Toby Freeman

We found that #privatisation isn't all it was cracked up to be. Not good news for health or equity @DrJuliaAnaf1 @drtobyfreeman link.springer.com/article/10.118…

Chelsea Hunnisett @healthy_climate taking us through the good and bad aspects of the recently launched National Health and Climate Strategy @baumfran @drtobyfreeman @PHEHothouse

Follow @WePublicHealth this week as the @rtfg_Australia team post this week on the themes of poverty, wealth, precarity and health to make Prof Martin McKee's visit @martinmckee and presentation tomorrow at @UniofAdelaide

@baumfran introducing @martinmckee - a unique epidemiologists who looks behind the numbers to ask questions, about what is causing inequities.

Have you worked with a big consulting firm? Would you be willing to spbe interviewed about your experience as a consultant working with government? Full confidentiality assured in a project with full ethics approval from the @UniofAdelaide email me fran.baum@adelaide.edu.au

The Health Equity Learning Lab Oz (HELLO) webinar series is back for 2024-featuring Amanda Sadauskas, who will present on Healthy Workplaces Service, and Dr Miriam Vandenberg, who will present on Informal Work in Australia. @baumfran @drtobyfreeman @UniofAdelaide @joanne_flavel

Do you insider knowledge about the impacts of privatisation of public services in Australia? If so are you willing to be interviewed as part of our study? Full confidentiality assured. contact me on fran.baum@adelaide.edu.au for more info

In Nov we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the groundbreaking Whitlam Community Health Program and reported lessons for current health policy @Mark_Butler_MP speech shows an excellent understanding of the challenges our health systems faces: WATCH HERE youtu.be/XOXNTItTSHs?si…

I was honoured to receive the @UniofAdelaide 2023 School of Social Sciences and Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics Early Career Research Excellence Awards this week. I want to acknowledge my mentors @baumfran @drtobyfreeman @martinmckee @AnnaZiersch and my colleagues

Lots of work over the last few decades by @ACOSS @AntiPovertyN_SA and others change the rhetoric around poverty and not demonizing people on social security payments.Growing support in general public for addressing poverty and more supportive social security policy @drtobyfreeman

Published today! Evaluating local #primaryhealthcare actions to address health #inequities: analysis of Australia's Primary Health Networks. #PHN #PHC. Plenty of good intentions, constrained actions. @Flinders @JavanparastSara @baumfran @drtobyfreeman equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

A reminder to register for Conflict of Interest and the Commercial Determinants of Health seminar feauring Jeff Collins @EdinburghUni & Julia Anaf @UniofAdelaide F2F and zoom Monday 20th Nov 2-4pm Adelaide time email strettonhealth@adelaide.edu.au to secure your place

next HELLO webinar with @joanne_flavel presenting on social epidemiology analysis of health inequities in Australia & SDH that underpin growing socio-economic inequities & Robert SturrockSenior Advisor on Community Services from @ACOSS who will reflect on the policy implications.

Women's Health centres are part of the #communityhealth50Years celebration and here is @ConMusolino describing their history and roots in the #feminist movement

Dr. Tamara MacKean quotes Pat Turner ⁦@NACCHOAustralia⁩ saying community controlled health services is a good model for everyone Whitlam would agree!! #communityhealth50years

This is the team which produced the research behind the #communityhealth50years celebration at @Whitlam_Inst @drtobyfreeman @ConMusolino @baumfran @DavidGLegge Tony McBride Paul Laris Denise Fry Tamara MacKean Jenny MacMillan Warwick Anderson Jamie Dunt -Virgina Lewis was OS

What are community health services in Australia? They focus on clinical services but also #prevention #groups #communitydevelopment #healthpromotion They often have community members on their boards They were first funded in Australia by the 1973 CHprogram under #Whitlam

This week, @baumfran @drtobyfreeman @ConMusolino are covering #CommunityHealth50Years - Policy forum celebrating the Whitlam Community Health Program: Lessons for the Future shorturl.at/hCFWY Warm thanks @AHPA_AU for covering #hpsymposium2023 last week

If you are in Sydney, join us at the @Whitlam_Inst for presentations by the History of Community Health project team @baumfran @drtobyfreeman @ConMusolino A/Prof Tamara Mackean, A/Prof David Legge, Dr James Dunk, Tony McBride, a panel discussing lessons for the future.

Lowitja Institute supports the following Statement for our People and Country in response to the October 14 Referendum: lowitja.org.au/content/Docume… #OurPeople #OurCountry