cohealth in the media

2024

Thursday 15 August 2024 Medical Republic Help! for addiction can be just a phone call away
Tuesday 21 May 2024 Herald Sun Shelter on Home Straight – Make Room initiative
Monday 20 May 2024 Mirage News Making Room For Melburnians In Need – Make Room project launched 
Thursday 9 May 2024 Croakey How does the Victorian budget stack up for health? 
Sunday 5 May 2024 Sunday Age Alarm over new synthetic opioid 
Saturday 4 May 2024 The Age ‘Stronger than fentanyl’: The surge in seizures of a deadly new synthetic opioid 
Thursday 2 May 2024 The Guardian Researchers urge more Australian pharmacies to stock anti-opioid overdose drug naloxone 
Wednesday 1 May 2024 CBD News State Government scraps plans for safe injecting room in CBD 
Wednesday 1 May 2024 InnerCity News Cohealth’s Cook to Connect program empowering local community 
Saturday 27 April 2024 The Saturday Age THE END OF THE ROAD – a feature on Melbourne’s laneways
Tuesday 23 April 2024 The Guardian ‘Will cost lives’: addiction experts condemn decision to scrap proposed safe injecting room in Melbourne’s CBD 
Tuesday 23 April 2024 Channel 9 … station. There’ll be better access to treatments, including Victoria’s first hydromorphone or synthetic heroin trial, as well as the overdose reversal medicine naloxone. Cohealth will start scaling up … 
Saturday 23 March 2024 SBS Dental care out of reach for many – but Victoria’s Smile Squad has a solution 
Sunday 17 March 2024 The Age ‘Salvation is about saving lives’: CBD churches plead for safe injecting room 
Monday 11 March 2024 ABC Radio Melbourne CBD Heat Relief Hub re-opens in response to extreme heat weekend – interview with Chris Turner
Sunday 3 March 2024 The Age ‘The situation is unacceptable’: Elizabeth Street social problems no one can solve 
Monday 26 February 2024 ABC Online More overdose prevention services needed to prevent ‘staggering loss of life’ 
Wednesday 21 February 2024 Maribyrnong & Hobsons Bay Star Weekly Temple of mental health support 
Monday 12 February 2024 ABC News VIDEO: Partnership with Buddhist temple to improve mental health access
Thursday 8 February 2024 The Guardian ‘People are dying waiting for a house’: how Australia’s healthcare system leaves rough sleepers with nowhere to turn
Tuesday 6 February 2024 The Guardian The invisible Australians who die three decades prematurely – Full Story podcast
Tuesday 30 January 2024 The Age Pop-up to cool down the vulnerable in Melbourne’s deadly heat
Tuesday 30 January 2024 Croakey A lifeline not a lockup: Victoria’s new public intoxication response leads the way
Sunday 21 January 2024 The West Australian Fentanyl lies in wait as ‘the wolf at Australia’s door’

Thursday 7 December 2023 Star Weekly Better access to life-saving drug
Wednesday 4 December 2024 The Canberra Times Opioid users to get greater access to overdose drug
Saturday 2 December 2023 The Saturday Age How our mean streets compare with other cities
Friday 1 December 2023 East Coast View News Unhealthy waits for medical care
Wednesday 29 November 2023 Docklands News “We need action now”: Push to improve access to overdose-reversing drug
Tuesday 21 November 2023 CBD News Spike in heroin deaths but CBD injecting room still in limbo
Thursday 16 November 2023 ABC News Drug addiction experts say naloxone could save more Victorian lives — but they can’t get their hands on it
Wednesday 15 November 2023 The Canberra Times Pill testing trial formally on offer after deaths
Wednesday 15 November 2023 Star Weekly Fatal heroin overdoses climbing
Friday 10 November 2023 Star Weekly Drunk and no longer disorderly 
Wednesday 8 November 2023 Daily Telegraph Calls for supervised injecting rooms grow after Victoria Coroner’s report delivers overdose death ‘wake up call’ for state
Wednesday 8 November 2023 The Canberra Times Public drunkenness law passes test on first night out
