As Guardian Australia reported last month, the World Health Organization selected Professor Dominic Dwyer, Director of Public Health Pathology at New South Wales Health Pathology in Sydney,... Read more
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
In an open letter, more than 1,200 academics from universities and institutes across Australia have written to the Victorian Government to protest against the destruction of Djab Wurrung cou... Read more
Victorians were disappointed on Sunday as the State Government “hit pause” on emergence from extended lockdown while it awaits the results of testing for COVID-19 from a complex cluster in M... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Elections in New Zealand and the Australian Capital Territory on Saturday have returned historic results, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party securing... Read more
Many Indigenous communities have been disproportionately hit by the coronavirus pandemic but, in Australia, strong community leadership has been key in the successful COVID-19 response by Ab... Read more
Amid the COVID-19 “infodemic”, access to timely, tailored, evidence-based advice is critical for Australian healthcare professionals. A suite of resources from the Australian Commission on S... Read more
Daniel Strachan, Katherine Gilbert and Clare Strachan write: The Ebola pandemic in West Africa demonstrated the challenge of capturing insights from health workers during a health crisis. Th... Read more
Shaun Tatipata writes: With some elective surgery recommencing this week after the COVID-19 shutdown, it is critical that health authorities prioritise equity of access for Aboriginal and To... Read more
In the latest edition of the COVID-19 wrap, public health researcher Alison Barrett reports on death tolls, analysing Twitter, vaccine development, the challenges African nations may face, c... Read more
