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Stop the pandemic neglect of people living in Supported Residential Services

Editor: Melissa SweetAuthor: Liz Dearn and Lisa Brophyon: September 02, 2020In: Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, disabilities, health inequalities, human rights, mental health, quality and safety of health care, Social determinants of health

The pandemic has generated widespread debate about the aged care industry and concern for elderly people and their families. Supported Residential Services (SRS) are another sector in urgent... Read more

Closing the Gap National Agreement offers “huge step forward … if fully implemented”

Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Marie McInerneyon: July 30, 2020In: Global health and climate change, Healthcare and health reform, Indigenous health, justice, poverty, Public health and population health, racism, social and emotional wellbeing, Social determinants of health

Marie McInerney writes: The landmark Closing the Gap National Agreement was released on Thursday, offering a “turning point” in the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander... Read more

Record COVID-19 cases in Victoria amid scrutiny of hotel quarantine, public housing lockdown

Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Nicole Bartholomeuszon: July 10, 2020In: Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, Global health and climate change, Indigenous health, Public health and population health, Social determinants of health, trauma

Introduction by Croakey: Victoria has recorded the biggest daily COVID-19 spike to date in Australia, with 288 cases confirmed on Friday for the previous 24 hour period. The news came as Pri... Read more

Experts warn the pandemic is set to turn Australia’s growing health gap into a “chasm”

Editor: Melissa SweetAuthor: Marie McInerneyon: July 06, 2020In: #HealthReImagined, Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, health inequalities, public health, Public health and population health, racism, Social determinants of health, social policy

VicHealth is this week putting the spotlight on addressing a “pandemic” of social and health inequities through its Life and Health ReImagined initiative. Join the webinar discus... Read more

Australian urban planners need to address racial and social inequities

Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Carolyn Whitzmanon: July 02, 2020In: Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, Global health and climate change, Indigenous health, poverty, Public health and population health, racism, Social determinants of health, violence

The intersecting crises of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter injustices are prompting calls for urban planners to address their roles in perpetuating often fatal racial and social inequity. Fo... Read more

Warning on role of housing stress as 10 Melbourne postcodes locked down to stem COVID-19

Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Rebecca Bentley and Erika Martinoon: June 30, 2020In: Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, health inequalities, public health, Social determinants of health, The Conversation

Introduction by Croakey: Victoria on Tuesday announced strict lockdown orders lasting four weeks for 10 “hotspot” postcode areas, affecting 36 suburbs in Melbourne’s north... Read more

We must act on homelessness before COVID-19 winter

Editor: Mark RaggAuthor: Anne O'Brien and Hal Pawsonon: April 27, 2020In: Coronavirus outbreak 2019-2020, health inequalities, Social determinants of health, social policy

Anne O’Brien and Hal Pawson write: The homeless need to be in housing before winter sets in and the spread of COVID-19 worsens. Without this, people could be dying without any support. And b... Read more

Hopes on new Closing the Gap agreement, systemic reform and funding, after “intolerable gaps” in 2020 report

Editor: Marie McInerneyAuthor: Marie McInerneyon: February 12, 2020In: Healthcare and health reform, Indigenous health, public health, Public health and population health, Social determinants of health, Uluru Statement

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups and leaders on Wednesday expressed hope and optimism that the new Closing the Gap agreement – being developed, for the first time, in partn... Read more

In remote Indigenous communities, housing can support or undermine health

Editor: Dr Ruth ArmstrongAuthor: Nina Hall, Tim Foster, Shahmir Ali and Andrew Redmondon: November 11, 2019In: Indigenous health, public health, Social determinants of health

Introduction by Croakey: Earlier this year residents of Santa Teresa, a remote Indigenous community near Alice Springs, were awarded compensation, after bringing an action against the NT gov... Read more

A better way to invest in mental health

Editor: Jennifer DoggettAuthor: Carmel Tebbutton: October 28, 2019In: mental health, Social determinants of health

The recently released, Charter 2020: Time To Fix Mental Health, sets out nine guiding principles crucial to improving Australia’s mental health system. This document was coordinated by Menta... Read more