June 2020

• How healthcare and counselling went online during COVID-19 pandemic - The Courier (17 June 2020)
• Alcohol, drug rehab's move online during COVID-19 breaks Wimmera distance barriers - The Ararat Advertiser (16 June 2020)
• Survey of specialists shows telehealth can improve access and equity permanently - PulseLine (12 June 2020)
• Medicare rebates for telehealth may be extended beyond September - The Sydney Morning Herald (12 June 2020)

May 2020

• Sustained focus on wellbeing essential to support Aotearoa NZ post COVID-19 - New Zealand Doctor (20 May 2020)
• COVID-19 infection: How it affects the human body, and can take up to a year to recover - Herald Sun (10 May 2020)
• Killing ‘sleeper cells’ may enhance breast cancer therapy - Mirage News (7 May 2020)
• Budget 2020 spending on climate could improve public health resilience, experts say - Stuff (4 May 2020)

April 2020

• Amid pandemic concerns for detainee safety, can this legal action save lives? - Croakey (22 April 2020)
• Detainees in on-shore detention fear they will die from Coronavirus outbreak - 10 Daily (16 April 2020)
• Coronavirus symptoms: COVID-19 causes ‘irreversible’ lung damage - Herald Sun (14 April 2020)
• What happens to people's lungs when they get coronavirus? - The Guardian (13 April 2020)
• Save medical masks for frontline workers, says RACP - Retail Pharmacy (7 April 2020)
• Pneumonia deaths are on the rise, CDC says. How does coronavirus lead to the illness? - Yahoo News (7 April 2020)
• New clinical guidelines for COVID-19 help Australian clinicians deliver best care - Medianet (4 April 2020)

March 2020

• COVID-19: Whole of population telehealth for patients, general practice, primary care and other medical services - The National Tribune (29 March 2020)
• How ventilators work and why they are so important in saving people with coronavirus - The Guardian (27 March 2020)
• Coronavirus: Health system alarm as specialists miss out on protective gear - Perth Now (18 March 2020)
• Coronavirus: what happens to people's lungs when they get Covid -19? - The Guardian (13 March 2020)
• RACP says no to National Gender Dysphoria Inquiry - Star Observer (7 March 2020)

February 2020

• Te Rā o Ngā Tamariki NZ Children’s Day: Making whānau wellbeing the norm - New Zealand Doctor (28 February 2020)
• Physicians call on NSW Government to release NSW Ice Inquiry findings - Global Travel Media (18 February 2020) 
• Parliament inquiry into health effects of bushfire smoke - Illawarra Mercury (7 February 2020)

January 2020

• Health and the impact of climate change in Australia - The Four Point Play (20 January 2020)
• Choking point: how Australia's bushfires have left its citizens struggling for air - The Guardian (18 January 2020)
• Melbourne's 'hazardous' air quality causing chaos across the city - Yahoo! News (14 January 2020)
• Government announces mental health funding to tackle bushfire trauma - The Age (12 January 2020)
• Smoke haze and 'very poor' air quality to return to Melbourne - The Age (12 January 2020)
• Bushfires creating health crisis: doctors - news.com.au (11 January 2020)
• Millions of Australians are choking on smoke from wildfires - The New York Times (3 January 2020)

December 2019

• Why silicosis is on the rise – and what to do about it - Medical Republic (19 December 2019)
• Health sector unites to urge government action on bushfire smoke - Hospital and Healthcare (17 December 2019)
• Sydney's air pollution at unprecedented levels, experts warn - NITV (16 December 2019)
• Governments must act on public health emergency from bushfire smoke, medical groups say - The Guardian (16 December 2019)
• Sydney's smoke haze a 'public health emergency', doctors warn government - SBS News (16 December 2019)
• Health equity still 'under construction' say doctors - New Zealand Doctor (10 December 2019)
• New 'no jab, no play' legislation on way to boost immunisation rate - The Daily Telegraph (6 December 2019)
• Rural communities deserve consultation on alcohol takeaway hours - Mirage News (5 December 2019)

November 2019

• Tasmanians wait in pain for medical treatment - Mirage News (28 November 2019)
• More than 5,000 doctors urge Jacqui Lambie to 'save Medevac' in open letter to Parliament - SBS News (27 November 2019)
• 5,040 doctors sign letter to save Medevac - Herald Sun (27 November 2019)
• 5,000 Australian doctors ask Senate to save Medevac laws - Radio New Zealand (27 November 2019)
• High praise for new documentary as #SaveMedevac campaign gathers force - Croakey (27 November 2019)
• Climate health is a mainstream issue. Let's treat it like one - The Canberra Times (27 November 2019) 
• 'Vote for humanity': Refugee advocates make last-ditch plea to save Medevac laws - SBS News (26 November 2019)
• 'Hazardous' air quality from bushfire smoke triggers spike in hospital admissions - The Guardian (22 November 2019)
• Climate change a "public health emergency": doctors - ABC Radio News and Current Affairs (21 November 2019)
• Bushfires spark breathing concerns and asthma warning - AJP.com.au (21 November 2019)
• 'Maintain the Medevac legislation,' says alliance of medical bodies - Wellness Daily (14 November 2019)
• Australia needs more general physicians trained in rural centres: study - The Senior (12 November 2019)
• Australia's rural doctors speak up to boost regional health services - The National Tribune (6 November 2019)
• Health Crisis: Docs just need time to fall in love with bush - Daily Mercury (6 November 2019) 
• Treaty settlements and the enjoyment of land rights - E-Tangata (3 November 2019)

