As humanity faces existential threats of the climate crisis and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, not to mention growing inequality, how does the Morrison Government’s budget stack up for hea... 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 Public Health Association of Australia condemned Tuesday’s “terribly disappointing” coronavirus recovery-focused federal budget, saying it “borders on disastrous... Read more
This is a rolling wrap of reaction to the 2020-21 Federal Budget, which comes in the wake of the health, social and economic devastation of the coronavirus pandemic. It compiles reaction to... Read more
Innovation in health services and new forms of collaboration are some of the lesser-known spinoffs of the pandemic in Victoria, according to Tom Symondson, Chief Executive of the Victorian H... Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has been described as a ‘perfect storm’ for the creation and dissemination of disinformation (intentionally misleading), misinformation (unintentionally misleading) and... Read more
The special report from the Aged Care Royal Commission, released yesterday, found that the Federal Government had not adequately prepared the aged care sector for the COVID-19 pandemic. In t... Read more
Yesterday the Aged Care Royal Commissioners, the Honourable Tony Pagone QC and Lynelle Briggs AO, released a special report on the COVID-19 pandemic in aged care. The report identifies four... Read more
In June, Croakey reported concerns about delays with the implementation of a much-heralded United Nations treaty to prevent mistreatment in prisons, police cells and other secure settings du... Read more
Save Westernport is a community group working to prevent the development of a new gas project in the middle of an internationally protected wetland in Westernport Bay on Victoria’s Morningto... Read more
