The $2.3 billion commitment to mental health in last week’s Federal Budget has been widely welcomed as a major step towards fixing Australia’s broken mental health system but the task ahead... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous health and justice groups have condemned proposed Northern Territory youth justice reforms which the... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Croakey has published a series of articles on calls to strengthen the Federal Government’s draft National Preventive Health Strategy. In the post below, Dietitians A... Read more
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives, getting together on Larrakia Country in Darwin this week has been an opportunity to celebrate their connections, strengths, lea... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Today’s guilty verdict in the trial of United States police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd, that sparked #BlackLivesMatter protests acro... Read more
The success of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, communities and organisations in keeping people safe through the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia has been hailed, in... Read more
Thirty years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody released its report, which included more than 60 recommendations relating to healthcare, health systems continue to... Read more
With Tasmanians headed to a state election on 1 May, researchers have identified some key areas for action to improve the health of communities. Members of the UTAS Anticipatory Care Researc... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: More than 400,000 have now signed a petition urging a Royal Commission into the Veteran suicide rate in Australia launched by Julie-Anne Finney, whose son David died... 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
