The pandemic has revealed the cracks in our public health system are gaping holes, with many health workers saying it has reached crisis point. From primary care, to emergency departments and climate change, our guest, GP and writer Dr Melanie

How Did We Get Here? The Economics Behind Australia's Covid Disaster

Jan 4th, 2022 26m 13s

Within a matter of weeks, Australia has gone from having one of the lowest rates of Covid-19 infections to one of the highest per capita in the world. Today we speak with Richard Denniss, the chief economist at The Australia Institute on how we

Meet the First Aboriginal Vascular Surgeon Trainee in Australia

Dec 21st, 2021 32m 10s

Today we’re speaking with Dr. Justin Cain who is the first Aboriginal doctor to be accepted onto the vascular surgery training program in Australia. We chat about Justin's journey as well how First Nations medical students and doctors can be

The Politics of Pregnancy and How My Medical Education Failed Me

Sep 16th, 2021 25m 7s

When Dr Shona Kambarami was in her final year of medical school in Australia, she did an OBGYN rotation in a New Orleans hospital. It was there where she saw first hand the health disparities for Black patients and how a predominantly white med

‘If We Don’t Think Globally We Will Fail’ - Vaccine Inequity and the Legacy of Australia's Response to the Covid Crisis in India

Jul 15th, 2021 25m 30s

When Dr Neela Janakiramanan first heard about the Covid crisis unfolding in India, it wasn’t necessarily the crisis itself that surprised her— she’d seen covid spikes in other parts of the world with unvaccinated populations— what was different

Nuclear Weapons Are Now Banned: Meet One of the Doctors Who Helped Make it Happen

Jan 21st, 2021 25m 41s

The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will come into effect on January 22, 2021. We speak with Dr Ruth Mitchell who was a recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize for her work on this campaign. Dr Mitchell is a neurosurgeon and co-

Doctors Sound the Alarm To Government: Climate Change is a Health Emergency

Sep 8th, 2020 32m 13s

In this episode we speak with Dr. Ingo Weber about the connections between climate change and health and what doctors are calling on the government to do to address this crisis. Dr. Weber is a qualified GP and an anaesthetist as well as a lectu

The Power of Health Education From a First Nations Perspective

Jul 13th, 2020 27m 19s

In this episode we speak with Dr. Ngaree Blow about the successes and challenges for improving the health and well-being of First Nations communities.Dr. Ngaree Blow is the Director of First Nations Health for medical education at the Universi

"Don't Let Us Die" - Doctors Call on the Government to Support Asylum Seekers and Other Vulnerable Groups in the COVID-19 crisis

Apr 15th, 2020 28m 37s

As the COVID-19 crisis rapidly unfolds, doctors are calling on the Federal government to release all immigrant detainees to avoid a public health catastrophe for detainees and the broader community.For the past 30 years Australia has adopted a

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