The COVID-19 pandemic is a shared global experience; however, its impact can differ greatly between individuals, communities and nations. In Australia the situation varies significantly fro... Read more
*** This post was updated with further tweets on 28 July *** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, health and medical, legal and human rights organisations have condemned state, territory,... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Widespread anger and outrage greeted the news yesterday that 2093 was being considered as a target date for achieving parity in incarceration rates for Aboriginal an... Read more
In her latest edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell reports on growing concerns around food insecurity, the wide-ranging health impacts of racism, and calls to address the moral dete... Read more
In the latest edition of the COVID-19 wrap, public health researcher Alison Barrett reports on some recent research findings and releases, including primary healthcare news. COVID-19 care be... Read more
Every week, a different guest tweeter takes charge of Croakey’s rotated, curated Twitter account, @WePublicHealth, to cover specific health issues or events. Recently, Health Justice Austra... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: A chronically ill refugee who is being held in detention in Melbourne has taken action in the High Court against Minister Peter Dutton and the Department of Home Affa... Read more
Alarm bells about punitive policing in NSW during the COVID-19 pandemic were sounded recently in this Croakey article by Peta MacGillivray, a Kalkadoon and South Sea Islander lawyer who is p... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Federal Government has finally launched a national information campaign on the novel coronavirus, amid ongoing concerns about confusion and inconsistency in its... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: In the United States, more than 450 public health, human rights and legal experts and organisations have signed an open letter calling for “a fair and effective” res... Read more
