Detailed data on Australians' drug use confirms that we are consuming less alcohol, and consuming it more responsibly, than ever.
Today's report from the Productivity Commission shows indigenous Australians have improved their economic stability in the last 20 years, but there is still work to be done.
The rates of end-stage kidney disease in remote areas are up to 30 times the national average. Why are so many Aboriginal people dying from a preventable disease?
New data suggests individuals are already paying more and governments less on health, so why do we need higher co-payments? An anonymous senior health policy analyst and regular Croakey contributor explains.
Terrorism kills fewer Australians than even the most exotic causes of death, yet we're obsessed with it. The numbers show why we'd be better off focusing on less glamorous subjects.
The latest hard evidence shows that Australians are drinking significantly less, despite relentless claims of an "alcohol epidemic" from the public health lobby.
Empowering indigenous Australians to take charge of their own healthcare proved more successful than epidemiologist and public health advocate Fiona Stanley ever imagined. She writes in the latest GriffithREVIEW.
Lessons from a report on Aboriginal health issues can be transferred to journalism.
It's not easy being an Aboriginal man -- nor if you're an organisation trying to get funding to help them. Mibbinbah, the only national health charity for Aboriginal men, is struggling for survival.
Australia’s dental health has been in decline since 1996 when John Howard scrapped the Commonwealth Dental Program. Labor's new reforms entrench old problems, says Jennifer Doggett.