October 2019

• More medical groups sign up for transparency in fees - The National Tribune Australia (30 October 2019)
• Medevac is about health not migration outcomes - Eureka Street (23 October 2019)
• Emerging workplace disease exposes hole in health system, specialists say - TVNZ (21 October 2019) 
• Experts urge Senate to hold the line on refugee medical help - The Sydney Morning Herald (13 October 2019)

September 2019

• Greens call for ban on manufactured stone - Echonetdaily (26 September 2019)
• UN pressures governments to stop locking up children - Pro Bono Australia (25 September 2019)
• Why Australia needs to raise the criminal age of responsibility to 14 - SBS News (24 September 2019)
• Festivals fuel Vic pill testing appeal - The Northern Daily Leader (23 September 2019)
• Doctors lobby on climate health risk - Border Chronicle (16 September 2019)
• Insecurity of some white people hinders investment in Māori health, says oncologist George Laking - Stuff.co.nz (15 September 2019)
• NACCHO working together with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health organisations to prevent - Mirage News (10 September 2019)
• Kinder dust suppression to tackle silica emissions - Bulk Handling Review (9 September 2019)
• Silicosis and lung disease awareness now a priority for medical professionals - HealthTimes (4 September 2019)
• Climate change is a health emergency - Mirage News (3 September 2019)

August 2019

• Physicians welcome Government's school lunch programme - Voxy.co.nz (30 August 2019)
• Doctors call for Queensland government to back minimum alcohol price - Brisbane Times (12 August 2019)
• Stronger air pollution laws essential for Australian's health - Medianet (8 August 2019)
• Major businesses urge Premier to revive Sydney after dark - The Sydney Morning Herald - (5 August 2019) 
• Revive Sydney’s nightlife, major businesses plead with NSW Premier -Yahoo! Finance (5 August 2019)

July 2019

• Doctors call for a minimum alcohol price to end binge drinking - 7news.com.au (23 July 2019)
• Doctors push for a minimum price on alcohol in NSW - The Sydney Morning Herald (22 July 2019)
• Powerful medical group wants to introduce minimum prices for alcohol - news.com.au (22 July 2019)
• 'Never meant to happen': the fear and failure behind NSW's drug deaths - The Guardian (13 July 2019)
• Developers to design software for specialists - Technology Decisions (8 July 2019) 
• Software vendors get handouts for My Health Record integration - IT news (4 July 2019)
• Doctors welcome rules making insulation the norm in rental homes - Voxy.co.nz (2 July 2019)

June 2019

• Doctor exams a first for Tairawhiti - The Gisborne Herald (27 June 2019)
• Over 1000 Kiwi workers could have been exposed to 'new asbestos', specialists warn - 1 News Now (19 June 2019)
• Treating the youngest patients with heart and care | Queen's Birthday Honours - St George & Sutherland Shire Leader (10 June 2019)
• UN group urges release of mother and baby from immigration detention - The Sydney Morning Herald (1 June 2019)

May 2019

• Data and drivers of doctors’ mental health - Croakey (22 May 2019)
• Raise criminal age to end youth detention abuse, lawyers and doctors say - NITV (14 May 2019)
• EML backs Health Benefits of Good Work campaign - Insurance Business Australia (14 May 2019)
• Inadvertent harms - AJP.com.au (9 May 2019)
• Social media and fake news used to attack vaccinations - NZ Herald (9 May 2019)
• No pain, no gain: How to handle New Zealand's opioid epidemic - Radio NZ (9 May 2019)
• Experts sound warning over Aussie opioid crisis - ABC (8 May 2019)
• Tackling doctor burn-out: the importance of self-care in medicine - HealthCentral.NZ (8 May 2019)
• Asbestos 2.0? - ABC (3 May 2019)
• Australasian medial experts gathering in Auckland to lead health discussion at RACP Congress 2019 - NZ Doctor (3 May 2019)  

