Mental health plan no answer to surge in youth job losses
The Federal Government’s National Mental Health and Wellbeing Pandemic Response Plan, announced on Friday 15 May, is grand enough in its rhetoric but the money on offer is peanuts, given …
3-step plan but confusion on timing
The Prime Minister has just now announced a detailed three-step plan on lifting Covid restrictions but it’s not at all clear when or where Step 1 commences. Apparently the states …
Lockdown working
We can take some comfort in the considerable drop in new cases of Covid-19 in Australia so far in April but the question is: how long will it last? Most …
Defend democracy
Barry Jones says 40 years ago he feared it would require a great crisis to bring a more rational, evidence-based approach to long term problems.
Working together to overcome Covid-19
When we come out on the other side of this pandemic it will show that decisive leadership, the courage to act quickly and strategically is crucial.
Better-funded science can avoid health crises. Here’s why.
The covid-19 pandemic has exposed just how fragile the global economy is. In a matter of days, the world was turned on its head.
Let them out!
1,249 Australian doctors signed a letter to the Government calling for people seeking asylum and refugees to be released from detention immediately because of the threat of Covid-19. That’s almost one …
Finally, private hospitals brought in
657 private hospitals will be integrated into our public hospital system adding 34,000 hospital beds and their personal protective and other equipment to the Coviod-19 cause. This is reassuring but it does …
Flaws in health system exposed
Much has been said about the poor leadership of the Prime Minister on Covid-19 with confusing messaging and ad hoc and changing decisions but the lack of preparedness for this …
Dr Norman Swan on the ABC
At last, some straight-talking from the Prime Minister this afternoon (Wed 18th) but the ABC and Dr Norman Swan, in particular, are proving excellent sources of commonsense, up to date …
