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Conference News Service

The Croakey Conference News Service provides skilled, independent, multimedia reporting of conferences and other events that are likely to be of interest or use to Croakey readers.

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  • To provide a service to Croakey’s readers by helping to disseminate news from events with some public interest merit
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  • To contribute to more informed and empowered communities
  • To help ensure the sustainability of Croakey.

Conference organisers pay for the time and costs of a journalist (or someone with appropriate skills and expertise) to attend the conference, and to provide articles for Croakey, as well as tweet-reporting and conducting video interviews. They also fund a Croakey editor’s time in organising and editing coverage.

Tweets, video interviews and articles produced as part of the service provide independent reporting, and are not vetted by conference organisers prior to publication.

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Reports published at Croakey are also available to the event organisers and other organisations (subject to agreement) to publish in their own newsletters. Croakey can also produce an e-publication compiling the conference coverage.

In the interests of transparency, each article produced under this service is clearly badged with a logo.

The National Rural Health Alliance was the first to enlist the Croakey Conference News Service, for the 12th National Rural Health Conference in 2013.

Contact Croakey direct if this service is of potential interest for your event or conference.

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2023 coverage

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HEAL Network annual conference: collective action for health, environment & climate
15-16 November 2023
Editorial team: Alison Barrett, Dr Lesley Russell, Danielle Manton, Dr Ruth Armstrong, Dr Melissa Sweet
#HEAL2023 
National Medicines Symposium, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
8 November, 2023
Editorial team: Alison Barrett, Dr Laura Hemming, Dr Melissa Sweet
#NMS23 
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Annual Scientific Meeting 2023
28 October-1 November, 2023
Editorial team: Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet
Live Tweeting only
#RANZCOG2023
 
Health Promotion Symposium 2023, Australian Health Promotion Association
25-26 October, 2023
Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Dr Melissa Sweet
#hpsymposium2023 
Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum, Climate and Health Alliance, the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Network, Western Australia Sustainable Development Unit, South Metropolitan Health Service
14-15 September, 2023
Editorial team: Alison Barrett, Dr Laura Hemming, Dr Melissa Sweet
#GreenHealthForum23 
Planetary Health Equity Hothouse inaugural annual policy symposium, ‘Extinction thwarted? The nexus between climate change, social equity and health’, Australian National University, Canberra, 13 September
Live tweeting by Alison Barrett
#HothouseSymposium 
The 3rd International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference
14 – 16 June
Editorial team:
Amba-Rose Atkinson, Danielle Manton, Breanna Solomon, Rhanee Lester, Chenoa Wapau, Dr Ruth Armstrong, Dr Melissa Sweet
#Lowitja2023  
Webinar on working with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
17 May
Editorial team: Dr Ruth Armstrong, Marie McInerney
#AskMSF 
The Health and Democracy Forum
16 May
Editorial team: Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet
#OurDemocracy 
National Suicide Prevention Conference
1-4 May.
Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet
#NSPC23 
Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (ASMIRT) conference
27-30 April.
Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet, Mitchell Ward
#ASMIRT2023Download

2022 coverage

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Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute 10th Annual Colloquium.
Editorial team: Alison Barrett
#SydneyID2022 
HEAL2022 conference
Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) Network
23-24 November.
Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Alison Barrett, Dr Ruth Armstrong, Dr Melissa Sweet
#Heal2022 
RANZCOG Annual Scientific Meeting 2022
With live-tweeting coverage provided 10-11 October.
Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes, Dr Melissa Sweet
#RANZCOG22 
Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum 2022, 7 October 2022. Co-hosted by Climate and Health Alliance, Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Network, and Hunter New England Local Health District.
A preview article and live-tweeting.
Editorial team: Dr Sarah Simons, Dr Melissa Sweet, Alison Barrett
#GreenHealthForum22 
Rethink Addiction National Convention
With coverage provided 12-13 September, 2022
Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet
#RethinkAddictionDownload
The Australian College of Nursing’s National Nursing Forum, 17-19 August
Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet
#NNF2022Download
The 16th National Rural Health Conference, with coverage provided for 3 August 2022.
Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet
#16NRHCDownload
The 21st International Conference on Emergency Medicine, a hybrid event hosted by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine, with coverage provided 16-18 June.
Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes, Alison Barrett, Dr Sarah Simons, Dr Melissa Sweet
#ICEM22 
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland hosted the annual Native American Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) Conference 2022 – Regional Gathering, with the theme Indigenous Futures and Sustaining Liveliness, 29-31 May.
Editorial team: Dr Summer May Finlay, Dr Tess Ryan, Dr Melissa Sweet
#NAISA22 
The Giant Steps conference, hosted by Safer Care Victoria, 26-27 May, held in person and online.
Editorial team: Jennifer Doggett, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet
#GiantSteps22Download
Research to Practice 2022, 19-21 May, convened by Exercise and Sports Science Australia
Editorial team: H. Clare Callow, Associate Professor Lesley Russell, Dr Melissa Sweet
#RTP22 
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Congress, ‘Stronger Bridges, Safer Harbours’, 15-19 May
Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet
#RANZCP2022Download
The Choosing Wisely Australia National meeting, 3 May, 2022
Editorial team: Jennifer Doggett, Cate Carrigan, Alison Barrett, Dr Melissa Sweet
#ChoosingWisely2022Download
The Equally Well 2022 Symposium, 12-13 April, 2022
Editorial team: Cate Carrigan, Dr Melissa Sweet
#EquallyWell22Download

