Health
Think for yourself: Fluoride

If fluoride is toxic, why is the Australian government adding it to our water supply? IA resident ...  
Liberal attacks on Medicare are anything but Christian

With so many vulnerable Australians relying on quality public health care, a government claiming ...  
Why it's impossible to not actually be a cannibal

Dr Steve Stankevicius refutes the contention that it is impossible to be vegetarian because all ...  
Condamine fire: CSIRO called out over conflict of interest with GISERA

The CSIRO claim that fracking isn't to blame for the methane gas bubbling up through the Condamine ...  
Drug policy kills: Are we any closer to ending global addiction to prohibition?

The illegal drug market is the purest, most deadly form of capitalism — prioritising profit ...  
Medicare: We can do better

As the Federal Government's proposed cuts to Medicare loom, our public health services need to ...  
Truck off! Scrapping Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal endangers us all

The Turnbull Government’s hasty moves to scrap the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal puts truck ...  
Gardasil: A gift for potential cancer patients or a prick that can maim?

Naomi Fryers calls for an independent inquiry into whether Australians, including health profes ...  
Health insurance: The real cost of living!

Before you decide to just accept the 1 April price hike on health insurance, or even cancel that ...  
Ground up at the medical meat market

After receiving treatment in the private health sector, Bruce Haigh asks whether medical specia ...  
The unhealthy link between healthcare and profits

Dr John Stokes discusses the link between financial reward and systemic bullying in the health ...  
Why the New-Atheists should become the New-Vegans

The best available evidence currently shows that eating meat and animal products is bad for ...  
Behind you! Hillary Clinton healthcare hit on Bernie Sanders backfires badly

"Where was he when I was trying to get health care in ’93 and ’94," stormed Hillary Clinton. ...  
AHPRA: Calls for overhaul of health regulatory body escalate

Dr Don Kane discusses systemic bullying of health professionals – tolerated by the national ...  
Medical indemnity insurance: Is it worth it?

Notwithstanding the recent announcement by Senators Nick Xenophon and John Madigan of a senate ...  
Think for yourself: The Zika virus

As mainstream media outlets rub their hands together in Burns-like anticipation of the next ...  
Deconstructing the closet

Darin Grace explores the relationship between the societal acceptance of terms such as “homop ...  
Inequality overload: World's 62 richest people now own as much as poorest half

Oxfam report finds that global one per cent of wealth holders now own more than the rest of the ...