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
Introduction by Croakey: United States President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to “restore the soul of America”, putting action on the coronavirus pandemic, the climate crisis, racial injustic... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Global health specialists have been warning for decades that we were at risk of a devastating global pandemic and would likely fail to manage it. Now here we are liv... Read more
The Federal Government’s refusal to enable access to Medicare funding to the overwhelmingly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth detainees at Darwin’s Don Dale Detention Centre calls... Read more
People with lived experience of gambling harms joined researchers and other public health advocates to call for action on the “predatory” gambling industry during a landmark event this week.... Read more
Marie McInerney writes Victoria on Wednesday reported just three new cases of COVID-19, down from its daily peak of 725 cases in early August — an achievement that is being hailed by many e... Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating health, social and economic impacts and exacerbated the inequities that already exist within our community. A new report, developed by ACOSS in part... Read more
In the first several months of the pandemic, Australian governments took generally swift and decisive action to minimise the deaths and suffering caused by the novel coronavirus. What are th... Read more
Bardi researcher Dr Michael Doyle and PhD candidate Teagan Weatherall, a Kamilaroi and Anaiwan woman, will present on Thursday (3 September) in the latest webinar of the 2020 Symposium Serie... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: The landmark Closing the Gap National Agreement was released on Thursday, offering a “turning point” in the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander... Read more
