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
Health leaders are celebrating victory in a long, hard-fought campaign for clearly visible pregnancy warning labels on alcohol, following a decision on Friday by representatives of the Austr... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Food labelling is a contentious issue. Consumers and health advocates want labels to clearly reflect the contents, and the potential benefits and harms, of what is b... Read more
Dr Melissa Stoneham writes: Marulu is a Bunuba word meaning precious and worth nurturing. The Marulu Strategy is a community initiative to overcome Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) an... Read more
The complexities for public health messaging around women drinking during pregnancy have been highlighted by new research undertaken at the University of Canberra’s News and Media Research C... Read more
In her final report from this week’s Australasian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) conference in Brisbane, Mardi Chapman examines some of the political and policy challenges ahead. Sh... Read more
A clear message from this week’s Australasian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) conference in Brisbane is the need for population-based strategies to tackle alcohol availability,... Read more
“The alcohol industry carries a heavy burden of responsibility for FASD” – and other conference news
The challenges for prevention, for refugee communities and for the justice system were among the topics of discussion at the Australasian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) conference i... Read more
In the article below, journalist Mardi Chapman previews the Australasian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) conference, which began in Brisbane today. And in the second article, Scott W... Read more
The Australasian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) conference in Brisbane this week is likely to attract widespread media interest. Recognising that media coverage can have both helpfu... Read more
