There’s growing concern about the potential for conflicts of interest and undue influence on public health policy.
- Professor of Health Equity, Stretton Health Equity, School of Public Health, Adelaide University
Universities supposedly have adopted a more corporate approach – but most corporate board members have expertise in the area their company operates in and are more accountable to shareholders.
Last year, renewables provided a whopping 60% of South Australia’s electricity supplies. The remarkable progress came as national climate policy was gripped by paralysis – so how did it happen?
The National Broadband Network was meant to provide greater equity of digital access. So far, it’s not looking good.
Teenagers, unmarried women and migrants are among those missing out on antenatal care in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, according to new Australian research.
Australians are living longer than ever but with higher rates of chronic disease, the latest national report card shows.
We all like to think we are free agents and have huge degrees of agency. But, in reality, our health reflects the environments we live in.
Societies overwhelmingly endorse reproduction, but the pressure this places on people who don’t want to have kids may be putting their health at risk.
Despite government claims that the budget would be fair and all Australians would contribute to the “budget rescue job”, reality has not supported these claims. And this is bad news for health and social…
The Abbott government has announced a A$20 billion medical research “future fund”, to help discover what Treasurer Joe Hockey calls the “cures of the future”, paid for with money generated as a result…
There’s a growing body of evidence from all over the world showing that health is influenced by all kinds of social factors. But one of the best Australian initiatives embracing this approach was recently…
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