Introduction by Croakey: Nearly 300 mental health consumers and allies across mental health disciplines have signed a letter calling on the ABC to apologise for its recent Four Corners TV ep... Read more
*** This post was updated with further tweets on 28 July *** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, health and medical, legal and human rights organisations have condemned state, territory,... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Black Lives Matter is a defining moment in history, and non-Indigenous Australians must step up in demanding justice and an end to racism, writes Ms Jill Gallagher,... Read more
In the early stages of COVID-19 in Australia, Federal Parliament was pretty much closed down. Executive government has ruled, modified to some extent by the existence of a National Cabinet (... Read more
Mark Ragg and Megan Williams write: Health and social programs developed by and aimed at improving the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been credited with bringing... Read more
Hannah Soong and Nicholas Procter write: The Victorian and ACT governments in recent days released support packages for international students facing hardship due to COVID-19. Victoria has c... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: New restrictions on people’s lives, while part of the public health response to COVID-19, have a significant effect on freedoms we normally take for granted, such as... Read more
There many groups at increased risk of harms related to the COVID-19 pandemic whose needs appear to be largely ignored in Australia’s response (including homeless people, people with disabil... Read more
Recently Croakey reported on the joint statement issued by fifteen leading health organisations in Victoria, sounding the alarm about the Federal Government’s religious discrimination bill,... Read more
John Orchard writes: We’ve known for a while than life expectancy is slightly worse (4-6 yrs) in poorer Australians with smoking status, diet, exercise and maybe less access to ‘good’ medica... Read more
