Introduction by Croakey: Croakey has published a series of articles on calls to strengthen the Federal Government’s draft National Preventive Health Strategy. In the post below, Dietitians A... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Australia and New Zealand may now be linked by our travel bubble but when it comes to tobacco control our countries are moving further apart. The Aotearoa New Zealan... Read more
To mark World Health Day, Croakey’s Melissa Sweet digs into a report investigating tobacco industry efforts to undermine public health regulations globally. Many of the report’s themes... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Several important commitments for public health have been made ahead of next Saturday’s Western Australian election (13 March), for which almost one-quarter of... Read more
As Western Australia heads to a state election on 13 March, a local government in a regional area is showing leadership in public health, banning outdoor advertising for unhealthy products i... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: A new code of practice to address online misinformation and disinformation, developed for and by the digital tech industry, has been slammed by critics as falling way... Read more
Western Australian health groups are calling on the State Government to put an end to junk food advertising on public transport, billboards and sporting venues. As the ABC reported today, th... Read more
The newly released 2019 Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors study, which explores 286 causes of death in 204 countries and territories to reveal the state of the world’s hea... Read more
Our experience with COVID-19 is highlighting the urgent need to do much more to prevent chronic diseases, according to Emma Lonsdale, Executive Officer, Australian Chronic Disease Prevention... Read more
Thousands of premature deaths have been prevented by the drop in tobacco use among Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander people, write Ms Emily Colonna, Dr Raglan Maddox, Dr Katherine Thurber, a... Read more