2021 coverage

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The 2021 Global Food Governance Conference, supported by the Food Governance Node at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney; the Global Center for Legal Innovation on Food Environments housed at the O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law at Georgetown University; and The George Institute for Global Health.
Editorial team: Meera Senthilingam, Jennifer Doggett, Melissa Sweet
#FoodGovernance2021 
The Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum, held by the Climate and Health Alliance, the Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Pacific network and UnitingCare Queensland.
Editorial team: Cate Carrigan, Melissa Sweet
#GreenHealthForum21 
Lowitja Institute report and event.
Editorial team
: Nicole MacKee, Summer May Finlay, Cate Carrigan, Melissa Sweet
#IndigenousClimateJustice2021Download
National Nursing Forum 2021, Australian College of Nursing.
Editorial team
: Jennifer Doggett, Marie McInerney
#NNF2021Download
Reported on the Youth Health Forum 2021 National Summit.
Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Jennifer Doggett
#YHFSummitDownload
Reported on the 2021 Oceanic Palliative Care Conference.
Editorial team: Linda Doherty, Alison Barrett, Cate Carrigan, Marie McInerney
#21OPCCDownload
Reported on the World Congress of Epidemiology 2021.
Editorial team: Nicole MacKee, Dr Amy Coopes, Jennifer Doggett, Dr Melissa Sweet
#WCepi2021 
Reported on an online summit on value-based care, by NHMRC-funded Partnership Centre for Health System Sustainability.
Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes, Dr Melissa Sweet
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Reported on the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) 2021 Congress.
Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Dr Amy Coopes
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Live Tweeted and reported on the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) Women’s Health Summit.
Editorial team: Jennifer Doggett, Dr Melissa Sweet
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Live Tweeted and reported on the online event -#GiantSteps21 Conference, hosted by Safer Care Victoria.
Editorial team: Marie McInerney, Dr Melissa Sweet
#GiantSteps21 
The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) launched a national conference series under the theme ‘Back to the Fire’.
Editorial team: Dr Tess Ryan, Marie McInerney, Cate Carrigan, Dr Melissa Sweet, Dr Tim Senior and Nicole MacKee
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Reported, live tweeted and produced two podcasts covering the Shifting Gears Summit, the first Australian and New Zealand conference on consumer leadership and experience in healthcare, hosted by the Consumers Health Forum of Australia.
Editorial team: Jennifer Doggett, Nicole MacKee, Cate Carrigan, Dr Ruth Armstrong and Dr Melissa Sweet
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Reported and live tweeted on Soundfair’s launch of the HearMe 21 project report.
Editorial team: Cate Carrigan and Dr Melissa Sweet
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2020 coverage

