Opinions

The loss of biodiversity in Australia and the world could have disastrous consequences for human health, write Marion Carey, Katherine Barraclough and Ken Winkel.

Marion Carey, Katherine Barraclough, Ken Winkel

Access to abortion and contraception in rural and regional Australia could be improved with nurse-led models of care in general practice, write Jessica Moulton, Jessica Botfield and Danielle Mazza.

Jessica Moulton, Jessica Botfield, Danielle Mazza

Changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule will benefit children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental disorders, write Elizabeth Elliott, Marcel Zimmet and Julie Flanagan.

Elizabeth Elliott, Marcel Zimmet, Julie Flanagan

We need to re-think medical ethics in the era of the Anthropocene, writes public health physician, Professor Tony Capon.

Tony Capon

The profound effects of child maltreatment on health and wellbeing have long been voiced by survivors, write Hannah Thomas, Divna Haslam, Holly Erskine.

Hannah Thomas, Divna Haslam, Holly Erskine

Australia’s first national prevalence study of all forms of child abuse and neglect reveals that the typical experience of maltreatment is of multiple types, write Professors Daryl Higgins and Ben Mathews.

Daryl Higgins, Ben Mathews

Problem gambling has a compounding cost not just for individuals but also for their families and their communities, write Professor Steve Robson and Associate Professor Jeffrey Looi.

Steve Robson, Jeffrey Looi

The latest Medical Training Survey makes for sobering reading, prompting the need for senior doctors to do more to address bullying and racism in the profession, writes Dr Jillann Farmer.

Jillann Farmer

The easy access to, and uptake of, vaping by young Australians is a public health crisis, writes Professor Jonine Jancey.

Jonine Jancey