New AMA and Guild leaders offer opportunity to focus on social determinants
The evidence to support the important role of social determinants in influencing health is incontrovertible. But getting this issue on the political agenda has been a struggle. The recent fe... Read more
Indigenous health and the impact of disadvantage upon health are among the issues high on the agenda of the Public Health Association of Australia’s annual conference, which kicks off in Ade... Read more
Below is an email that Croakey recently received from John Greatorex, who is living at Mäpuru in north-east Arnhem Land. Previously he worked as a teacher at Galiwin’ku on Elcho island off t... Read more
Plans for a tax on mining profits may be causing palpitations amongst mining industry chiefs, but perhaps it’s actually a positive for the broader population’s health. So says he... Read more