I like the saying that you so often hear in health – that each system is perfectly designed to produce the results that it does. It’s often used to account for the evidence that... Read more
In case there are any researchers or journalists out there with too much time on their hands, here are two ideas for stories or research projects. • What is the role of the media in Mr Ward... Read more
The Australian has quite a history of being not very nice about Crikey, most recently suggesting that our illustrious leader, Jonathan Green, is “not a real editor”. Not to be confused with... Read more
After wading through the waffle of the latest National Mental Health Policy, Australian Doctor’s political editor Paul Smith is less than impressed. Below is an edited version of his column... Read more
This excellent article from the Washington Post begins thus: It’s the doctors, stupid. If we really want to fix America’s overpriced and under-performing health-care system, what... Read more
Melissa Sweet, health journalist and Croakey moderator, writes: OK, some Croakey readers might be thinking, what on earth has the Sydney Writer’s Festival got to do with health? Person... Read more
Simon Chapman, Professor of Public Health at the University of Sydney, unpicks claims that shopkeepers are being hit hard by new tobacco display regulations. He writes: The Sun-Herald this w... Read more
Dr Craig Dalton, a Public Health Physician and Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle, is looking for people to help with an inno... Read more
This report in The Age on Tuesday was titled “death knell for homelands”. It said that “thousands of Aborigines living on their remote Northern Territory homelands will be... Read more
The controversial sponsorship deal between Sanofi-Aventis and the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute has been found to be in breach of the Medicines Australia code of conduct. Under the... Read more
