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Joint statement on the need for free and accessible rapid antigen tests to protect public health and the economic recovery

14 February 2022 As Australia faces the reality of Omicron ripping through our communities with devastating consequences for both public health and the economy, we need the Federal Government to provide free and accessible rapid antigen tests (RATs) for the entire community. Rapid Antigen Tests are an essential tool in managing this pandemic and stopping the spread...

80 per cent vaccination shouldn’t be a moment of pride as marginalised still waiting

10 November 2021 Despite more than 80 per cent of Australian residents aged over 16 have now being fully-vaccinated against COVID-19, people living with disabilities and first Nation Australians vaccination rates continue to lag well behind the rest of Australia. Francis Sullivan, Chair of Catholic Social Services Australia said from day one, the vaccine rollout has been...

NDIS users pay the price when systems serve the bureaucracy

18 February 2020 Article by Joe Zabar The Tune review into the National Disability Insurance Scheme should have the government very concerned, not just about the NDIS, but about its collective capacity to deliver government services more broadly. The release of the NDIS review during one of the government's largest mobilisations of support to bushfire-affected communities and businesses may prove...

Improving the Quality of End of Life Care (ELDAC): Catholic Care Wollongong

31 December 2019 CatholicCare Wollongong has been invited to participate in the ELDAC project, an initiative funded by the Australian Government Department of Health. ELDAC is conducted by a consortium of three universities and five national peak bodies from the aged, primary and specialist palliative care sectors. ELDAC is a multifaceted program with diverse areas of application....

Medicalis-nation: the growing dependence of Australian public policy on drugs

An edited version of this paper was published in the Mandarin on 26 February 2019. Australian media regularly reports concerns about the over-use of drugs to treat our most vulnerable. However, what this reporting has missed is the subtle but underlying trend toward medicalisation in public policy. I first met Dorothy as part of a national evaluation of community-based...

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