The repeal of Medevac legislation sets an ugly precedent

6 Dec 2019 | The Coalition's decision to repeal a law that secures healthcare rights for refugees is astound ...  

Medevac law should not be repealed: It saves lives

10 Nov 2019 | The Government’s traditional scare campaign has failed to work, because Medevac transfers ...  

Australia’s energy policies are doctors’ business

24 Oct 2019 | The Government's insistence on clinging to fossil fuel technology continues to have consequences ...  

More mental health funding is needed in Queensland’s rural areas

21 Oct 2019 | Due to lack of funding, counsellors in rural Queensland are being overworked and having resources ...  

Urban water industry still not reckoning with catastrophic climate change

20 Oct 2019 | Pollutants such as dangerous drug waste are contaminating our water system and having detrimental ...  

Morrison's medevac madness

20 Oct 2019 | Never let evidence, however abundant, trouble the minds of those at the Home Affairs department in ...  

Prison life in Rodrigo Duterte's Philippines: A personal story

8 Oct 2019 | Australian author Luke Williams gives a brutally honest account of life in a Filipino prison ...  

Pharmacists are overstepping moral boundaries

28 Sep 2019 | Despite having a code of ethics, pharmacists are becoming more invasive in patient privacy, ...  

Not seen, not heard: The plight of Lyme disease victims

22 Sep 2019 | Almost four years after a Senate Inquiry heard detailed accounts of the ongoing tragedy of Lyme ...  

Robodebt claims the life of a 19-year-old mum

21 Sep 2019 | Centrelink's robodebt scandal has been claiming the lives of people struggling with debt, yet our ...  

Gladys Berejiklian does something decent for once

13 Sep 2019 | NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has shown support for a reform of archaic abortion laws, writes ...  

The deeper problems with Government drug testing

12 Sep 2019 | With all the talk of drug testing welfare recipients, Melvin Fechner explores some of the deeper ...  

HELEN CALDICOTT: Small modular reactors — same nuclear disasters

9 Sep 2019 | The Morrison Government has opened the door to the notion of nuclear power as peddled by the ...  

Morrison Government in idle mode as children end their own lives

26 Aug 2019 | PM Scott Morrison and his suicide prevention advisers straddle along as if there is no urgency ...  

Suicide hits the poor and disadvantaged

21 Aug 2019 | There have been more suicides so far in 2019 than this time last year.  

The climate emergency and post-election trauma

19 Aug 2019 | Psychologist Lyn Bender offers tips on dealing with post-election trauma and continuing the fight ...  

Reforming society the best way to minimise suicide

18 Aug 2019 | Sadness, depression, trauma and suicide can be better dealt with if we look to its social and ...  

Would having medical professionals on flights save lives?

11 Aug 2019 | On September 21, 2015, Les Jakielaszek, a fit and healthy 47-year-old boarded a Jetstar plane from ...