Tech giants should face new watchdog, Australian Senate inquiry finds #regulatedigitalplatforms ⁦Croakey News⁩ ⁦Megan Williams⁩ ⁦Bronwyn Fredericks⁩ ⁦Alison Barrett⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…

The g' ment's COVID response inq is seeking submissions up until 15 Dec - the Cleaner Air Collective has an excellent guide on how to do this. If you have been impacted by COVID please consider putting in a submission so your experiences are recorded. cleaneraircollective.com/commonwealth-g…

Private industry benefiting more than communities from prisons. To quote: "Jailing is in fact, working. It is working for all the people who benefit from the prison industrial complex – and by that, we mean the entire overlapping interests of state and industry"

A quick 🧵 to catch you up with new reading at Croakey News croakey.org Warm thanks to all who've contributed!

How diverse commercial interests are threatening the world's health. And what to do about it. croakey.org/how-diverse-co… #publichealth

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"Good Medicine brings the healing power of humor to NYC". Oh please come to Straya #INDIGENOUS #comedy pacnyc.org/whats-on/good-…

🌟 Panel Moderator: Nerita Waight 🌟 We are lucky to have VALS CEO and First Peoples' Assembly Treaty Co-Convenor Nerita Waight to moderate this year's Invasion Day webinar panel. 👉🏽 Register now at buff.ly/3vw3xP2 !

Drawing a line in the sand, and speaking up for abolition of the prison industrial complex Jailing is NOT failing. It is lazy and poor analysis to suggest it is, and entirely offensive to the people it harms with a deliberate … #freeher Disposable Human johnmenadue.com/speaking-up-fo…

The Queensland Government suspended that state's Human Rights Act to facilitate this - a system that we know is failing kids and causing them harm

If you’ve got an important story to tell, see how Croakey Health Media can help croakey.org/if-youve-got-a… Croakey News welcome back today Melissa Sweet Alison Barrett and team

The National Network of Incarcerated & Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls reissue our call for the immediate closure of #DonDale Youth Prison & the immediate safe release of children, amid the latest protest by children in the prison this week Read 👇🏾 thenationalnetwork.com.au/index.php/medi…

Important shifts needed in how we approach and fund measures to alleviate (inequitably distributed) distress. Sharon Friel Kerry Hawkins

The Zap: renovating Medicare, wishlists for Jim "Santa" Chalmers, and the rights of aged care residents croakey.org/the-zap-renova… #publichealth

Many thanks to all who attended Croakey's webinar last night to plan our #Medicare40Years project. It was a great discussion – we have so many ideas now! Stay tuned....