Tuesday 7 November 2023 The Age Had too much to drink and need help? It’s now here
Monday 6 November 2023 ABC News ‘Compassion’ at forefront of new public drunkenness response
Monday 6 November 2023 The Canberra Times Health response revealed ahead of drunkenness change
Saturday 4 November 2023 Daily Mail Controversial laws making public drunkenness no longer a crime come into effect on Melbourne Cup Day – here’s what you need to know
Wednesday 1 November 2023 National Indigenous Times “A health-led approach” : Victorian Government to forge ahead with repeal of public drunkenness laws
Wednesday 1 November 2023 The Monthly Sober judgement 
Friday 20 October 2023 ABC News Exclusive interview with Paul MacCartney: the Melbourne doctor who grew up in Sir Paul’s shadow
Thursday 12 October 2023 The National Tribune Yarra City Council has officially launched Yarra Zero, joining the Melbourne Zero effort to end homelessness
Tuesday 3 October 2023 Star Weekly More women of the west graduate
Sunday 1 October 2023 Star Weekly Supporting the mental health workforce
Thursday 28 September 2023 Shepparton News Andrews resignation reactions reflect polarising figure who pleased and angered equally
Wednesday 27 September 2023 The Age Fears of ‘tidal wave’ of overdoses if synthetic opioids hit city
Tuesday 26 September 2023 The Canberra Times Medical groups push for promised CBD injecting room
Tuesday 26 September 2023 ABC News Victorian medical bodies urge Daniel Andrews to open Melbourne CBD supervised injecting room
Friday 22 September 2023 The Guardian Fears for 1,800 patients after Victorian methadone provider closes
Wednesday 20 September 2023 CBD News Want a healthier, safer CBD? Open an overdose prevention centre
Thursday 14 September 2023 Star Weekly Werribee’s hidden treasure
Saturday 2 September 2023 Star Weekly Reclink finals fly high
Saturday 2 September 2023 The Age Spencer Street’s soul is suffering as people pass through but never stay
Wednesday 9 August 2023 SBS Sport used to help the homeless during Homelessness Week 
Friday 4 August 2023 Herald Sun Victoria’s first sobering-up centre to open in Melbourne’s inner city
Friday 4 August 2023 SBS Victoria’s first sobering up centre is set to open. Here’s how it came about
Friday 4 August 2023 The Age Collingwood chosen as location for first sobering-up centre
Friday 28 July 2023 Croakey On the wellbeing framework, and ways forward
Thursday 27 July 2023 Star Weekly cohealth supports breastfeeding program
Friday 7 July 2023 Herald Sun Salvation Army‘s Major Brendan Nottle: ‘Some of the people taking large amounts of soap powder are not using it for their clothing’
Wednesday 28 June 2023 The Project Footy team changing the lives of disadvantaged Aussies
Saturday 24 June 2023 The Guardian Melbourne has had Australia’s worst heroin addiction for years. Why can’t the city kick its habit?
Monday 5 June 2023 Star Weekly New kids book tackles asthma
Thursday 25 May 2023 Star Weekly Thousands without support
Wednesday 24 May 2023 Star Weekly Supporting the Brimbank community to flourish
Tuesday 23 May 2023 CBD News Clothes and cuts available at CBD pop-up
Friday 12 May 2023 Croakey Transforming mental healthcare through lived experience and community engagement
Thursday 11 May 2023 ABC News In Melbourne’s CBD, drug outreach workers say need for a supervised injecting room is rising
Tuesday 9 May 2023 Croakey Delivering dental care to the front door
Monday 8 May 2023 Star Weekly Heroin crisis in the west
Monday 8 May 2023 The Guardian Heroin overdoses surge in Melbourne as health services struggle to cope
Tuesday 18 April 2023 ABC News Heroin overdose data strengthens case for new Melbourne injecting room, peak body says
Wednesday 12 April 2023 Star Weekly Hoping for a place to call home
Wednesday 12 April 2023 Croakey It’s 2050. How is our health system holding up?
