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Alison Barrett

Adelaide

Managing Editor at Croakey News

Managing editor (P/T) @CroakeyNews. Sharing news about public health and other health-related matters. Also at @alisonsbarrett.bsky.social

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  • Affirming our power and enduring love as First Peoples: the Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration 2025

    1 week ago | croakey.org | Alison Barrett

    *** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article mentions people who have passed ***Introduction by Croakey: In delivering the 2025 Lowitja O’Donoghue Oration, Romlie Mokak, Djugun man and a member of the Yawuru people, considered the importance of love and its effect on policy, language, power and closing the gap.

  • Australian doctors call for Albanese Government action to end the atrocities in Gaza

    1 week ago | croakey.org | Alison Barrett

    Alison Barrett writes:More than 900 Australian doctors have signed and published a full-page advertisement in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald this week calling for the Australian Government to do more for the people of Gaza. The letter urges the Government to demand Israel abides by international law and stops targeting civilians, healthcare workers and medical infrastructure.

  • How to protect public interest journalism as a public health good

    1 week ago | croakey.org | Alison Barrett

    An online roundtable discussion this week examined a range of challenges to public interest journalism and the implications for public health, and put forward some suggested solutions, reports Alison Barrett.

  • At last, a redress scheme for Western Australian survivors of the Stolen Generations

    1 week ago | croakey.org | Alison Barrett

    Introduction by Croakey: The Western Australian Government has this week that it will provide individual payments of $85,000 for living members of the Stolen Generations in WA in “recognition of the harm caused by removal from family and community”. Premier Roger Cook said, “the WA Government has long acknowledged the historical injustices and their ongoing impact on the Stolen Generations, their families, and communities.

  • Addressing youth mental health: diverse models of care required

    1 week ago | croakey.org | Alison Barrett

    Introduction by Croakey: Preliminary recommendations from a sector-led consortium exploring Australia’s youth mental health system include calls to strengthen and expand youth mental health organisation headspace, pilot ‘care navigators’ to help young people access and interact with mental health services, and to build a national person-centred data system.

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