Herzog protests. Medics attacked too, lawyers question police violence michaelwest.com.au/herzog-prote... via @MichaelWestBiz

Wrong way. Go back. 🛑 #qldpol #climatechange www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

The workshop at the Health Translation Hub, UNSW Kensington, is organised in collaboration between Public Health Scotland and UNSW Cities Institute. Read more on the #PlaceStandard Tool here: See: webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/202508201440... #CroakeyConferenceNewsService

The #PlaceStandard Tool provides a framework to structure conversations about place, based around 14 questions. It addresses the physical elements of a place (such as the buildings, spaces, and transport ) as well as the social aspects (like whether people feel they have a say in decision making)

How can the #PlaceStandard Tool, developed in Scotland, help communities in Australia to evaluate the health impacts of their physical and social environments? Dr Ruth Armstrong is at a workshop on Bidjigal land in Sydney today for the Croakey Conference News Service...

Always a pleasure to welcome former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to my office to talk renewable energy.  This Government works with people from all perspectives and we get views from across the political spectrum when it comes to the renewable transition.

Concerns ‘AI slop’ used by University of Sydney-based institute to lobby for $20m gambling education funding www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Sheikh who led prayer at Sydney protest against Herzog says police were ‘unhinged and aggressive’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Labor group voices ‘distress and disgust’ at police response to anti-Herzog protests www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Telstra joint venture to axe more than 200 jobs amid AI rollout www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Lenore Taylor resigns as Guardian Australia editor after 10 years of leadership www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

Woman, 69, in hospital with four broken vertebrae after interaction with police at Herzog protest www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Hot off the presses! #TheZap: latest health and aged care news, plus key consultations and inquiries of note Don't miss the musical exposé... www.croakey.org/the-zap-late... By @charlesmk.bsky.social #HealthMatters #AgedCare #AusPol

Facing 2026: "Taken together, the discussion painted a picture of a public health landscape shaped less by a lack of knowledge than by political caution, structural fragmentation, and external pressures that reward short-term responses over long-term reform." www.croakey.org/three-warnin...

Report by Jason Staines re CSIRO cuts identifies a "shared concern that Australia is drifting toward a model of public science that is increasingly short-term, reactive and fragile, even as national challenges become more complex and interlinked." www.croakey.org/public-good-...

#ICYMI: preventing cancer, surviving extreme heat, taking on Big Tech, defending human rights – and healthcare matters www.croakey.org/icymi-preven... Tks to contributors: @mikedaube.bsky.social & others...

Acknowledging #ICYMI contributors: @UN_News_Centre @hans_kluge @KulikovUNIATF @MelissaFleming @Mon4Kooyong @TheAusInstitute @SParnis @ChaneyforCurtin @DavidShoebridge www.croakey.org/icymi-preven...

"Violence appears repeatedly in WHO resolutions, strategies, and technical documents. Firearm-related harms do not. This absence shows up across WHA resolutions, flagship prevention frameworks, and the national policies that rely on them. It is a governance blind spot with practical consequences."

WHO Talks About Violence – But Not Firearms healthpolicy-watch.news/who-talks-ab...

Link to plan is here: www.dss.gov.au/first-nation...

Media statement re: Our Ways – Strong Ways – Our Voices: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Plan to End Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence 2026– 2036 ministers.dss.gov.au/media-releas...

Food discourses may have shifted with the political and cultural winds, but the science on what a more sustainable and healthy food system looks like hasn't: less meat, more plants, less junk. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

As WHO Debates Global AI Regulation, States Clash Over ‘Data Sovereignty’ healthpolicy-watch.news/who-debates-...

WHO Slows Pace on Indigenous Health Strategy to Ensure ‘Meaningful’ Consent healthpolicy-watch.news/who-slows-pa...

Australian ministers met Japanese gas companies 20 times amid fossil fuel lobbying push www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

State government to introduce new gun control law criticised as ‘weakest in Australia’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Washington Post publisher Will Lewis abruptly resigns amid criticism of staff cuts www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

Bob Woodward says he is ‘crushed’ by Washington Post layoffs www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

GetUp hires David Sharaz for senior role as it takes on ‘democratic threat’ of conservative groups www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Professor Lorena Allam: Invasion Day is about Indigenous people’s survival, our resilience. To strike at the heart of that is a hate crime www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Public-good science is being squeezed, and health is part of the fallout www.croakey.org/public-good-... Jason Staines reviewed dozens of submissions to an inquiry into funding and job cuts at CSIRO #AusPol

If this is to be the year for positive change for planetary health equity, what will it take? www.croakey.org/if-this-is-t... By Professor Sharon Friel and Chelsea Hunnisett, who outline the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the health of people and planet.

Organisations & experts call for wider action to protect safety & wellbeing of First Nations people www.croakey.org/organisation... By Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention, Uluru Statement from the Heart Co-Chair Pat Anderson, AHCWA, ANTAR.

Latest #ICYMI: preventing cancer, surviving extreme heat, taking on Big Tech, defending human rights – and healthcare matters www.croakey.org/icymi-preven... Focus global, local and national...