Category: Health Access
All NT patrols to carry stun guns
Article posted on Wednesday 01 September 2010
Every police patrol in the NT will carry at least one stun gun by Christmas, with 100 new weapons taking the NT Police total to 230. In 2009, Kwementyaye Rubuntja, 39, died from heart failure after being stunned twice in Alice Springs. The NT coroner fou… more »
Even in the capital city, Indigenous
Australians suffer disproportionately
Article posted on Saturday 14 August 2010
Despite adequate resources and general goodwill, 'significant improvement' continues to elude Indigenous Australians, even in the national capital, Aboriginal Justice leader Brendan Church writes. He provides a 10-point list of ways improvement is possib… more »
Students help frame debates
Article posted on Monday 26 July 2010
CLA works with advanced and honours students on topics of mutual interest, where the student gains credits for 'internship' programs or honours studies, and CLA benefits from excellent research papers which help to shape a current or future dilemma. See… more »
Smokers at risk in the dark
Article posted on Tuesday 25 May 2010
CLA member Keith McEwan is concerned for all creatures, including smokers. He postulates that a dedicated room, with facilities, might bring them back in from the cold in more ways than one. Smokers at risk in the dark Editor, The Age: While most peo… more »
Indigenous stats
sound alarm bells
Article posted on Monday 08 March 2010
Victoria is one of the more enlightened states in looking after Indigenous people...but still the statistics are appalling, as this analysis by Keith McEwan (pictured) points out. "Life is not so good for an Indigenous person living in Victoria...or, for… more »
Drugs: health carrots, not sticks
Article posted on Wednesday 24 February 2010
Australian drug policies are not working: criminals are getting richer, prison populations are swelling and there are major national health problems, including deaths from overdoses in every State and Territory. Surely, CLA says, it is time for the new N… more »
Oz needs DNA protection laws
Article posted on Tuesday 16 February 2010
CLA has long argued the need for national legislation so Australians can find out what their DNA tells them without suffering penalties under insurance and superannuation rules. Cheaper DNA testing, sometimes sponsored by insurance companies, is bringin… more »
Portugal tries new drugs approach
Article posted on Thursday 05 November 2009
Portugal decriminalised personal consumption of drugs almost a decade ago, showing a lead to other advanced nations. It is also about to introduce an innovative national alcohol program. Advisor to the national drugs board, Fatima Trigueros, reports in d… more »
Don’t aim stun guns at chest, police warned by weapon's manufacturer
Article posted on Monday 12 October 2009
The world's biggest maker of stun guns, Taser, has done a backflip and is now warning police forces to not aim the weapons at people's chests. The company appears to be trying to make sure it can't be sued if people die in future after being stunned by t… more »
DNA requires debate, legislation
Article posted on Wednesday 30 September 2009
New uses for DNA information are permeating Australia without debate about how we want to regulate either a useful guide to health or a tool to discrimate against people who - by accident of birth - are slightly different from whatever 'average' is.… more »
Workplace drug testing: caution urged
Article posted on Wednesday 30 September 2009
CLA is often asked about rights concerning drug tests in the workplace. Here two Australian academics discuss the usefulness of drug testing procedures and, among other issues, question whether mandatory testing can actually hide some problems that shoul… more »
Abortion is a health issue
Article posted on Tuesday 08 September 2009
Abortion is a difficult societal issue where health concerns are paramount. Women should have the right to make decisions about their own bodies. Laws around the issue of abortion should be based on health grounds, not criminal penalties.Abortion is a… more »
New ID system must keep our
private health records secure
Article posted on Friday 14 August 2009
Any new health records system must safeguard a person's ownership of their personal medical records, and their privacy from abuse or misuse of the information, CLA says in a submission to those designing the laws and rules around Australia's new Health I… more »
National e-health system confused, critics say
Article posted on Saturday 13 June 2009
Confusion surrounds federal, state and public authority proposals for a national e-health system in Australia, critics say. As competing bodies propose varied systems, no-one is consulting with privacy and civil liberties groups to ensure people's he… more »
Should bureaucrats have access to your health files?
Article posted on Friday 24 April 2009
Should Medicare bureaucrats be able to pry into your personal health records whenever they like? No, CLA says...but Medicare is proposing new legislation so public servants could peer into your detailed doctors' files, and at the same time put doctors th… more »
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