Croakey News

6 days ago | croakey.org | Melissa Sweet

As National Reconciliation Week (27 May-3 June) draws to a close, The Zap covers news from the Coalition of Peaks, and reports on a new guide promoting culturally safe and responsive primary care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. Our columnist also reports the latest on a sugar tax, and details of the Shadow Ministry, a new publication on the digital determinants of youth mental health, and a war of words over private hospital funding matters.

1 week ago | croakey.org | Melissa Sweet

As thousands of people join the Yoorrook Justice Commission’s historic Walk For Truth across Victoria in coming weeks, organisers hope the Victorian Government will feel a growing pressure to enact the historic truth-telling body’s final report recommendations. The recommendations, Commissioner Travis Lovett told walkers this week, will be about creating a better Victoria for everyone. He urged the Government to respond promptly, and not use the negotiations for Treaty as an excuse for delay.

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.

1 week ago | croakey.org | Melissa Sweet

Introduction by Croakey: In Canada, provinces have declared a state of emergency, as wildfires fuelled by climate change force widespread evacuations. In the Swiss Alps, where glaciers are becoming more unstable as global temperatures rise, a village was buried this week by the collapse of a huge portion of a glacier (residents and livestock were evacuated earlier this month following warnings about cracks in the glacial ice).

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.