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To improve children’s lives, Australia must act on alcohol marketing, pricing...
A clear message from this week’s Australasian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) conference in Brisbane is the need for population-based strategies to tackle alcohol availability, marketing and...
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Conference spotlights the political and policy challenges involved in...
In her final report from this week’s Australasian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) conference in Brisbane, Mardi Chapman examines some of the political and policy challenges ahead. She also...
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Alcohol “policy pause” as funding cut for the peak alcohol and drug agency
Australia’s peak alcohol and drug agency, the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA), learned early this week that it was being defunded, forcing it into voluntary administration. In a...
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Catherine King on ADCA axing
Shadow Minister for Health Catherine King adds her voice to the criticism of the Government’s decision to axe ADCA. She writes: The Abbott Government’s knee-capping last week of the Alcohol and Other...
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ADCA Axing – some thoughts and a petition
ADCA’s patron Ian Webster AO is an Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales. He has held senior appointments in the UNSW Faculty of Medicine as...
View ArticleCroakey contributors review the highs and the lows of this year’s health news
When Croakey contributors were asked to identify the most significant health news this past year, many nominated the change of Federal Government. The recently announced Federal funding cuts – outlined...
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A doctor shares her insights into the toll of alcohol dependence – and gaps...
As regular readers may know, @WePublicHealth is a new Croakey project testing the use of a rotated curated Twitter account as an experiment in citizen journalism meets public health. So far...
View ArticleWhat is your dream headline for 2014? What would you like to achieve in the...
In the compilation post below, Croakey contributors look back on how their professional practice changed in 2013, and look forward to the headlines they would like to see in 2014, as well as sharing...
View ArticleDefunding of alcohol body such a bolt from the blue that even Government MPs...
So far there are only five submissions to a Senate committee inquiring into the Abbott Government’s National Commission of Audit – with this Friday (January 31) being the deadline. The Alcohol and...
View ArticleAlcohol in NSW – After the party
The NSW government has recently responded to public concern about alcohol fuelled violence and introduced a range of measures aimed at reducing such behaviour. In this article, Professor Mike Daube of...
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Challenge to Canberra to act on alcohol promotion to young people, open up on...
If the Federal Government truly wants to act on its concern about alcohol fuelled violence – and allay public fears about industry influence over its health policies – then it has been given an...
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On breaking down the barriers between health and legal issues: insights from...
In the chair last week at @wepublichealth, doctor and lawyer Dr Fiona Lander generated a lot of interest in the connections and crossover of legal and health issues, particularly for disadvantaged...
View ArticleFederal funding cut to vital agency will hurt vulnerable Aboriginal women and...
If the Abbott Government really wants to help Aboriginal families, it would reverse the decision to strip $3.5 million from the National Family Violence Prevention Legal Services, says policy analyst...
View ArticleThe alcohol industry and public health: How the battle lines were drawn
Yesterday Crikey published an article by Bernard Keene in which he cites an anonymous senior public health figure as suggesting that public health experts are unwilling to work with the alcohol...
View ArticleNSW’s tough new drink-related laws to have biggest impact on Aboriginal...
Tough new laws for drink-related offences in New South Wales will have a disproportionate effect on Aboriginal people, says Amy McGuire, editor of Tracker, the magazine produced by the NSW Aboriginal...
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“Self righteous, class war-waging public health expert” strikes back on...
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s former health adviser Terry Barnes appears to have the ear of the Federal Government, with his proposal for a $6 GP visit co-payment looking likely to be part of the May...
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A full program of Indigenous health discussions coming your way for #IHMayDay
As previously covered at Croakey, this Thursday (tomorrow) has been declared a day of action and listening on Twitter on all matters to do with the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
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The Health Wrap: Budget speculation heightens; the screening debate; drugs,...
By Frances Gilham Budget speculation heightens Speculation in the lead-up to Federal Budget, due to be released on 13 May, has gathered pace in the past two weeks. And with the Commission of Audit...
View ArticleA note to media outlets & journalists about your impact upon Indigenous health
Media organisations and journalists need to reconsider how they report on alcohol and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, says Summer May Finlay, a Yorta Yorta woman and public health...
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New Deal or No Deal: #Budget2014 and the risks for younger Australians
In Croakey’s continuing coverage of the 2014-15 Federal Budget, John Mendoza looks at the raft of harsh measures it plans to impose on young people – from the unprecedented withdrawal of unemployment...
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