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How a new film looks to change the tobacco story of Arnhem Land
Ngarali: the tobacco story of Arnhem Land is a documentary (click on the photo above) produced to address the high rates of smoking (around 70 per cent) amongst the Yolgnu people of East Arnhem Land....
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Abbott Government’s first year in office: what’s the verdict on health?
This Sunday marks the first anniversary of the election of the Abbott Government. We’ll leave it up to Croakey readers to characterise the year in health – feel free to post (publishable) comments and...
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Alternative health cost-saving measures – new book
Whether or not the Abbott Government gets its way on GP co-payments, the sustainability of our health system is likely to remain very much on the political agenda, Dr Agnes Walker, from the Australian...
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People Power for Health Equity
The Australian Health Promotion and Chronic Diseases Network Conference was held in Alice Springs earlier this month. For those who missed it, Cat Street from the Australian Health Promotion...
View ArticleShoulder to shoulder – a closer look at the Men’s Shed movement
Here’s the latest article from the JournalWatch service of The Public Health Advocacy Institute WA, looking at the Men’s Shed movement in Australia and beyond, including a field trip by Dr Melissa...
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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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A ‘last mile’ approach to improving broadband in more remote areas
In this fourth installment of a rural health series, Helen Hopkins, Policy Adviser at the National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) highlights how failing to improve broadband access in remote areas can...
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2014 Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage report: important gains, many risks,...
The 2014 Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage (OID) report has been released today. Regarded as the most comprehensive report on Indigenous wellbeing in Australia. it’s the sixth in a series that...
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SBS’s First Contact is the real ‘festering sore’ of the nation
Thanks to The Conversation for permission to share this reflection on the SBS/Blackfella Films production First Contact by Dr Chelsea Bond, Senior Lecturer in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
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Tony Abbott’s Medicare “deforms” or How to Trick Senators 1.01
The Federal Government’s co-payments Plan B will add another layer of co-payment complexity to the Medicare system that neither doctors nor patients fully understand now. That raises a whole range of...
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Australia’s first Physician Assistant graduates hold promise to better health...
Today has been a landmark day in Australian health, particularly for rural and regional areas, with the country’s first graduation of a cohort of bachelor degree trained physician assistants from James...
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Walkley Awards: catch up on some of Australia’s best journalism
The siege of the Lindt cafe in Sydney late last year showcased some of the best and worst aspects of journalism in Australia, with surely the top prize for poor taste going to our most powerful media...
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‘Removing the Emperor’s Clothes’ review: how Australia’s tobacco plain...
As this post below points out, we get a lot of books about party politics and politicians, and not so many about public policy. But last year at least saw the publication of Removing the emperor’s...
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Seven years on from the Apology and how is the healing going?
Here’s hoping the Canberra political air will clear enough this week from today’s Liberal leadership spill vote to allow a focus on the 7th annual Closing the Gap report from the Prime Minister,...
View ArticleReducing sugar, preventing obesity – turning evidence into action
Many thanks to Sam Byfield, Senior Policy Advisor (LiveLighter), Heart Foundation of Australia (Western Australia) and Associate, Nossal Institute for Global Health, for this article on the recently...
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2015 #ClosetheGap: focus on remote communities, funding cuts, & improving the...
*Post updated with new statement from Close the Gap campaign Close The Gap Campaign Co-Chairs Kirstie Parker and Mick Gooda have called on the West Australian and Federal government to properly assess...
View ArticleVending machines – exercising your choice?
Many thanks to Dr Melissa Stoneham and the Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia for this latest instalment of Journal Watch. *** Melissa Stoneham writes: Vending machines – they are...
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#Budget2015 prescription to cut health costs: invest in prevention
There’s little doubt that “spiralling health costs” will get plenty of Budget Bingo hits when Treasurer Joe Hockey delivers the 2014-15 Budget next Tuesday, 12 May. Here then is a very timely article...
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Using a systems approach to tackle obesity: insights from the UK
This is the first of a series of articles covering the CEIPS Seminar Series, monthly seminars that showcase systems approaches and complex public health interventions. This article originally appeared...
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Will we add more years to our lives? The flawed longevity assumption
Treasurer Joe Hockey copped quite a lampooning when he raised the prospect of people living until they are 150 to explain why Australians should accept cuts to government benefits and pay a greater...
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