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
Every week, a different guest tweeter takes charge of Croakey’s rotated, curated Twitter account, @WePublicHealth, to cover specific health issues or events. Recently, Health Justice Austra... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Federal Department of Health last week released the Management and Operational Plan for COVID-19 for People with Disability, which says the novel coronavirus pre... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: People With Disability Australia (PWDA) has called for people with a disability to be included in the management of the COVID-19 outbreak. CEO Jeff Smith has urged... Read more
Responses to the climate crisis must stop excluding disabled people and ensure their knowledge and needs are centred, according to writer El Gibbs. “Listen to us, include us and hear our exp... Read more
El Gibbs writes: The newly returned Morrison Government has, rightly, named the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), as one of their key priorities for this term, naming Stuart Rober... Read more
People with disabilities and their carers and organisations took to Twitter and venues across Australia last Friday to call for action on critical flaws and failures in the rollout of the Na... Read more
Too often, days of political action and agitation for reform become feel-good photo opportunities for allies wanting kudos, and International Day of People with Disability is no exception. I... Read more
Important questions about the impacts of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) upon Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will be addressed during a conference hosted in NSW... Read more
As part of the countdown to the launch of the #JustJustice book on Sunday, writer Karen Wyld introduces some of the key themes that have emerged from more than 90 articles published as part... Read more