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Live tweeted Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 37th Annual Scientific Meeting, held virtually.
Editorial team: Dr Amy Coopes and Dr Melissa Sweet
#ACEM2020 
Reported and Tweeted on the Mental Health Lived Experience webinar hosted by Mental Health Victoria and the Victorian Healthcare Association. You can also read a Twitter thread here.
Reporter: Marie McInerney
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Reported and Tweeted on a mental health reform webinar hosted by Mental Health Victoria and the Victorian Healthcare Association. You can also read a Twitter thread of #MHReform here.
Reporter: Marie McInerney
#MHReform 
Reported and Tweeted on the online eventThe Gathering of Kindness – on World Kindness Day
Editorial team: Jennifer Doggett and Dr Melissa Sweet
#KindnessWorksHere 
A webinar discussing a report by the Menzies Centre for Health Governance, titled Australian COVID-19 policy responses: Good for health equity or a missed opportunity?
Reporter: Dr Melissa Sweet
#Govern4Health 
A webinar, Aboriginal leadership in research and policy, launched the 2020 Symposium Series for the Centre of Research Excellence: Indigenous Health + Alcohol.
Editorial team: Dr Tess Ryan, Dr Melissa Sweet, Marie McInerney and Dr Ruth Armstrong
#2020ResearchExcellence 
VicHealth hosted a series of discussions about “life and health re-imagined”, examining how the pandemic has created a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” for addressing critical determinants of health.
Editorial team: Marie McInerney and Dr Melissa Sweet
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#SAHeapsUnfair Twitter Festival – A report, titled South Australia: The Heaps Unfair State was produced by the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity and the South Australian Council of Social Service (SACOSS), and documents a growth in inequities in SA since the 1980s.
Editorial team: Dr Melissa Sweet and Marie McInerney
#SAHeapsUnfair 

2019 coverage

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Annual scientific meeting of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM). Reporter: Amy Coopes#ACEM19 storiesDownload
The launch of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency’s (AHPRA) designation as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Health Workforce Regulation in Canberra. Reporter: Jennifer Doggett#WHOcollabAHRPA story 
Equally Well symposium in Melbourne. Reporter: Marie McInerney#EquallyWellAust storiesDownload
Grand round panel discussion on women in medicine at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne. Reporter: Marie McInerney#HealthAdvocacyWIM storiesDownload
15th National Rural Health Conference in nipaluna/Hobart. Reporter: Dr Melissa Sweet#ruralhealthconf storiesDownload
Lowitja Institute’s #KTthatWorks knowledge translation forum in Melbourne. Reporter: Marie McInerney#KTthatWorks storiesDownload
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists’ 2019 Congress, #RANZCP2019, in Cairns. Reporter: Marie McInerney#RANZCP2019 stories 
2019 Choosing Wisely Australia National Meeting in Melbourne. Reporter: Marie McInerney#OKtoAsk2019 storiesDownload
Lowitja Institute’s second International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conferenceon the lands of the Larrakia Nation in Darwin. Reporters: Summer May Finlay and Marie McInerney#LowitjaConf2019 storiesDownload
Mental Health and Ageing summit convened in Melbourne by Mental Health Victoria. Reporter: Marie McInerney#MHAgeing stories 
Australian College of Nursing’s National Nursing Forum was held in Hobart. Reporter: Marie McInerney#NNF2019Download
The Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity Forum at the UNSW in Sydney. Reporter: Amy Coopes#CPHCE19 stories Download
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) meeting in Melbourne. Reporter: Amy Coopes#RANZCOG19 storiesDownload
Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC) conference in Melbourne. Reporter: Marie McInerney#VMIAC2019 storiesDownload
Safer Care Victoria Giant Steps – Towards Better, Safer Care conference in Melbourne. Reporter: Marie McInerney#GiantSteps19 stories 
   

2018 coverage

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VicHealth annual health promotion awards. Reporter Marie McInerney#VHAwards stories 
Grand round panel event hosted by the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne discussing how how they and the broader sector can practically, legally and ethically advocate for asylum seekers and refugees.
Reporter: Marie McInerney
#HealthAdvocacy 
Second World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference in Perth. Reporters: Summer May Finlay and Marie McInerney#WISPC18 storiesDownload
Second National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Conference in Perth. Reporters: Summer May Finlay and Marie McInerney#ATSISPC18 storiesDownload
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine conference in Perth. Reporter: Amy Coopes#ACEM18 storiesDownload
National 2nd Annual NDIS & Mental Health Conference in Melbourne, hosted by Mental Health Victoria and Community Mental Health Australia. Reporter: Marie McInerney#NDISMentalHealth storiesDownload
Mental Health in the Emergency Department Summit held in Melbourne, and hosted by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) in partnership with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP). Reporter: Marie McInerney#MHED18 storiesDownload
#VMIACAwards18 night. Reporter: Marie McInerney#VMIACAwards18 stories 
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) conference in Adelaide. Reporter: Amy Coopes#RANZCOG storiesDownload
Annual forum of the UNSW Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity. Reporter: Ruth Armstrong#CPHCE storiesDownload
Inaugural Youth Health Forum convened in Canberra by the Consumers Health Forum of Australia. Reporter: Jennifer Doggett  
Australian Health Promotion Association’s National Symposium in Canberra. Reporter: Jennifer Doggett#AHPA2018 storiesDownload
5th Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Summit in Sydney. Reporters: Summer May Finlay and Marie McInerney#IndigenousHealthSummit storiesDownload
Choosing Wisely Australia National Meeting in Canberra. Reporter: Jennifer Doggett#OKToAsk2018 storiesDownload
Nurseforce for the Future, the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) 10th Annual National Conferencein Brisbane. Reporter: Marie McInerney#Nurseforce storiesDownload
Lowitja Institute forum in Canberra, Community priorities into policy. Reporter: Dr Megan Williams#ResearchIntoPolicy storiesDownload
6th Rural and Remote Scientific Symposium in Canberra. Reporter: Jennifer Doggett#6rrhss storiesDownload