Sunday 9 April 2023 The Australian Medicare compliance targets altruistic doctors while real fraud goes unchecked
Thursday 6 April 2023 The Age ‘A slow-moving train wreck’: Victoria’s drug treatment system in crisis
Sunday 2 April 2023 ABC News GP issues plea for struggling patient who needs a roof over her head to help tackle health problems
Monday 27 March 2023 Star Weekly Brimbank services opens doors to walk in patients
Friday 24 March 2023 RACGP News ‘Community health is desperate for support’: GP’s plea to policymakers
Wednesday 22 March 2023 CBD News The one thing uniting both sides of CBD safe injecting room debate
Wednesday 22 March 2023 CBD News “I will not let Danial’s death be in vain”: a CBD injecting room will save lives
Thursday 16 March 2023 Star Weekly Walters shares his experience
Saturday 11 March 2023 Star Weekly Grants aiming to get community back on track
Thursday 9 March 2023 News.com.au Mum’s plea for safe drug injecting room in CBD
Thursday 9 March 2023 3AW Online Dozens and dozens of business leaders unite to support CBD injecting room
Monday 6 March 2023 The Age Grieving parents push for Melbourne CBD’s safe injecting room
Wednesday 1 March 2023 Triple M Delay On The Second Safe-Injecting Room In Melbourne CBD Put Lives At Risk, Experts Say
Wednesday 22 February 2023 CBD News “Get on with the job”: Greater push for injecting room as health teams face more CBD overdoses
Friday 17 February 2023 The Guardian Revealed: the areas where Australians are struggling to access free GP care
Friday 10 February 2023 The Canberra Times ‘Challenging’ high rate of fatal Indigenous overdoses
Wednesday 1 February 2023 Inner City News Dental van roadshow supports public housing residents
Wednesday 25 January 2023 ABC PM Dentist out of reach for many public housing residents
Tuesday 24 January 2023 The Guardian Melbourne injecting room delay puts lives at risk as heroin overdoses spike in CBD
Monday 23 January 2023 Star Weekly Giving local grins a new sheen
Thursday 19 January 2023 9News Melbourne Dental bus at the Carlton public housing high-rise

Wednesday 16 November 2022 9News Melbourne Segment about the campaign to redevelop 365 Hoddle Street
Tuesday 15 November 2022 ABC News AM COVID antivirals awareness: Dr Nicole Allard
Saturday 29 October 2022 ABC News Flood-affected Rochester residents on life in former COVID quarantine hub in Mickleham
Tuesday 25 October 2022 ABC Mornings Calls for greater investment in community health ahead of Victorian state election
Tuesday 25 October 2022 Star Weekly Tailored mental health support available
Monday 24 October 2022 The Age Wobbly floors, leaking ceilings and demountables: The health centres waiting for election promises
Monday 24 October 2022 ABC RN Health Report Victorian state election, healthcare promises, and hospitals
Wednesday 19 October 2022 Croakey It’s (well past) time to rewrite election narratives about health and healthcare
Wednesday 12 October 2022 3CR: Wednesday Breakfast cohealth Community Partnerships Facilitator Greg Denham: from 50 minutes 25 seconds
Tuesday 11 October 2022 Star Weekly Getting mental health back on the right track
Thursday 29 September 2022 Croakey As Victoria faces an election, increased investment in prevention is key to unlocking the door on a fairer, healthier future
Wednesday 21 September 2022 National Indigenous Times Community health service gives staff choice to boycott Queen’s public holiday
Tuesday 30 August 2022 The Age Heroin deaths drop as government recommits to delayed injecting room
Thursday 25 August 2022 ABC News Melbourne man uses painting to forge path back from addiction
Thursday 25 August 2022 ABC Mornings Nicole Bartholomeusz an artist Chris speak about Beyond the Stigma – Laneway Light on ABC Mornings program
Thursday 25 August 2022 CBD News How art is being used to break stigma and create conversations
