Plans to allow simulated racing machines to be placed in Western Australia’s TAB outlets are sounding public health alarm bells, as will be outlined during a public forum on electronic gambl... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A Victorian politician has urged the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System to address the harms caused by gambling as a public health issue. Citing h... Read more
In a recent article, health policy analyst Jennifer Doggett argued that Labor’s election-eve pledge to establish an independent Health Reform Commission says much more about the politics of... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: Australia’s opaque, lumbering political donations system is not only bad for our democracy; delving into party coffers reveals a slew of vested interests who, through thei... Read more
The structural drivers of poor health and wellbeing, including gender inequality, racism, discrimination, and the vested interests of the food and gambling industries, were centre-stage at t... Read more
In an era of billboard-creep, where our most iconic landmarks appear to be for sale to the highest bidder, even the sky may not be the limit for lobby groups. And as we see multinational cor... Read more
It’s a familiar concept that the commercial drivers in life, and consumerism in particular, have a largely unhealthy impact on our lives. But those striving to control tobacco, and tho... Read more
The theme of the recent Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) conference was Leadership in public health: Challenges for local and planetary communities. The PHAA ran a National Publ... Read more
Sydney radio talk show host Alan Jones on Tuesday apologised for comments he made to the head of the Sydney Opera House, after calling for her to be sacked for refusing to display an adverti... Read more
Last November, Australian casino giant Crown Resorts announced it had appointed former Federal Health Department head Jane Halton to its board. In the post below, Dr Melissa Stoneham laments... Read more
