Federal government’s $537m boost to aged care dodges real issues
A $537 million aged care funding package announced this week by the Federal government as its immediate response to the Aged Care Royal Commission’s damning interim report fails to address the root causes of the crisis facing the sector and sidesteps meaningful action, according to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). “The announcement is […]
5 ways health professionals can tackle climate change
A recent Lancet Report (Watts et al. 2018) warned, “the nature and scale of the response to climate change will be the determining factor in shaping the health of nations for centuries to come”. Our research team of clinicians and academics at Monash’s Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and the Monash Sustainable Development Institute […]