It really hurts me to see what people are saying about Schizophrenia online and in the media.

I and many other Australians live with this mental disorder every single day of our life. I have bad days, but they are few. My brain simply works differently to yours. I struggle to…

The latest deep dive into health matters – local, national & global – from Lesley Russell Wolpe
#TheHealth Wrap: tackling tuberculosis, pandemic treaty, reproductive rights, preventing falls, veterans’ wellbeing, medical rifts – and a companion stork
croakey.org/the-health-wra…

Hot air triumphs over clean air. My latest for ⁦Inside Story⁩

Despite worrying evidence, the direct health effects of car-boosted air pollution barely figured in the debate over Labor’s vehicle efficiency standard
insidestory.org.au/hot-air-triump…

IndiKindi kids off to a flying start in Borroloola

More on a great program for Indigenous kids (and parents) that I wrote about in a recent edition of The Health Wrap.

croakey.org/the-health-wra…

theaustralian.com.au/nation/indigen…

Missed out the #CroakeyLIVE event - Tackling Oral Healthcare Inequities?
Deakin Health Economics PHAA_OralHealth La Trobe University
You can catch-up here.
youtube.com/watch?v=0hGtnr…

A great summary of dental health issues from recent ⁦Croakey News⁩ zoom seminar. Thanks ⁦Alison Barrett⁩ croakey.org/exclusion-disc…

Too many Australians can’t access affordable #oralhealth care. Read about a recent ⁦Croakey News⁩ webinar here: Exclusion, discrimination, trauma and preventable illnesses: why oral health inequities need urgent action #Medicare40Years #CroakeyLive croakey.org/exclusion-disc…

If your organisation would like to feature as a sponsor of an upcoming webinar in our #Medicare40Years series please get in touch!

In latest THW, I report on state / federal rift in AMA - apparently over $$s.
Now news that both President and CEO of RACP have resigned - $$ problems too?

What gives? croakey.org/the-health-wra…

Wake up and smell the exhaust fumes – they’re making us sick! croakey.org/wake-up-and-sm… #publichealth

Latest edition of THW:
- tackling TB
- pandemic treaty falters
- reproductive rights under threat in US
- preventing falls
- RC into military & veterans’ suicide
- medical rifts
- Birthing on Country
- and a companion stork croakey.org/the-health-wra…

Thank you for this writing Rachel Coghlan

'Israel has killed more aid workers — most of them Palestinian — in Gaza than have died in all countries combined this year. More than 450 healthcare workers have been killed.'
crikey.com.au/2024/04/09/zom…

Warm thanks to speakers, participants & sponsors of our #CroakeyLIVE this week on tackling oral healthcare inequities. Grateful also for excellent chairing by Alison Verhoeven
A full report coming soon at Croakey News from Alison Barrett
#Medicare40Years

Public health missing in action - 'COVID shatters decades of global health progress, slashing life expectancy'
news-medical.net/news/20240407/…

Big business in Australia faces less competition than almost anywhere else – and likes it that way theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is also important in context of demise of so many local newsrooms and reduced capacity for local reporting/news/accountability on these public health concerns
cc Public Interest Journalism Initiative Anna Draffin

Replacing the 2+ year old hepa in the kids bedroom. New filter at left in both images; Old filter pre-external dust removal (left image; we do this every few months) & after dust removal (right image).

As this shows, indoor air is not clean unless you make it so, often…

Wow. 4500 mental health incidents involving the police in the ACT in 2023. That's 12 a day. Retiring police chief suggests police presence causes 'aggravation' in these situations. Need a better way. johnmenadue.com/police-chief-h… MHCC ACT CMHA 🏳️‍🌈 Emma Davidson ACT ☀️

The #CroakeyLIVE #OralHealthTogether webinar is about to get started.

We have our panel with us incl Tan Nguyen (He/Him), Health Economist Leonie M. Short Clare Lin VicDental and Abe Ropitini VACCHO & Alison Verhoeven chairing the discussion

#Medicare40Years
#GPHW2024

Tonight, ABC’s Four Corners investigates the multi-billion-dollar pain industry where a number of experts suggest the sector has “a serious fraud, waste and abuse problem requiring urgent attention”.

📺 on ABC TV or iView at 8:30pm (AEST).

youtube.com/watch?v=pl-eFH…