Political leadership needed to address disinformation
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
Time for climate journalism that meets the severity and scale of the climate crisis
The Climate Council’s new extreme weather report, Hitting Home: The compounding costs of climate inaction, finds that 2019-20 was a period of unprecedented fire events, killer heat, powerful... Read more
Trump’s time is up, but his Twitter legacy lives on in the global spread of QAnon conspiracy theories
A coordinated international effort is needed to tackle the dissemination via social media of dangerous conspiracy theories and far-right extremism, according Professor Verica Rupar, from the... Read more
Clear calls to action emerge from #JusticeCOVID project
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
To govern for health: transform the conversation
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
A rousing call for global action against Facebook and digital platforms that spread lies
When the business models of some of the world’s most powerful companies benefit from the dissemination of lies and disinformation, what does this mean for democracy? Marie McInerney re... Read more
Save public interest journalism – for health
With only 10 days left until submissions close to the Senate inquiry into media diversity in Australia, we are encouraging readers to consider making submissions on sustaining a healthy publ... Read more
How can journalism do a better job of covering climate disasters?
Reporting on disasters has always been fraught for journalists, and the people and communities they report on – and these issues are likely only to intensify as we experience increasing disa... Read more
From climate change to COVID, the media crisis is a health hazard. Here are some opportunities for change
Croakey readers are encouraged to engage with a Senate inquiry into the state of media diversity, independence and reliability in Australia and the impact this has on public interest journal... Read more
Standing up for what is right: Pat Turner on the legacy of her uncle, Dr Charles Perkins
Introduction by Croakey: The Joint Council on Closing the Gap, representing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and governments, has agreed to this strategic plan to guide in... Read more