April 2019

• Silicosis epidemic draws Federal Government help as stonemason shortage strikes industry - ABC (30 April 2019) 
• Dust disease taskforce won't make sick workers breathe easy: Lawyer - The Sydney Morning Herald (30 April 2019)
• Coalition announces taskforce, registry to address urgent concerns on silicosis - Croakey (30 April 2019)
• Silicosis epidemic draws Federal Government help as stonemason shortage strikes industry - ABC (30 April 2019)
• Intellectual disability advocates' $50m push to improve medical care - The Guardian (1 April 2019)

March 2019

• Federal Budget 2019/20 - Preventive health priorities from the health sector - Croakey (26 March 2019)
• Indigenous suicide: 35 dead in three months, including three 12-year-old children - The Guardian (22 March 2019)
• 'Unmitigated crisis': calls for PM to act on Indigenous youth suicide - SBS (21 March 2019)
• 'Stop child deaths': medical bodies urge crisis response to wave of Indigenous suicide - The Guardian (21 March 2019)
• Leaders urged to declare Aboriginal child suicides a 'national crisis' - The Sydney Morning Herald (20 March 2019)

November 2018

• All benchtop stonemasons should be urgently tested for lung disease, expert warns - ABC News (23 November 2018)
• Infection 'without symptoms': Health authority's warning for schoolies - The Sydney Morning Herald (16 November 2018)
• The antibiotic resistance apocalypse is coming, and New Zealand isn't immune -  Stuff.co.nz (15 November 2018)
• Kiwis prescribed more antibiotics than Europeans - Central.nz (14 November 2018) 

• Australia under growing pressure over remote detention policy - Aljazeera (9 November 2018)

October 2018

• Viral letter to PM shows the people are united -  The Sydney Morning Herald (16 October 2018)
• Federal Government calls on states to undertake immediate investigation into silicosis risk - ABC News (12 October 2018)
• Trendy Kitchen Benches Are Causing The Worst Work Health Crisis Since Asbestos - Pedestrian (10 October 2018) 

• Children and families in immigration detention is a health emergency: NZ paediatricians - NZ Doctor (4 October 2018) 

September 2018

• Australia spent $275,000 fighting requests for urgent medical transfers of asylum seekers - The Guardian (29 September 2018)
• Peak medical groups call for end to detention for kids and families - Croakey (27 September 2018)
• Kids on Nauru at risk of death - Australian Doctor (print edition) (7 September 2018)

August 2018

• Caution issued on two auto-antibodies tests unnecessary referrals a burden - New Zealand Doctor (29 August 2018)
• The medical benefits of illicit drugs: Can marijuana and LSD be used to treat illnesses?, News.com.au (19 August 2018)
• Doctors seek national child health focus, News.com.au (15 August 2018) 
• Paediatricians call for Gonski approach to child health, The Sydney Morning Herald  (15 August 2018)
• It's Time To 'Gonski' Health Care For Children, Channel 10 Daily (15 August 2018)
• Health experts call for needs-based funding model in children's healthcare, ABC Radio National (15 August 2018)
• Should QLD raise the age children can be imprisoned?, 97.3FM (10 August 2018)
• Cecelia shakes UK confidence daily, The Australian (10 August 2018)
• Queensland kids battle for custody, The Wire (10 August 2018)
• Calls for alcohol warnings, Cobram Courier, (10 August 2018)
• Amnesty urges Queensland to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14, The Guardian (9 August 2018)
• Call to raise Queensland imprisonment age to 14, The Sydney Morning Herald (9 August 2018)
• Government launches critical new weapon in fight against syphilis, The National Indigenous Times, (8 August 2018)
• Epidemic of ‘the great mimicker’– syphilis demands more monitoring, attention on diagnosis, New Zealand Doctor, 1 August 2018

July 2018

• Govt needs to help battle syphilis, doctors say, Radio New Zealand (18 July 2018)
• Public health response needed to manage syphilis outbreak, New Zealand Doctor (18 July 2018)
• Killer syphilis response 'totally inadequate': doctors, New Zealand Herald (17 July 2018)
• Fact check: will the move to make codeine prescription only save 100 lives a year?,  ABC (12 July 2018)
• Safety urged as syphilis rises in the NT, NT News (12 July 2018)
• Real Bodies exhibition: doctors call for show to close, The Australian (11 July 2018) 
• NSW Health breaks own rules by letting Real Bodies display corpses, The Sydney Morning Herald (10 July 2018)
• Make pregnancy warnings mandatory for alcohol products, Parenthub (10 July 2018)
• WA health minister promises action against anti-gay conversion, Sydney Star Observer (6 July 2018)
• Federal Government needs to take action against alcohol industry's poor pregnancy warnings, doctors say, News.com.au (4 July 2018)
• Call for mandatory pregnancy warnings on alcohol, The Katherine Times (4 July 2018)
• Doctors demand alcohol warning labels, Yahoo New Zealand (4 July 2018)

