Ahead of a looming 19 April deadline for submissions on the draft National Preventive Health Strategy, a leading public health expert has urged a focus on equity and chronic disease. Profess... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: On International Women’s Day many Australians are angry at continuing sexual violence against women with a series of rape allegations – historical and current – rock... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Several important commitments for public health have been made ahead of next Saturday’s Western Australian election (13 March), for which almost one-quarter of... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: On World Obesity Day a new report calls on Australian governments to protect children from unhealthy food marketing and highlights research that seven in 10 adults w... 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
Unsafe alcohol consumption is a longstanding public health issue in Australia and the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need for comprehensive policy measures to reduce the harmful effects... Read more
The Public Health Association of Australia condemned this month’s “terribly disappointing” coronavirus recovery-focused Federal Budget federal budget for its failure to invest in preventive... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: In a year dominated by the most significant global public health emergency in a century, Australia’s COVID recovery budget offered little for the sector at the... Read more
The lack of focus in last week’s Federal Budget on prevention highlights the low levels of awareness within government of the importance of health promotion, public health and social d... Read more
In most areas of health care the social and environmental determinants of health are overlooked in favour of an individualistic approach to treating illness and disability. Below, PhD studen... Read more
