Paul Laris

Jul 5, 2023 | johnmenadue.com | Paul Laris |Fran Baum

The overall capture of the meaning of “health” by the medical industrial complex and its hospital systems and departments has helped to hide the absence of policy and structures to specifically address the health of the public. It’s time we named our health departments to describe what they actually do – provide illness care -and time to make health and equity explicit central goals of the whole system of government.

May 24, 2023 | johnmenadue.com | Paul Laris

A new Bill to silence climate protest has provoked a broad chorus of alarm in South Australia. Despite opposition, it seems likely the Bill will pass and South Australia will join the ranks of governments determined to suppress opposition to the fossil fuel industry. The 2023 Australian Petroleum Producers and Explorers Association National Conference took place in Adelaide last week.