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
Ahead of the Western Australian election next year, public health advocates are signalling their determination to put climate action, criminal law reform and increased spending on prevention... Read more
This is a rolling wrap of reaction to the 2020-21 Federal Budget from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and tweeps. See the Budget statement from the Minister for Indigenou... Read more
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
