Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 18 January 2021. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2020. This article was fi... Read more
Leading scholars have called for wide-ranging efforts to address low levels of racial literacy in Australia, including investment in race as an area of study within disciplines such as educa... Read more
Croakey is publishing a series of articles examining the health implications of the Federal Government’s planned changes to university funding. Below, Donna Murray, the CEO of Indigenous All... Read more
Regional Australia will bear the brunt of the Federal Government’s changes to university funding, with women likely to be worst affected, according to Jon Wardle, Professor of Public Health... Read more
Indigenous health, medical and public health experts have raised wide-ranging concerns about the Federal Government’s changes to university funding that will increase the costs for students... Read more
Melissa Sweet writes: Experts in the health sector have urged the Federal Government to abandon plans to increase charges for university students undertaking humanities courses, arguing that... Read more
Australia’s strong public health sector has been instrumental in helping the country navigate a relatively safe course through the first stages of the global coronavirus pandemic, writes Nic... Read more
Literacy helps with economic growth and independence. It reduces poverty. It promotes engagement with democracy. It leads to increased self-esteem, confidence and empowerment. Literacy is a... Read more
(Introduction by Croakey) Towards the end of last year, the Medical Board of Australia released a new Professional Performance Framework for patient safety. The framework has five “pillars,”... Read more
Students know completing a university degree gives them a better chance of landing a high-paying job, often after surviving financial hardship while studying. But striking a balance between... Read more