Wednesday 24 August 2022 The Canberra Times Exhibition shines light on drug stigma
Wednesday 24 August 2022 CBD News How one zine that shares lived experiences is helping homeless people with what they need to know
Tuesday 23 August 2022 National Indigenous Times Cohealth Kangaroos go down to Reclink Bushies in tight, muddy Ballarat thriller
Thursday 18 August 2022 The Age The dark path avoided: How bulk billing saved John’s life
Wednesday 10 August 2022 The Senior Community groups help Victorians apply for Power Saving Bonus
Monday 8 August 2022 The Sydney Morning Herald Cared for generations of Collingwood and Fitzroy families
Monday 8 August 2022 National Indigenous Times Footy club pays tribute to Uncle Archie Roach ahead of testing game against first-time opponent
Sunday 7 August 2022 Media release, Minister for Energy Lily D’Ambrosio Targeted support for bill busting bonus
Friday 5 August 2022 Star Weekly Statistics tell mental health story
Friday 29 July 2022 Croakey Will 2022 be the year primary healthcare takes a step up?
Friday 29 July 2022 National Indigenous Times Bulldogs claim Battle of the West footy spoils, but Kangas’ journeyman gets the BBQ snags
Tuesday 26 July 2022 ABC News AM Concerns people aren’t accessing antivirals for COVID early enough
Thursday 21 July 2022 Croakey Amid worrying and significant gaps and variation in COVID vaccination, what tools might help?
Wednesday 20 July 2022 The Age The factors that make people more likely to get seriously sick or die from Omicron
Wednesday 13 July 2022 North West City News High-rise public housing residents welcome new community health program
Wednesday 13 July 2022 North West City News Cohealth Kangas provides connection for people living with homelessness and disability
Wednesday 6 July 2022 ABC Mornings cohealth Kanga Glen Scott remembers his dad, John
Monday 27 June 2022 SBS News This unique community footy team is helping the homeless get a fresh start
Tuesday 7 June 2022 Star Weekly Pop-up clinic to remain open
Friday 27 May 2022 The Project The clothing library helping those in need
Wednesday 18 May 2022 Croakey Albanese wants action on COVID, but the next Government must also prioritise primary healthcare reform
Sunday 1 May 2022 The Health Advocate Calls for a national revival of community health centres 
Sunday 1 May 2022 The Health Advocate The pandemic may end, but the Pathway will continue
Sunday 8 May 2022 SBS News Melbourne public housing residents have created a clothes library for neighbours in need
Wednesday 4 May 2022 Star Weekly Community health organisation expresses disappointment with state budget
Tuesday 3 May 2022 The Daily Telegraph Victoria will look overseas to fill health jobs unveiled in budget
Sunday 1 May 2022 The Guardian Vulnerable Australians missing out on healthcare as insufficient Medicare rebate drives GP shortage
Saturday 30 April 2022 ABC News Rod’s been using heroin for 38 years. This is what he wants you to know about drug addiction
Saturday 30 April 2022 SBS News World News Australia: Collingwood high-rise clothing exchange 
Wednesday 27 April 2022 ABC Radio National Client Indi and Dr Nicole Allard on Medicare
Wednesday 6 April 2022 Croakey Health Media Important reform lessons from a collaboration in COVID care
Wednesday 23 March 2022 CBD News Support from the ground up
Wednesday 23 March 2022 CBD News Overdose fatals spark calls for health-based solution
Wednesday 23 March 2022 Hospitals and Healthcare How the Pathway model took pressure off Vic hospitals
Wednesday 16 March 2022 Herald Sun (print op-ed) opinion piece, herald sun: dr catherine orr, removing barriers key to raising child vax rates
Friday 11 March 2022 Star Weekly New respiratory clinic has opened in West Footscray
