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
What opportunities has the pandemic created for enabling health equity to become a focus for mainstream policy? Melissa Sweet reports for the Croakey Conference News Service on the launch of... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Australian governments recently made a profound shift in their approach to health policy making, driven by the immensity and the urgency of the pandemic threat. All... Read more
Social prescribing is popular with both doctors and patients but the infrastructure and funding are lacking, according to a new report calling for the practice to become a routine part of pr... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: When Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently told a Business Council of Australia dinner of the Government’s plans to bring forward infrastructure spending, it... Read more
The Productivity Commission’s draft report on mental health stretches to 1,238 pages and two volumes. It is wide-ranging – making recommendations beyond the health system, including for hous... Read more
It’s time to end our unhealthy, costly love affair with cars and learn from the example of countries such as the Netherlands, according to University of Sydney researchers James Kite a... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: The United Kingdom’s Labour Opposition committed last week to delivering the “greenest health service in the world“, promising to invest in solar pa... Read more
Improving the energy efficiency of homes is important for climate action and also brings many other health benefits, according to Kellie Caught, Senior Advisor, Climate and Energy, at the Au... Read more
Health groups recently welcomed the announcement that Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, plans to develop a ‘long term national preventive health strategy’ in consultation with stakeholders. Th... Read more
