The department says you cannot split the numbers. The cost of suffering on Nauru is not divisible by the refugees held there. “I think as we’ve given evidence before, the costs for maintaining the

The National Construction Code has no minimum ventilation requirements for schools, aged care institutions, pubs, restaurants and health-care facilities.

Australians are getting a stark reminder about how value is actually created in an economy, and how supply chains truly work, writes Jim Stanford.

Early risers in Tasmania started the work week with a spectacular view, with some seasoned aurora watchers calling it the best display they have ever seen.

Disabled people are living in fear that the funding for our basic needs could be pulled from under us, but hardly anyone is talking about that

It is precisely the role of the ABC as a public broadcaster to maintain objective standards of news reporting to counter news avoidance...

With the goal of ‘business as usual’, politicians will continue to reduce COVID protections without immediate consequence while transmission is low. But then the next wave will come.

Treating a health issue as a security issue is not the answer and should not be considered a normal response to a health crisis

Introduction by Croakey: The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) released a statement this week urging federal, state and territory

Introduction by Croakey: The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has joined health leaders, politicians, journalists

After two-year freedom of information battle with Guardian Australia, the PM’s office has been told to search for any messages with QAnon proponent Tim Stewart

Less than a week from Tasmania's state election, thousands of people march in Hobart in protest against the logging of native forests, with veteran campaigner Bob Brown saying "our job is to get rid...

As Australian health services grapple with surging demand over the months ahead, it’s critical to ensure ongoing access to care

Open letter – various doctors, 6 June 2023 End native forest logging: Doctors urge Tasmanian Government to follow Victoria Victoria’s state government recently announced an end to all native forest...

On 30 December, a senior psychiatrist tweeted out her frustration at mismanagement of the COVID pandemic in Australia using the

Some of the poorest people in the country are charged twice or three times as much as someone in Alice Springs, expert says

More than 50 Victorian and national health organisations say the Voice will positively impact health outcomes for First Nations people.

The Victorian government is close to finishing the roll-out of more than 50,000 air purifiers for schools as the federal government prepares to copy the state’s policy across the country.

Q+A panellists say Australia must make sure its most vulnerable citizens are fully vaccinated before the  nation reopens.

Hopefully a new name will also be developed before we run out of headline ideas.

Myocarditis following COVID-19 vaccination is rare, and the risk is much smaller than the risks of cardiac injury linked to COVID-19 itself.

White House chief medical adviser says significant resources needed to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible

Physicist Dr Cathy Foley will be tasked with gathering evidence to guide a potential rapid shift away from fossil fuels

Three hundred people packed into Armidale town hall to hear the yes campaigner, four months after New England hosted no campaign event

The next months are going to remain difficult. But I’m still hopeful about the future. There will come a point when enough people are vaccinated that case numbers begin to decrease.