Monday 7 March 2022 The Age COVID testing hubs anticipate closures in shift to rapid kits
Monday 7 March 2022 ABC Radio Melbourne Rebecca Mannix speaking about outreach podiatry (from 3:00)
Wednesday 16 February 2022 Journal of Foot and Ankle Research Responding to foot health needs of people experiencing homelessness: the role of a publicly funded community-based podiatry service
Thursday 3 February 2022 Shepperton News Older Shepparton residents from culturally diverse backgrounds feel left out when it comes to healthcare
Saturday 29 January 2022 National Nine News pop-up at Mowvelle Primary School (from 5 minutes 45 seconds)
Friday 28 January 2022 Star Weekly Recommendations to help prevent elder abuse
Thursday 27 January 2022 CBD News CBD, West Melbourne COVID vaccine clinics open for kids
Thursday 27 January 2022 CBD News Down but not out
Thursday 20 January 2022 Star Weekly Omicron drives need for increased mental health support
Monday 10 January 2022 Daily Telegraph Families in race to vaccinate 500,000 Victorian kids before new school year
Tuesday 4 January 2022 The Age Battling the virus at home? Advice can help you through

Saturday 25 December 2021 The Age A home alone Christmas: 30,000 Victorians spend day in isolation
Friday 24 December 2021 ABC RN AM Interview with Dr Catherine Orr re. GP shortages and cohealth’s GP-centric approach
Friday 24 December 2021 7News cohealth provides support to people in isolation over Christmas period
Monday 20 December 2021 ABC RN AM COVID support offered over festive season
Monday 20 December 2021 The Guardian Melbourne man who was confined to room and used bucket as a toilet highlights challenges for some Covid patients
Monday 8 November 2021 The Guardian More than 60% of people visiting Melbourne vaccination hub did not have Medicare card
Wednesday 3 November 2021 Star Weekly New mental health hub in Melton helping locals get back on their feet
Sunday 3 October 2021 The Age Help amid the heartache as Afghan refugees begin their new lives
Friday 1 October 2021 The Guardian Stark divide: disadvantaged areas of Victoria have worst Covid vaccination rates
Tuesday 28 September 2021 ABC News What happens if I test positive to COVID in Victoria?
Thursday 23 September 2021 The Canberra Times Riots shut down Melbourne vaccine centres
Monday 6 September 2021 The Age ‘You feel like it’s all your fault’: When a family is struck down by COVID
Friday 3 September 2021 The Guardian ‘Willing as anyone’: Covid vaccine hub in Melbourne town hall to help homeless access jabs
Thursday 2 September 2021 The Advocate The Advocate Podcast featuring special guest Danny Jeffcote from cohealth
Tuesday 31 August 2021 The Age ‘I tell them, it didn’t kill me’: Vaccination hub for homeless opens
Wednesday 25 August 2021 The Advocate You don’t have to have an addiction to have an overdose
Monday 23 August 2021 Al Jazeera Australia’s ‘revolving door’ of prison and homelessness
Saturday 21 August 2021 SBS news The community leaders fighting the COVID-19 pandemic one vaccine myth at a time
Monday 2 August 2021 Star Weekly Pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Footscray
Friday 30 July 2021 ANMF Vic 40 years of community care: meet Helen Chakman
Friday 23 July 2021 The Age – Facebook Pop-up COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic
Thursday 22 July 2021 7News Pop-up vaccine clinics for Vic homeless
Tuesday 13 July 2021 The Guardian ‘Cooking is a way for me to share my love’: recipes from Melbourne public housing residents
Sunday 11 July 2021 ABC News Breakfast How a cookbook brought Melbourne’s inner-city public housing community together
Tuesday 6 July 2021 The Age ‘We’re all like one big family’: When footy really is more than a game
Sunday 4 July 2021 Star Observer Queer Refugees in Australia Struggle With Visibility and Support 
