While Americans worry about the price of raspberries going up due to a war the US/Trump started, thousands are dying, lives of many thrown into turmoil, inflation is rampant across the world pushing people into poverty, world order in disarray. But yes, let’s worry about raspberries @nytimes.com

Please join us for this timely #CroakeyLIVE webinar with diverse speakers addressing the theme of #PeaceForHealth, marking Global Public Health Week. 5-6pm AEST on Wednesday, 8 April. Register here: buff.ly/z31K72H #PeaceForHealth #GPHW2026

An investigation of payments to general practitioners challenges some common claims www.croakey.org/an-investiga... #publichealth

Looking forward to moderating this webinar on the role health leaders and civil society can play in advocating for #peace not war. Please join us on 8 April.

Peter Greste on point: silencing voices stifled debate, polarises us further www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Happy new year! @nigella.bsky.social nails #RecipeOfTheDay, but don’t leave out the raisins and currants!

Australian social media ban: when does it start, how will it work and what apps are being banned for under-16s?

Stunning day flying out of #Wellington #NZ

Land of the long white cloud

NZ’s beautiful Pohutukawa tree

Please invest in #health. Wise words from Prof Marie Bismark, particularly highlighting regional and rural health inequity.

More than 300 years after the conclusion of the Salem witch trials, a class of middle-school students has helped exonerate the sole remaining woman legally classified as a witch. msmagazine.com/2023/10/30/s...

Loss of peak health group raises many concerns and questions www.croakey.org/loss-of-peak... #publichealth

Peak health group enters voluntary administration www.croakey.org/peak-health-...

Subscribers will receive a special edition of @croakeynews.bsky.social bulletin this week, profiling a selection of our primary healthcare articles over the past 17 years. Marking the impending launch of our #PHCmatters initiative. It's a great time to subscribe! buff.ly/xTqNVkw

Never miss an edition! #TheZap is essential reading if you're interested in health and aged care. A weekly roundup with @charlesmk.bsky.social www.croakey.org/the-zap-all-...

What are the stories to tell from primary healthcare and local communities? www.croakey.org/what-are-the... #publichealth

NT Health STD prevention campaign borrows from Hollywood

How to protect public interest journalism as a public health good www.croakey.org/how-to-prote...

NB: Harvard University has just launched a stack of courses online for FREE! Eg constitutional foundations, citizen politics in America, foreign politics, preventing the next pandemic, leadership: creating public value, civic engagement & more. See pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove.... Check it out! 🖥💻📱👀

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Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, a call to action for the next Australian Government – media release from Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/ahead-of-wor...

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The quotable quote now featured on @croakeynews.bsky.social homepage comes from this recent article by @alisonver.bsky.social www.croakey.org/with-so-few-... #SDOH #AusPol #AusVotes2025 #LeadershipMatters

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Affordable #childcare and quality public #education are important starting points for a better, fairer Australia. Thanks to @croakeynews.bsky.social for publishing my thoughts in the lead up to the election. #auspol www.croakey.org/with-so-few-...

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Anti-vaxxers, and notably the current US Secretary for Health, are putting us all at risk. It’s a sad state of affairs that the Aust Govt has had to warn travellers twice in the past week about the risks being created by the current US administration.

What a joy to see this fabulous film at the French Film Festival #Canberra youtu.be/dvT2Cd8bq0U

I happened upon @roadshowpbs.bsky.social Antiques Roadshow which traces history of #nursing today. Such a terrific program about #nurses the care they offer and the difference they make every day. Check it out on ABCiView.

Binalong NSW cafe applies a ‘tariff’ to all US products it sells, with the proceeds to be directed to organisations providing aid to Ukraine. Time to step up, Australians, and say no to bullying and the offensive behaviour and economic damage being imposed on us all by the Trump regime.

Misinformation and disinformation are a plague. My views, along with others, in this @croakeynews.bsky.social article.

youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?" It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini #Dontabandonthem

A call for tough legislation to curb misinformation and disinformation www.croakey.org/a-call-for-t... #publichealth

A timely call for tough legislation to curb misinformation and disinformation – by senior medical leader Professor Nick Talley www.croakey.org/a-call-for-t... #publichealth #SDOH #CommercialDeterminants #AusPol #Trumpism

Pumpkins to infinity at the National Gallery of Victoria’s Yayoi Kusuma exhibition #Melbourne

Some reading for @fatima-payman.bsky.social about how women and their supporters are treated in Iran

In case any Coalition ministerial would-be’s get any ideas from Musk and Trump about requiring public servants to submit weekly lists of their accomplishments or be fired, here’s some inspiration from the US.

RIP Roberta Flack, her beautiful voice a gift to the world. youtu.be/d8_fLu2yrP4

Coalition matching Medicare funding is suspect.Re Dutton’s history as health minister: “The deep ideological commitment to the destruction of Medicare was apparent in the Abbott government’s 2014 proposal to introduce a high co-payment for doctors’ consultations.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This from the man (and party) who argued fiercely ten years ago for a $7 #Medicare copayment, a deeply unpopular policy from an unpopular health minister. As a reminder: www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03...

The stunning corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) at Canberra’s National Botanic Gardens has flowered for the first time in more than 15 years, only for a day or two. The world’s biggest flower spike, native to Sumatra, there are only about 1000 plants across the world. #Canberra

The quotable now featured at @CroakeyNews homepage comes from a recent #ICYMI column, highlighting one of the biggest threats to our collective health and wellbeing www.croakey.org/icymi-a-terr...

Australia’s most trusted source of #health news, @croakeynews.bsky.social now has a new feature with a focus on Pacific Islands. In this edition; climate emergencies, Trump’s impact and concerning whooping cough outbreaks

The Liberal Party of Australia has made an ad about its Nuclear Plan, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqV...

Usually @ConversationEDU is a good source of evidence-based information but words matter. The headline in this story should be: Parliament condemns antisemitism but #Opposition can’t avoid blame game. Calling out divisive politics is more important now than ever. #auspol