Michael Thorn writes: Shocking scandals continue to roll through the media cycle, featuring abuse of power and influence by the addictive industries, and alleging corruption and worse. Who h... Read more
Private health insurance has been the subject of much debate for decades now. Policies to support it have increased in complexity and cost, all without clear evidence that support is effecti... Read more
The NSW Government is set to debate a bill that will have it become the last state to decriminalise abortion. A new campaign has begun – #Arrest Us. In the early 1970s eighty women dec... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The essay below – Why did you get into this work? – from leading public health academic and researcher Simon Chapman makes for timely reading. It comes ahead of this... Read more
It may seem as though we have an endless choice of brands when we are shopping at the local supermarket. But delve a little deeper and our choices are in reality much more constrained. Work... Read more
While the public health community in Australia responded positively to the UK’s announcement of a ‘sugar tax’, not all commentators on health policy support the introduction of a similar tax... Read more
Why is it that, while we know it’s the big issues, such as social disadvantage, lack of education and powerlessness, that have the most effect on health, we often focus on the smaller... Read more
This week’s Health Wrap is compiled by my colleague Megan Howe, the Sax Institute’s Publications Manager. Enjoy the Wrap and tw... Read more
The New York Times prompted much public health concern this week with a report in its Well section that Coca-Cola “is backing a new ‘science-based’ solution to the obesity... Read more
This Sunday marks the first anniversary of the election of the Abbott Government. We’ll leave it up to Croakey readers to characterise the year in health – feel free to post (publishable) co... Read more