2017 coverage

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The national conference of Indigenous Allied Health Australia in Perth. Reporter: Karen Wyld#IAHAConf17 storiesDownload
34th annual scientific meeting of the Australasian College for Medicine conference in Sydney. Reporter: Amy Coopes#ACEM17 storiesDownload
VMIAC conference in Melbourne. Reporter: Marie McInerney#VMIACConf17 storiesDownload
6th Annual NHMRC Symposium on Research Translation co-hosted with the Lowitja Institute in Brisbane. Reporters: Summer may Finlay and Marie McInerneyResearchTranslation17 storiesDownload
The Oceania Tobacco Control Conference in Hobart. Reporter: Marie McInerney#OTCC2017 storiesDownload
Indigenous Data Sovereignty symposium at the University of Melbourne. Reporter: Jack Latimore#IDS17 stories 
The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives conference at the Gold Coast. Reporters: Melissa Sweet, Mitchell Ward and Marie McInerney#CATSINaM17 storiesDownload
Australian Indigenous Doctors Association conference in the Hunter Valley of NSW. Reporter: Karen Wyld#AIDAConf2017 storiesDownload
Australian Palliative Care Conference in Adelaide. Reporter: Marie McInerney#17APCC storiesDownload
Annual conference of TheMHS Learning Network in Sydney. Reporter: Amy Coopes#TheMHS2017 storiesDownload
Annual forum of the UNSW Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity. Reporter: Amy Coopes#CPHCE stories 
Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Women’s Health Conference in Sydney. Reporter: Amy Coopes#LBQWHC17 stories 
First Peoples Disability Network Australia conference held in Wagga Wagga. Reporter: Karen Wyld#LivingOurWay stories 
Launch of a Healing Foundation report, Bringing Them Home: 20 years on: an action plan for healing in Canberra. Reporter: Melissa Sweet#BTH20 story 
National meeting in Melbourne to mark the second anniversary of the Choosing Wisely initiative in Australia. Reporter: Marie McInerney#OKtoAskAu stories 
14th National Rural Health Conference in Cairns. Reporter: Melissa Sweet#ruralhealthconf storiesDownload
Doctors for the Environment Australia conference. Reporter: Marie McInerney#iDEAconf stories 
 ALP’s health summit in Canberra. Reporter: Marie McInerneyStory 

2016 coverage

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Canadian-Australian Round-table on Indigenous Health and Wellbeing, convened in Canberra jointly by the Canadian High Commission, Australian Government, the Australian National University and the Lowitja Institute. Reporter: Summer May Finlay#AusCanIndigenousWellness 
The Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016 in Melbourne. Reporters: Marie McInerney, with live tweeting by Summer May Finlay#LowitjaConf2016 storiesDownload
A National Health Summit on Obesity in Melbourne, convened by the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges (CPMC). Reporter: Rebecca Zosel#PreventObesity16 stories 
The inaugural 2016 Consumer Awards hosted by the Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council. Reporter: Marie McInerney#VMIAC16 stories 
The 34th annual conference of CRANAplus. Reporters: Rosemary Cadden and Melissa Sweet#CRANAplus2016 stories 
A Roundtable meeting convened by the Climate and Health Alliance. Reporters: Jennifer Doggett and Melissa Sweet#ClimateHealthStrategy stories 
The 12th International Conference on Medical Regulation. Reporter: Marie McInerney#IAMRA2016 storiesDownload
The Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity’s annual forum. Reporter: Amy Coopes#CPHCEforum16 stories 
The Centre for Culture, Ethnicity and Health in Melbourne hosted a Wearable Health Technologies and CALD Communities  symposium. Reporter: Marie McInerney#WearablesCEH storiesDownload
UNSW Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity (CPHCE) forum, titled The Role of the Health System in Reducing Health Inequity. Reporter: Amy Coopes#CPHCE2016 stories 
This conference was convened by the peak body for community managed mental health services in Victoria, VICSERV. Reporter: Marie McInerney#TowardsRecovery storiesDownload
The AHMRC conference on Tackling Tobacco and Chronic Conditions was held in Sydney. Reporter: Marie McInerney#AHMRC16 storiesDownload
The inaugural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Conference was held in Alice Springs. Reporter: Summer May Finlay#ATSISPEP storiesDownload
The inaugural World Indigenous Cancer Conference was held in Brisbane. Reporter: Marie McInerney#WICC2016 storiesDownload
Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) held its inaugural National Research Conference on Violence against Women and Children in Melbourne. Reporters: Annie Blatchford and Marie McInerneyANROWS2016 storiesDownload

