About Croakey’s funding sources

Croakey has a mixed revenue stream that includes support from members of our funding consortium. There are four tiers of funding consortia:-

Health Equity Champion
Health Equity Star
Health Equity Heart, and
Health Equity Supporter

The details of each tier can be found here and a list of current consortium members is outlined below.

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.

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.

Funding Consortium members

Health Equity Champion

Health Equity Star

Health Equity Hearts

Australian College of Health Service Management

Girra Maa Indigenous Health Discipline, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health, UTS

George Institute for Global Health

Cancer Council WA

School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia

Health Equity Supporters

Australian Health Promotion Association

Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education

School of Population Health, University of NSW

Public Health Association of Australia

Carers Australia

Grant sources

ACMA

The Judith Neilson Institute

Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation

The Oak Foundation

Previous consortium members

North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network

The Public Health Advocacy Institute

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

Julia Anaf

Ruth Armstrong

Fran Baum

Lynette Brodie

Maureen Chapman

Brigid Coombe

Sally Fitzpatrick

Gordon Gregory

Birdie Gurley

Holley Jones

Julie Leask

Peter Lindenmayer

Nicole MacKee

Charles Maskell-Knight

Kerry McCallum

Marie McInerney

Bernard McCormick

John Rogers

Lesley Russell

Penelope Smith

Jan Sweet

Dr Melissa Sweet

Alison Tomlin

David Vaile

Mitchell Ward

Tarun Weeramanthri

Jacob Wilson

Henry Woo

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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Croakey has a mixed revenue stream that includes support from members of our funding consortium. There are four tiers of funding consortia:-

Health Equity Champion
Health Equity Star
Health Equity Heart, and
Health Equity Supporter

The details of each tier can be found here and a list of current consortium members can be found here.

If you would like to be part of one of the Consortia, please contact us at: laurell@croakey.org.

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What people say about Croakey

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

Croakey columnist and Adj Assoc Professor at Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney

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Croakey is the platform where health issues are dissected from every angle – from the complex impact on health arising from social, economic and environmental policies, to the influence of vested interests on public health, and insightful analysis of health care policies. It is a place where I can read the viewpoints of those who don’t often get heard in the mainstream media alongside prominent experts, learn about the lived experiences of diverse Australians, and see opportunities and fresh approaches to tackle our most challenging health issues.

Marita Hefler

Researcher, News Editor, BMJ Tobacco Control

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 is now well established as compulsory reading for influencers and observers in health and medicine in Australia and internationally – and rightly so. As a blog, it gives voice to people who support or oppose government health and social policy. It allows people to express their views and opinions openly, passionately, and freely – from all perspectives. More importantly, Croakey provides a forum for new ideas and new thinking – based on experiences at the frontline of health service delivery – which we can only hope find their way into future health policy to provide better health services to the Australian community.

John Flannery

Health communications expert

Loved the program. Love the Croakey news service – think it really gives the conference a bigger audience!

Great event and extensive social media coverage

Conference delegates

The Oceanic Palliative Care Conference (#21OPCC)

Croakey is a must read for anyone who craves the public health stories that no one else reports. A truly independent and critical voice that both exposes health injustices and champions smart solutions to health inequalities.

Dr Becky Freeman

Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney

Croakey Health Media was the official media partner for VicHealth’s Life and Health Reimagined series (2020). Croakey’s indepth coverage of the five-week series amplified the conversation about how we can make life after coronavirus better and healthier for everyone.
Croakey’s coverage included compelling articles about each week’s topic and wrap-ups of the live-streamed events, live tweeting, a Twitter takeover of the @WePublicHealth account and a podcast summarising the series.
Having Croakey as our media partner enabled us to reach a more diverse public health audience and introduced new voices and experts to the discussion. Croakey’s team also generated a lively dialogue on social media about the series, driving debate and frank discussion on the important topic of how do we create a healthier, fairer, better world post-pandemic.
I would highly recommend Croakey Conference News Service to anyone seeking an innovative and collaborative media partner for a conference or event.

Rachel Murphy

VicHealth

From a crowded inbox, Croakey always leaps to my attention. It delivers views and information on a wide range of issues of relevance to rural and remote health and wellbeing.

Gordon Gregory

Rural health advocate

HUGE congratulations to all the Croakey team on your coverage of our Summit. To say we have been delighted with the event, your coverage and the wash up is an understatement. You did such a fantastic job. I know how much there was to synthesise! I was particularly impressed with the flair and variety in how you approached the various pieces of coverage.

Leanne Wells

Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Health Forum of Australia re: #ShiftingGears (2021)

If news doesn’t make you squirm it’s simply propaganda. Croakey’s unique blend of activism, humour and plain good reporting makes it an essential – if not always comfortable – read!

Professor Virginia Barbour

QUT

Croakey not only gives me up to date information on contemporary health issues, but allows me to send my health information across Australia in an instant. It is also the perfect vehicle for starting peoples’ movements, engaging with Indigenous peoples and our issues, and building a community that has at its basis a desire to make positive change happen. It is polite and political, informative and inspiring. Active engagement is what Croakey does – and I like it!

Professor Kerry Arabena

Public health leader

About Croakey’s funding sources

Probono

Funding Consortium members

Health Equity Champion

Health Equity Star

Health Equity Hearts

Health Equity Supporters

Grant sources

Previous consortium members

Individual Donors

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

Follow us on social media

Merchandise

Contacts

Projects

Testimonials

Donations

Help support non-profit public interest journalism

Join one of our annual Funding Consortia

What people say about Croakey

Follow us on social media