Governments often hail the economic benefits that new or expanded prisons bring to regional communities. But what are their health and social impacts? These issues are investigated as part o... Read more
The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) launched its inaugural ‘Back to the Fire’ national conference series this week on Yirrganydji... Read more
The multiple health impacts of climate change have been well documented in scientific and medical literature. However, less well studied has been the potential impact of increasing temperatu... Read more
Health and medical expertise should be much more involved in the development of water policy, given its critical importance for health and wellbeing, according to Professor David Shearman, c... Read more
The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) launches an ambitious national conference series tomorrow, to be held in 10 cities and regional centres a... Read more
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
Introduction by Croakey: The devastation wrought by flooding in communities throughout New South Wales and in Queensland last week was front page news in the early days. This week? Not so mu... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As has been widely reported, including internationally, Australia has fallen significantly short — by 3.4 million doses — of its original target to deliver four mill... Read more
The Australian Academy of Science today published a new climate change report that looks at consequences of 3°C of global warming for Australia – a devastating scenario published as communit... Read more
In the latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell puts together a compilation of pieces looking back over the past year globally and reports on its impact on happi... Read more
