A new threat to global security is emerging through “vaccine diplomacy”, with some countries using their supplies to strengthen regional ties and enhance their own power and global status, a... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Amid the pandemic and widespread political upheaval, a record number of journalists were imprisoned worldwide in 2020, and the number singled out for murder in repri... Read more
Leading health and community organisations have slammed the Federal Government’s “heartless betrayal” of people relying on JobSeeker after it announced a permanent lift in the rate of just $... Read more
As Guardian Australia reported last month, the World Health Organization selected Professor Dominic Dwyer, Director of Public Health Pathology at New South Wales Health Pathology in Sydney,... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: A new code of practice to address online misinformation and disinformation, developed for and by the digital tech industry, has been slammed by critics as falling way... Read more
** This is a rolling post, please ping us on Twitter at @croakeynews with comments and concerns ** Public health experts in Australia were on Thursday horrified by Facebook’s decision... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Health Minister Greg Hunt this week famously declared “the eagle has landed”, as the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine touched down on Monday. He... Read more
Self-regulation by corporations such as Facebook and Google will not address the worrying health threat of disinformation, a health leader has warned. Alison Verhoeven, CEO of the Australian... Read more
*** This article was updated on 23 February to include a response from the Federal Department of Health *** The omission of Nurse Practitioners from the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is particula... Read more
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
