Covid exposes need for public health agency

Covid exposes need for public health agency

By Collin Tukitonga – Dr Collin Tukuitonga draws on New Zealand’s response to Covid-19 to argue for a designated population health agency  An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed major shortcomings in the funding...
Covid-19 and clickbait

Covid-19 and clickbait

By Anne Salmond – Michael Woodhouse still can’t provide evidence of his apocryphal ‘homeless man’ staying for free in quarantine.  Dame Anne Salmond argues the Opposition and media need to be better in throwing around such claims. It is now 12...
A crisis of public spaces

A crisis of public spaces

Diane Brand asks what the post-pandemic city will look like and how do we adjust our concept of urbanism to accommodate it?  *Originally published in Newsroom. Republished with permission Public spaces where people are able congregate, streets, squares, parks and...
What the Budget means for women

What the Budget means for women

The Budget’s investment in physical infrastructure is necessary for economic recovery, but it must be recognised that the number of women in those jobs is much lower than in social infrastructure like heath services and education. The Government should consider...
Watch: COVID, care and wellbeing: What do we really value?

Watch: COVID, care and wellbeing: What do we really value?

  Watch the recording of the webinar Dear friend Although the COVID-19 pandemic has put the brakes on Australia’s paid market economy, our unpaid non-market economy – the cooking, cleaning and caring taking place within Australians’ households – is still...