Creating change in government to address the social determinants of health:...
Finding the mechanisms for governments to effectively consider health impacts across the policy spectrum has thus far proven elusive. In this research Dr Gemma Carey, Brad Crammond and Robyn Keast...
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Big Food, public health and sharing a table: food for thought or empty...
Just how much should public health engage with Big Food to tackle obesity? Canadian health research leader Professor Diane Finegood, CEO of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, led an...
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Federation reform: issues raised in the Health Issues Paper
The Federal Government last week released, with little fanfare, the Issues Paper on Health to inform the White Paper on the Reform of the Federation. See the media release from Prime Minister Tony...
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Wonky Health has found new jobs for Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey and some of their...
Inspired public health leadership is hardly the hallmark of the Abbott Government. But if the Government wanted a “complete health makeover” (and even some of its own MPs seem to favour this), then Dr...
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Calling researchers to document the health impacts of chaos in Indigenous...
Hopefully, somewhere there are researchers planning to document the impacts of the processes and outcomes of the Federal Government’s Indigenous Advancement Strategy (IAS); not least because of the...
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Trading away health? The story of a health impact assessment that made a splash
A health impact assessment of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement recently made headlines and won some political attention for the wide-ranging public health concerns raised. What were the...
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A new Centre of Research Excellence on Policy and Health Equity
Photo by Janette Gay Today the Hon Julia Gillard will launch a new Centre of Research Excellence on Policy and Health Equity. In this article Fran Baum and Sharon Friel introduce us to the work and...
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5 major climate change pressures on health: peak medical, science orgs call...
Australia’s peak medical and science organisations today joined forces to call for action from all Australian governments to plan for and address the impacts of climate change on human health. The call...
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Greens leader Richard Di Natale: GP #publichealth specialist –“no doubt...
Senator Richard Di Natale, former GP and public health specialist, was widely described as “little known” in the mainstream media when he was elected leader of the Greens yesterday. But he is well...
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#JustJustice: Campaign to save the NSW Custody Notification Service:...
Many Croakey readers will know that we recently reached the target to fund the #JustJustice campaign at Croakey, to look at the solutions to over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
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New report illustrates “the collision” of economic, health and social agendas
A new report from the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) investigating the increasing inequality of income and wealth is an important resource for those working to improve the community’s...
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Linking you into a stack of important health reading – and check out the...
A stack of health-related inquiries and reports have been released that may be of interest to Croakey readers. Plus, some human rights ranting to follow… • The second interim report of the Senate...
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As we fiddle with GST rises to fund health, South Australia sees big...
As New South Wales and South Australia launch discussions on the merits of lifting the rate of the GST from 10 to 15 per cent “in order to pay for the increasing cost of healthcare”, they might want...
View ArticleSyphilis in remote Indigenous communities: can we eradicate it this time or...
A recent syphilis outbreak in Central Australia has prompted renewed calls for urgent investment in sexual health services for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote...
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#cripcroakey: introducing Croakey readers to the wonderful, wild world of...
Croakey is excited to be working with El Gibbs, who is today launching a crowd-funding campaign – #cripcroakey – to fund a series of articles on disability and health. El brings great insights and...
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