At the Australian Medical Association’s National Conference on 1 August, members elected a new President, Dr Omar Khorshid, and Vice President, Dr Chris Moy. The election follows the conclus... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Hundreds of leading public health, nursing, midwifery and medical experts and organisations have signed an open letter urging the Federal Government to modify new res... Read more
Tributes were paid widely across the health sector on Monday to Dr Harry Nespolon, the high profile Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) President, who died overnight, a... Read more
Organisations across the health sector, and indeed more widely, are under great pressure to adapt to COVID-19 disruption, for the short and longer term. At times like these, effective govern... Read more
A strong consumer voice will be critical in shaping health and social policy during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms Leanne Wells of the Consumers Health Forum (CHF) explains how the newl... Read more
After a decade-long battle, Australia’s groundbreaking tobacco plain packaging laws have cleared their final hurdle with the World Trade Organisation. The University of Sydney’s... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: When Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the scrapping of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) last month, he reiterated his previous description of the... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Federal Government’s 11th hour reprieve for the National Partnership Agreement on dental funding has provided only short-term relief. The Australian Dental Assoc... Read more
There are many horses in the race towards mental health reform in Australia, and it’s hard right now to have the confidence to bet on a good outcome, writes Dr Sebastian Rosenberg, fro... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Some Australian health experts are concerned the decision to kill off the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) as the country’s peak intergovernmental forum... Read more