2015 coverage

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The 9th Health Policy and Services Research Conference was held in Melbourne with the theme, “From data to delivery: Connecting research, policy and practice for better health outcomes”. Reporter: Jennifer Doggett#HSR15 storiesDownload
The Oceania Tobacco Free Conference was held in Perth with the theme, “let’s make smoking history”.Reporter: by Marie Mcinerney#OTCC15 storiesDownload
The 33rd Annual CRANAplus Conference was held at the Alice Springs Convention Centre with the theme, Telling Tales: The Power of the Narrative’. Reporters: Rosemary Cadden and Melissa Sweet#CRANAplus15 stories 
The Population Health Congress, convened by the Australasian Epidemiological Association, Australian Health Promotion Association, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, and Public Health Association of Australia. Reporter: Marie McInerney#Pophlth2015 stories 
The Annual Forum of the UNSW Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity. Reporter: Amy Coopes#CPHCEforum stories 
The Health Above Politics: Tackling the big public health issues facing Victoria forum. Reporter: Marie McInerney#HealthyPolitics stories 
The 13th National Rural Health Conference. Reporter: Jennifer Doggett#NRHC15 stories 

2014 coverage

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AHHA Integrated Care Symposium. Reporters: Jennifer Doggett and Marie McInerneyStory
CRANAplus Conference. Reporter: Rosemary CaddenCRANAplus stories
Australian Indigenous’ Doctors Association Conference. Reporter: Marie McInerneyStories
4th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium. Reporter: Jennifer DoggettStories
The National Suicide Prevention Conference. Reporter: Matthew GilesStories
The International Indigenous Pre-Conference on HIV and AIDS, and Indigenous sessions from AIDS2014. Reporter: Marie McInerneyStories
Cultural Solutions – a Healing Foundation forum on Understanding Suicide: trauma, capability and responses in Indigenous communities. Reporter: Summer May FinlayStories
Symposium: Racism and the health and wellbeing of children and youth – understanding impacts, finding solutions. Reporter: Marie McInerneyStories
Congress Lowitja 2014. Reporter: Marie McInerneyStories
Lowitja Institute Continuous Quality Improvement Conference 2014.Reporter: Marie McInerneyStories

2013 coverage

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Australian Health Promotion Association conference. Reporter: Melissa SweetStories
Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation Forum. Reporter: Mardi ChapmanStories
Australian Palliative Care Conference. Reporter: Jennifer DoggettStories
Closing the Credibility Gap. Reporter: Marie McInerneyStories
CRANAPlus conference. Reporter: Rosemary CaddenStories
FASD Conference. Reporter: Mardi ChapmanStories
Health Workforce Australia conference. Reporter: Jennifer DoggettStories
International Health Literacy network conference. Reporter: Marge OversStories
NACCHO Summit. Reporter: John Thompson-MillsStories
National Rural Health Conference. Reporter: Marge OversStories
Oceania Eco-Health Symposium. Reporter: Marie McInerneyStories
PHAA Conference. Reporter: Marie McInerneyStories

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Journalists and others who have reported for the Croakey Conference News Service include:

  • Dr Ruth Armstrong
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  • Rosemary Cadden
  • H. Clare Callow
  • Cate Carrigan
  • Mardi Chapman
  • Amy Coopes
  • Jennifer Doggett
  • Dr Summer May Finlay
  • Matthew Giles
  • Jack Latimore
  • Marie McInerney
  • Marge Overs
  • Associate Professor Lesley Russell
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  • Dr Sarah Simons
  • Dr Melissa Sweet
  • John Thompson-Mills
  • Mitchell Ward
  • Dr Megan Williams
  • Karen Wyld
  • Rebecca Zosel

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