Introduction by Croakey: If Minister for Health Greg Hunt is serious about improving women’s health and wellbeing, he should aim to work closely with the new Minister for Women’s Economic Se... 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
Introduction by Croakey: While so much of the discussion about Australia’s response to COVID-19 has focused on the health, disability and aged care systems, a new report suggests we should b... Read more
(Croakey Intro) When a University of Auckland researcher tried to find out how much New Zealand universities spend on subscriptions to journals, it took him more than three years and a great... Read more
Dave deBronkart – who is probably better known as e-patient Dave – was a visiting professor in internal medicine at the Mayo Clinic in the US this year, on the basis of his own experie... Read more
Marie McInerney reports: A “tortuously worded disclaimer” from KPMG on its industry-funded report about the risks of illicit tobacco consumption in Australia (see below) was a reminder to th... Read more
Recent headline-attracting estimates about the level of government spending on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people need to be put in context, according to the ANU’s Professor Jon Al... Read more
It seems that George Souris, the NSW Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Hospitality and Racing, and Minister for the Arts, could do with something of a Ministerial briefing – from the... Read more
Individual studies should not generally be used in knowledge translation efforts aimed at the public, policy makers or health professionals. This is one recommendation from a new paper by in... Read more
Two comments have always stuck in my mind when it comes to the role of the media and the public’s health. One is from Dr Alex Wodak, law reform advocate, social justice champion and drug and... Read more
