Wide-ranging systemic and structural changes are needed to ensure food and economic security for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, according to University of Queensland academics... Read more
Every week, a different guest tweeter takes charge of Croakey’s rotated, curated Twitter account, @WePublicHealth, and uses the account to cover specific health issues or events. Last week,... Read more
For reconciliation to be effective, it must involve truth-telling, and actively address issues of inequality, systemic racism and instances where the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait I... Read more
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
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
The felling of a tree that was sacred to Djab Wurrung women to make way for a highway in Victoria’s west this week devastated many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (see previous... Read more
Despite its name, Australia’s House of Representatives is anything but representative. Parliaments around Australia have low levels of representation from many community groups, includ... Read more
The upcoming Federal Budget, delivered in the context of a health and economic crisis, provides both challenges and opportunities for health. While spending is expected to be constrained ove... Read more
Bronwyn Fredericks, Marnee Shay and Abraham Bradfield write: National Reconciliation Week is a time for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians to think and share cultures, histories and u... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Last Friday night, Richard Weston, a Meriam man and CEO of SNAICC, the national non-government peak body in Australia representing the interests of Aboriginal and To... Read more
