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
A National Preventive Health Strategy that does not address the health impacts of climate change is certain to fail in its objectives, according to a joint statement released today by 32 key... Read more
The upcoming Federal Budget, delivered in the context of a health and economic crisis, provides both challenges and opportunities for health. While spending is expected to be constrained ove... Read more
Our experience with COVID-19 is highlighting the urgent need to do much more to prevent chronic diseases, according to Emma Lonsdale, Executive Officer, Australian Chronic Disease Prevention... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Even before the COVID-19 pandemic began, polls found that almost three in four Australians who drink do so most frequently at home — either their home or someone els... Read more
