“Essential reading” on how greed and policy failure entrenched commercial gambling in Australia Introduction by Croakey: Independent crossbench MPs and Senators drew attention this week to scores of parliamentary inquiry reports that have

“Essential reading” on how greed and policy failure entrenched commercial gambling in Australia

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By Dr Louise Francis

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New book takes a deep dive into lessons from the Voice referendum Introduction by Croakey: Professor Gabrielle Appleby and Professor Megan Davis have edited a new book, The Failure of the Voice

New book takes a deep dive into lessons from the Voice referendum. Professors Gabrielle Appleby & Megan Davis edited 'The Failure of the Voice Referendum and the Future of Australian Democracy'.
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Bob Brown's latest book is a breath of fresh air Bob Brown’s latest book, Defiance, is a salubrious breath of a tall peppermint native forest. It’s not a hard book, but rather only hard to heed for some.

Bob Brown's latest book is a breath of fresh air johnmenadue.com/post/2025/09...
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Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation – posing a threat to human civilisation | Michael Mann and Peter Hotez From Covid misinformation to climate denialism, understanding the divergent paths of Australia and the US can help us fight the powerful forces that threaten our world

Science is under siege from weaponised disinformation – posing a threat to human civilisation
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Why Woodside is doubling down on fossil fuels, An Investigation into Power, Influence and Protest - ABC listen The world may have committed at Paris to hold back dangerous climate change, but Australia's fossil-fuel giant Woodside is doubling down: it has bold new plans to keep producing gas out to 2070. And s...

Interview with Marian Wilkinson, author of Quarterly Essay, Woodside vs the Planet. How a company captured a country.
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Australia is too often a leader in conspiracy thinking – from Port Arthur ‘trutherism’ to Christchurch A new book, Conspiracy Nation, explains how conspiratorial thinking and misinformation spread – both online and in the real world – in contemporary Australia.

Australia is too often a leader in conspiracy thinking – from Port Arthur ‘trutherism’ to Christchurch
theconversation.com/australia-is...
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Not just a book, but a narrative tool for reflection on how to improve care for people with chronic pain A new collection of essays, Living with Illness and Disability – Poised on the Pointe of Pain, has been launched

This "isn’t just a book; it’s a narrative tool for reflection, offering healthcare professionals, educators, and policymakers a more textured understanding of chronic pain".
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ICYMI: global risks, anti-rights movements, artificial intelligence, war on education, Conference Watch – and First Nations vo The international community needs to do much more to tackle misinformation and disinformation, according to a new report from the

Thanks #ICYMI contributors!
Inc @dranitaheiss.bsky.social
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Dust and deceit: how one lawyer took on Big Asbestos and won The health dangers of asbestos were already well known, but it took a David and Goliath legal battle to hold the mining industry accountable.

Dust and deceit: how an English lawyer took on Big Asbestos in South Africa and won
theconversation.com/dust-and-dec...
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Megan Greenwell on How Private Equity Is Devastating the Media A conversation with the author of Bad Company.

New book, Bad Company, investigates private equity’s impact on industries, from retail to healthcare & media. 20 percent of companies enter bankruptcy within 10 years of being acquired; meanwhile, the private equity firm makes a profit. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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A Ukranian writer – her life cut short – and a seasoned reporter show the heroism of the ‘people’s war’ Victoria Amelina’s unfinished notebook was salvaged after she was killed by a missile. From a bunker, meanwhile, John Lyons reports on the war.

A Ukranian writer – her life cut short – and a seasoned reporter show the heroism of the ‘people’s war’ theconversation.com/a-ukranian-w...

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A compelling call for science to “reclaim the stage” in an age of misinformation and distrust A new book, Vaccine Nation: Science, Reason and the Threat to 200 Years of Progress, offers a sweeping account of

"The book highlights how anger, combined with pandemic fatigue, has been misdirected at public health advocates and scientists.
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A compelling call for science to “reclaim the stage” in an age of misinformation and distrust A new book, Vaccine Nation: Science, Reason and the Threat to 200 Years of Progress, offers a sweeping account of

"The book blends a sweeping history of public health with a clear examination of our messy present. It delivers a timely, urgent and often deeply personal account of vaccination’s role in our world."
www.croakey.org/review-vacci...
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A compelling call for science to “reclaim the stage” in an age of misinformation and distrust A new book, Vaccine Nation: Science, Reason and the Threat to 200 Years of Progress, offers a sweeping account of

A compelling call for science to “reclaim the stage” in an age of misinformation and distrust – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/review-vacci...
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Bruce Wolpe spoke with ABC broadcaster Sabra Lane in nipaluna/Hobart, about his latest book, What Trump’s Second Term Means for Australia
“President Trump is in command, and out of control ...”
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Q&A: Jonathan Watts on Finishing His Murdered Friend’s Book When Dom Phillips was killed in the Amazon, in 2022, a group of journalists carried on his work.

Q&A: Jonathan Watts on finishing his murdered friend Dom Phillips's book. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

"The idea is that, even if you kill a journalist, you can’t silence the story."

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New book puts focus on improvement and innovation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary healthcare A new book, Primary health care and continuous quality improvement: An evidence-based guide, draws upon more than 20 years of

New book puts focus on improvement and innovation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary healthcare – By Alison Laycock, Lynette O’Donoghue and Ross Bailie
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ICYMI: global health report card, standing up to Trump, progress in Paris – and an active ageing strategy to note The long road to a pandemic agreement, a shakeup of the World Health Organization's senior leadership team, and progress on

Thanks to all #ICYMI contributors!
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A suggestion for any #sustainablefutures philanthropists out there: organise a bulk order of this book and send to all MPs in all jurisdictions #CroakeyREAD

A suggestion for any #sustainablefutures philanthropists out there: organise a bulk order of this book and send to all MPs in all jurisdictions #CroakeyREAD

Timely reading - amongst other things, both of these books underscore the importance of sustaining strong public interest journalism, civic society and communities
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The Clinking: a beautiful important story | South Wind “There was no apocalypse, no singular cataclysmic event… just the passing of each day under the accumulating weight of evidence….” That’s how a new, landmark Tasmanian novel set a few decades into the...

The Clinking: a beautiful important story
southwind.com.au/2025/04/01/t...
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"Climate change at work."

For a truly integrated digital health system, what will it take? Introduction by Croakey: To achieve the benefits of a "truly integrated digital health system", healthcare professionals need to be sufficiently

For a truly integrated digital health system, what will it take?
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By Adjunct Professor Richard Royle, Chair of the CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research Centre and co-author of a new book, Connected Care: Digital Health in Australia.
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How to counter Trump et al? With a new politics for wellbeing and sustainability Introduction by Croakey: The failure of centre-left politics to provide a genuine pathway towards a society based on wellbeing and

How to counter Trump et al? With a new politics for wellbeing and sustainability – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/how-to-count...
By Dr Matthew Fisher
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On the power of imagination in helping to safeguard our collective futures Introduction by Croakey: As catastrophic fires devastate lives, property and the environment in Los Angeles, many of us are contemplating

On the power of imagination in helping to safeguard our collective futures - by Dr Arnagretta Hunter

#LAfires #Juice #RecommendedBook #CroakeyREAD #storiesmatter #ClimateActionNow

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New book examines how to create societies for human wellbeing Introduction by Croakey: Whether we look to our toxic virtual environments, our polluted and besieged physical world, or the stressed

New book examines how to create societies for human wellbeing – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/new-book-exa...
By Dr Matthew Fisher
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