Last night, the former federal health minister Tony Abbott told a crowd at the University of Sydney that he didn’t support the NSW laws which took effect yesterday, banning smoking in... Read more
The debate last night between public health advocate Professor Mike Daube and former health minister Tony Abbott – Welcome back nanny? Civil liberties vs the public good – was mu... Read more
Tony Abbott was not known, during his time as health minister, for seeing eye-to-eye with public health advocates. Tonight he takes to the stage at the University of Sydney to debate leading... Read more
After keeping us waiting for some time, the NHMRC has finally delivered a swag of reviews and reports for public comment, including the much-anticipated Nutbeam Review of Public Health Resea... Read more
I like the saying that you so often hear in health – that each system is perfectly designed to produce the results that it does. It’s often used to account for the evidence that... Read more
Moves are afoot to tighten regulation of the complementary health sector. University of Queensland researcher Jon Wardle examines why this is particularly important for the many Australians... Read more
Back on April 1, when the Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents was launched, it included mention of an NHMRC review of public health research which was conducted last year and whose find... Read more
The latest edition of the Public Health Bulletin of SA has an interesting report on a roundtable debate about some of the difficulties and dilemmas confronting the prevention agenda. It... Read more
A senior scientist, Professor Michael Good, has called for a ban on alcohol advertising. It’s a significant call, especially considering the clout that Good wields, as head of the QIMR... Read more
This has been such a week of missed opportunity. The headlines have been dominated by the Feds urging a local government spend on infrastructure – and fast. It was a perfect opportunity for... Read more
