Introduction by Croakey: As the 2021 Federal Budget looms, hopes will rise that the Federal Government will act on all the lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic and a host of inquiries and inve... Read more
United States public health agency declares racism a serious health threat. Meanwhile, in Australia…
Introduction by Croakey: The United States’ leading public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has recently declared racism to be a “serious public health threat”... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Tasmanians go to the polls this Saturday, 1 May, with media predicting the result will go down to the wire through Tasmania’s Hare-Clark proportional electoral syste... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A group of international researchers is calling for urgent changes in public health policies to reflect “ten streams of evidence” that they say collectively support... Read more
Reports today that fewer than 50 percent of over-50s in Australia are willing to get the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine have raised concerns about whether vaccine hesitancy among the Australia... Read more
Shine Lawyers last week added to health sector calls for a no-fault compensation scheme to cover lost income, medical expenses, and personal care needs for people who are “unlucky enough” to... Read more
Fossil fuel subsidies cost Australians $10.3 billion in 2020-21 with one Commonwealth tax break alone ($7.84 billion) exceeding the $7.82 billion spent on the Australian Army, according to r... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Leading Australian public health specialist Dr Tarun Weeramanthri is urging Australia’s Infection Control Expert Group (ICEG) and the bodies it advises, including Na... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As Guardian Australia reported, disability advocates have condemned the failure to prioritise disability care in the national COVID-19 vaccine rollout to date. That... Read more
Amid rising long-term use of antidepressants globally, a new Cochrane review has found there is little high quality evidence on safe and effective approaches to stopping treatment. Cochrane... Read more
