainees this week after its annual barrier exams had to be cancelled due to technical issu... Read more
Leading scholars have called for wide-ranging efforts to address low levels of racial literacy in Australia, including investment in race as an area of study within disciplines such as educa... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The announcement by Minister for Education, the Hon Dan Tehan, that students who fail more than 50% of their subjects will be denied HECS funding has raised concerns... 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
Indigenous health, medical and public health experts have raised wide-ranging concerns about the Federal Government’s changes to university funding that will increase the costs for students... Read more
Australia’s strong public health sector has been instrumental in helping the country navigate a relatively safe course through the first stages of the global coronavirus pandemic, writes Nic... Read more
Talking Teeth: Strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture in dental and oral health
Introduction by Croakey: The latest instalment of the #TalkingTeeth series of articles focusing on oral health follows the theme on advancing outcomes in oral health for Australians left out... Read more
Malcom Hogg writes: The use of opioids remains essential to the care of people experiencing acute pain and remains a major component of anaesthesia and post-surgical care. Collectively and i... Read more
Long hours, discrimination and bullying, and fears about job security are just some of the realities of life for Australian doctors in training, according to the first-ever national survey o... Read more
Many GPs who in 2018 received Health Department letters regarding their opioid prescribing criticised the strategy to stem over-prescribing, saying it unfairly targeted doctors who had legit... Read more
