About Croakey’s funding sources

Croakey has a mixed revenue stream that includes support from our premium sponsor cohealth and from members of our funding consortium. Social journalism activities including the Croakey Conference News Service and #CroakeyGO events also provide funding.

We also generate funds for our public interest journalism activities from our commercial arm: Croakey Professional Services, which provides consultancy and training services. We also apply for grants from various bodies to support public interest journalism activities.

Our social journalism for health is provided thanks to the generosity of the following supporters in 2019.

Premium Sponsor

Cohealth

Probono

Thompson Geer Lawyers have taken Croakey to the next phase of our evolution.

In 2018, they established Croakey as an organisation and supported us through the establishment of Croakey as a Not-For-Profit entity.

Current consortium members

Australian College of Health Service Management

Australian Health Promotion Association

Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association

Carers Australia

Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education

George Institute for Global Health

National Rural Health Alliance

North Western Melbourne PHN

Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA

Public Health Association of Australia

Rural & Remote Medical Services Ltd

Victorian Health Promotion Foundation

Grant sources

ACMA

The Judith Neilson Institute

Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

The Oak Foundation

Previous consortium members

Palliative Care Australia

Centre for Health Policy, University of Melbourne

Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, UNSW

McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth

School of Public Health, University of Sydney

School of Public Health, University of New South Wales

College of Medicine & Public Health, Flinders University

School of Population & Global Health, University of Western Australia

School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia

Individual Donors

Associate Professor Julie Leask
Associate Professor Lesley Russell

Trading Income

20 percent of the fees for journalistic and professional services go towards Croakey’s operational costs with the following ratios.

Professional Services Clients

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, University of Queensland

Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW

Australian Centre for Public and Population Health Research, University of Technology, Sydney

Equity Trustees

Centre for Research Excellence in the Social Determinants of Health Equity, Flinders University

Gandangara Local Aboriginal Land Council

Indigenous Allied Health Australia

School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of NSW

Sydney West Translational Cancer Research Centre

The Lowitja Institute

The Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research & Enterprise

UWA School of Indigenous Studies

Conference News Service Clients

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

Australian College of Nursing

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

Australian Health Promotion Association

Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association

Centre for Aboriginal Health, NSW Ministry of Health

Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of NSW

Choosing Wisely Australia

Community Mental Health Australia

Consumers Health Forum of Australia

Equally Well

Lowitja Institute

Mental Health Victoria

National Rural Health Alliance

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Safer Care Victoria

The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne

Victorian Health Promotion Foundation

Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council

CroakeyGo

Cohealth sponsored #CroakeyGO #VicVotes

NWMPHN sponsored #CroakeyGO #NavigatingHealth

IPC Health sponsored #CroakeyGO #HeatwaveHealth

A heartfelt thankyou to all of our generous sponsors, funders and individuals who make our work possible.

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What people say about Croakey

Croakey gives me the best independent and most relevant public health news and views.

Dr Mark Wenitong

Public Health Medical Advisor,  Apunipima Cape York Health Council  , Associate Professor (Adjunct)  School of Public Health,Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences  James Cook University, Cairns.  

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We love Croakey! The team here at the ircohe.net use Croakey to show our students what great public health contribution expert media effort can make to the world. True, we contribute stories, but more importantly, we love the difference Croakey makes to the health conversation in Australia.

Professors Marc Tennant, Estie Kruger and Kate Dyson

International Research Collaborative, Oral Health and Equity, The University of Western Australia.

Croakey is a valuable voice in the health space, providing a respected and wide ranging platform for health experts and professionals to debate this crucial area of public policy.

Catherine King

former Shadow Health Minister

Croakey provides an informed voice to the health, equity and environmental debates, and is helping mobilise the necessary political and popular support for a radical break from the complacent and compartmentalized attitude that still dominates much of the political agenda.

Professor Sharon Friel

Australian National University

One of my favourite things about Croakey is the active engagement of so many people with a passion for equity and public health.

Dr Melissa Sweet

public health journalist and Croakey founder

Croakey – it’s a constant in my life. It’s my first ‘go to’ place on the web. It changed how I viewed news. It took expressing an opinion to a new level. I love the way Croakey pulls out something new or puts a different twist on an old idea. The diversity of authors and timeliness of posts are very much appreciated. Bring me more of this!

Dr Melissa Stoneham

Public health leader

Croakey has, over some years, provided a platform for debate about health policy, planning, funding and services. There aren’t enough places for these debates, and important issues affecting the health of our community risk going unexplored. Croakey helps to fill this hole. Viva Croakey!

Sebastian Rosenberg

Senior Lecturer, Brain and Mind Centre, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney

At the Walkleys we celebrate and support great Australian journalism. Through our Walkley Grants for Innovation in Journalism we encourage projects that combine quality reporting with an entrepreneurial approach. We’re proud to support projects like Croakey that are an innovative platform driven by independent, ethical journalism for the public benefit.

Clare Fletcher

The Walkley Foundation

Croakey provides a rare platform to explore public health issues from a range of perspectives. Melissa and Marie have supported #cripcroakey, a series of articles about disability and health, at a time of profound change in disability policy that needs scrutiny and analysis. Croakey’s backing of writers from diverse backgrounds is a fantastic addition to Australian media.

El Gibbs

Award-winning writer; Leading #CripCroakey investigations of disability and health issues

If you work in the health area – and especially if you are a policy wonk, a political nerd, or a news fiend – then Croakey Blog is an essential component of your life. Croakey Blog and @Croakey tweets keep me informed about a wide range of health issues – the impact of budget cuts, new policy announcements and publications, expert opinions and commentary, and what’s being talked about at the conferences I’m unable to attend. I appreciate the timeliness, the broad scope of issues covered, and the breadth of expertise involved. And I particularly appreciate the strong commitment to social justice and tackling Indigenous disadvantage. I’m looking forward to the revamped and relaunched Croakey!

Lesley Russell

Adj Assoc Professor at Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney, Visiting Fellow, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, Australian National University

Croakey gives us our daily dose of independent thinking, discussion and debate on all things public health. The broad mix of contributors, topics and prolific tweets combine to make it a valuable and lively source of news and food for thought for all Australians.

Shauna Hurley 

Monash University

About Croakey’s funding sources

Premium Sponsor

Probono

Current consortium members

Grant sources

Previous consortium members

Individual Donors

Trading Income

Sponsored Editorial 2019

Professional Services Clients

Conference News Service Clients

CroakeyGo

Help support non-profit public interest journalism

Join one of our annual Funding Consortia

What people say about Croakey

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Merchandise

Contacts

Projects

Testimonials

Donations

Help support non-profit public interest journalism

Join one of our annual Funding Consortia

What people say about Croakey

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