Introduction by Croakey: “They keep on telling me there is nothing called ‘white privilege’ — give me a break. I don’t see any white people going into a store on Oxford Street and being foll... Read more
Peter McInnes writes: Prime Minister Scott Morrison loves to watch his beloved Rugby League team the Sharks play. In a pandemic, that can be controversial. As a skilful politician he must be... Read more
Last week, @WePublicHealth took a left turn and looked at women’s cricket. Here’s Mark Ragg’s summary of his week at the helm. Background The baggy green belonged to Christina Matthews, form... Read more
Last week at Croakey’s rotational Twitter account @WePublicHealth, Dr Jason Thompson, a Senior Research Fellow at the Melbourne School of Design and Transport, Health and Urban Design (THUD)... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Professor Brendan Murphy, currently the Australian Government’s Chief Medical Officer, will be the new Secretary of the Department of Health, following the retiremen... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The overwhelming majority of AFL clubs were sponsored by at least one company that promoted junk food, alcohol or gambling products during the 2019 AFL season, a rev... Read more
There are few summer pastimes more Australian than sitting down to watch the sport, but are our kids absorbing more than the scores? The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, FARE... Read more
The structural drivers of poor health and wellbeing, including gender inequality, racism, discrimination, and the vested interests of the food and gambling industries, were centre-stage at t... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: It’s telling what you don’t find when searching the new National Sport Plan, released with much fanfare last week by Sport Minister Bridget McKenzie. The... Read more
With less than a week to go in the Australian Open, it is timely to investigate the public health implications of the event’s sponsorship arrangements. Ainslie Sartori, a public health nutri... Read more