June 2018

• Dying refugee moved from Nauru to Australia after intense campaign, The Guardian (23 June 2018)
• ‘No way to die’: peak medical bodies call for dying refugee to come to Australia, The Guardian (21 June 2018)
• Medical groups add to calls for dying Nauru refugee, as US offers stark parallel, Croakey (20 June 2018)

May 2018

• Obesity epidemic: Regional Australians the biggest losers in specialist treatment, ABC AM (19 May 2018)
• When hospitals are making people sick, The Sydney Morning Herald (16 May 2018)
• Spectacular mentors made the difference: Dr Helena Teede on building a massive medical career while raising young kids, Women's Agenda (15 May 2018)
• Drug testing dole recipients will only make addiction worse, but the government won't hear it, ABC Online (10 May 2018)
• A coach or mentor will force you to prioritise & stay accountable: Meet Dr Sarah Dalton, Women's Agenda (7 May 2018)

April 2018

• Pregnant women drinking alcohol puts babies at greater risk than those abusing drugs, The Canberra Times (21 April 2018)
• Greens want to legalise cannabis for all adults, The Sydney Morning Herald (16 April 2018)
• Medicinal cannabis is legal. That does not mean it works, The Sydney Morning Herald (6 April 2018)

March 2018

• Don't be dopey: we owe it to patients not to rush medicinal cannabis, The Australian (26 March 2018)

February 2018

• 'His body, his choice', SBS News (20 February 2018)
• Could access to medicinal cannabis be doing more harm than good? ABC, The World Today (19 February 2018)
• Doctors warn against rush to prescribe medicinal cannabis, The Guardian (19 February 2018)
• Why is the number of male circumcisions declining in Australia? SBS News (19 February 2018)
• Experts warn about effects of medicinal cannabis, The Australian (17 February 2018)
• Specialists push for better access to child health care for all Australian children, International Business Times (12 February 2018)
• Doctors advised to stop performing arthroscopic knee surgery for osteoarthritis, The Sydney Morning Herald (7 February 2018)
• Syphilis out of control in the north, National Indigenous Times, (7 February 2018)
• Growing body of research shows potential risks of arthroscopic knee surgery, 3AW (6 February 2018)
• Syphilis sky rockets across the north, Katherine Times (2 February 2018)

January 2018

• Welfare reforms sound alarm bells among health and medical experts, Croakey (19 January 2018)
• Doctors push for free procedures for obese Australians, Courier Mail (13 January 2018)
• Lap-band surgery could soon be free but does it work? Channel Nine News (13 January 2018)

December 2017

• Over-the-counter codeine-based pills to become prescription only, Daily Telegraph (30 December 2017)
• Medical bodies urge Turnbull Government to help Manus Island asylum seekers, The Sydney Morning Herald (12 December 2017)
• Government shelves plans to drug test welfare recipients, citing lack of Senate support, ABC, AM (7 December 2017)

November 2017

• Doctors, lawyers join call to raise age of criminal responsibility, ABC Online (26 November 2017)
• 'Taking away basic rights of children', SBS News (22 November 2017)
• How young is too young?. SBS News (22 November 2017)
• Age of criminal responsibility, The Drum (21 November 2017)
• It's a yes! Now let's put the love in to the marriage legislation, Croakey (15 November 2017)
• Codeine upschedling - a test of lobbying vs evidence, Croakey (4 November 2017)

October 2017

• Drug testing welfare recipients will stigmatise poor, UN official says, The Guardian, (18 October 2017)
• Australian GP College endorses marriage equality after receiving backlash, Sydney Star Observer (4 October 2017)

September 2017

• Too many x-rays done on kids, experts warn, SBS News (25 September 2017)
• Doctors told to reduce number of x-rays ordered for children, Perth Now (25 September 2017)
• ‘Ludicrous practice’ of gay conversion therapy to be scrutinised, Triple J Hack, (21 September 2017)
• Cost of addiction will only grow under drug testing plan, The Mercury (6 September 2017)
• Doctors condemn Coalition for likening welfare drug tests to vaccinations, The Guardian (5 September 2017)
• Drug testing welfare recipients a 'tick the box' exercise that will never work, Crikey (1 September 2017)
• Humiliating welfare recipients is no solution to addiction, Croakey (1 September 2017)

August 2017

• Humiliation, not help, in store for drug tested welfare recipients, Huffington Post (24 August 2017)
• Pregnant refugees refused abortions on Nauru must be brought to Australia, says AMA , The Guardian (23 August 2017)
• Addiction experts beg government to scrap welfare tests, Huffington Post (19 August 2017)
• Trial is inherently flawed, Border Mail (7 August 2017)
• Drug testing dole recipients harmful: RACP, Channel Nine News (4 August 2017)
• Drug testing dole recipients harmful: RACP, World News Australia (4 August 2017)
• Doctors advised to stop ordering 'unreliable, potentially harmful' tests for women and children, The Sydney Morning Herald (1 August 2017)