Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 18 January 2021. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2020. This article was fi... Read more
Organisational support vital for Uluru Statement from the Heart
Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 18 January 2021. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2020. This article was fi... Read more
When country is burnt right, our mother is healthy. We are healthy.
Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 18 January 2021. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2020. This article was fi... Read more
Staying in, watching birds and punching on. And good-bye 2020
During 2020, Dr Tess Ryan spent nine months in ‘hard’ lockdown in Melbourne. Her only outings were for neighbourhood walks, due to a health condition. However, she learnt to punch on. Tess R... Read more
‘We have lost not one Elder’: NACCHO CEO Pat Turner reflects on Aboriginal community successes in COVID-19
Introduction by Croakey: Australia’s Aboriginal community controlled health sector was formally recognised for its acclaimed pandemic response this week, with NACCHO CEO Pat Turner awa... Read more
Victoria just gave 2 billion litres of water back to Indigenous people. Here’s what that means for the rest of Australia
Introduction by Croakey: The global Black Lives Matter movement and polarisation fueled by the novel coronavirus pandemic have heightened experiences of and awareness of racism in Australia... Read more
Always Was, Always Will Be – tweeting for health during NAIDOC Week 2020
Dr Chris Bourke, a Gamilaroi man, senior executive at the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA), dentist, and a former ACT Government Minister, took charge of Croakey’... Read more
Listen up! New podcast series spreads the word on intergenerational healing
The Healing Foundation has launched a new podcast series to share the stories and lived experience of Stolen Generations survivors and their descendants. The series has the capacity to build... Read more
Injustice risks health and wellbeing for Aboriginal children on remand
Introduction by Croakey: The ACT Labor-Greens government last week said it would prioritise raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 in the next parliamentary term – the first jurisd... Read more
Self-determination matters for healing, empowerment and suicide prevention
Strong messages on the importance of self-determination, decolonisation and Indigenous governance featured among Indigenous suicide prevention resources profiled by Professor Pat Dudgeon and... Read more