Saturday 3 July 2021 Probono Australia The power of cooking to support community wellbeing
Thursday 10 June 2021 ABC News Cold chain nurse uses esky to transport COVID-19 vaccines to pop-up clinics in Melbourne
Thursday 10 June 2021 ABC Radio Melbourne Cold chain nurse uses esky to transport COVID-19 vaccines to pop-up clinics in Melbourne
Monday 7 June 2021 The Age Exposure sites back above 300 as CBD tram, fast food outlets added
Saturday 5 June 2021 Joy FM Azlan from cohealth’s Elevate program
Sunday 30 May 2021 3RRR Eat It
Tuesday 25 May 2021 SBS Online Inside Australia’s fight against vaccine misinformation
Tuesday 11 May 2021 Croakey Wrapping health and healthcare reaction to a “three star” budget
Tuesday 11 May 2021 Star Weekly Smile Squad on the road
Wednesday 5 May 2021 Croakey Health and medical leaders urge the Prime Minister to act on climate crisis
Sunday 25 April 2021 The Age ‘I turned my scars into strength’: Victoria gets LGBTI homelessness support
Sunday 4 April 2021 The Age The shot messengers: public housing residents trained to advise on vaccines
Thursday 1 April 2021 Today Community: part one. Health, social housing and building relationships
Thursday 25 March 2021 SBS News Health Concierges improve COVID-19 messaging in public housing
Saturday 20 March 2021 ABC News Residents of Melbourne’s hard tower lockdowns mobilise against off-radar COVID misinformation
Tuesday 2 March 2021 Nine News Victoria’s mental health system operates in ‘crisis mode’, royal commission finds
Tuesday 2 March 2021 Croakey Victoria’s Mental Health Royal Commission promises to transform “failed system”
Sunday 28 February 2021 The Sydney Morning Herald Faith leaders urged to spread word amid calls for churches to be used as vaccination hubs
Wednesday 24 February 2021 CBD News Tracking high-risk COVID locations
Wednesday 10 February 2021 ABC News Melbourne’s Ethiopian community initiative gives hand-up to businesses doing it tough during COVID-19

Thursday 17 December 2020 ABC Life Matters The right to sex when you live with disability
Wednesday 16 December 2020 The Sydney Morning Herald Peer navigators help connect LGBTQIA+ people with health services
Monday 16 November 2020 SBS News Residents of Melbourne’s public housing towers are now delivering in-language coronavirus advice
Monday 16 November 2020 The Canberra Times Health, business backs Vic housing plan
Sunday 15 November 2020 SBS News Residents of Melbourne’s public housing towers are now delivering in-language coronavirus advice
Saturday 14 November 2020 ABC News Funding direct job creation is boosting people out of disadvantage and experts want a national policy on it
Saturday 14 November 2020 The Age ‘This will change lives’: $5.3 billion social-housing construction blitz
Saturday 14 November 2020 The Age The unheralded workers helping keep Melbourne COVID-free
Friday 9 October 2020 3AW How a community group helped crush COVID-19 in Melbourne’s west
Thursday 8 October 2020 Leader Community News Melbourne Covid cases: Only four new cases in Melbourne’s north and west
Tuesday 22 September 2020 NIT Community program keeping Indigenous Victorians connected during lockdown
Wednesday 16 September 2020 ABC Radio National Breakfast Social factors preventing COVID-positive patients from quarantining
Wednesday 16 September 2020 ABC Radio National PM Not for profit community health group program is thought to have saved the lives of some people who needed urgent medical
Tuesday 15 September 2020 ABC Online Indigenous communities in Melbourne work hard to spread spread coronavirus message
Tuesday 15 September 2020 The Age New program helps high-risk communities self-isolate
Monday 10 August 2020 The Age ‘State of purgatory’: Centrelink office in Abbotsford given six-month lifeline
Saturday 1 August 2020 Sunday Age The street smart start-up with news you can use
Wednesday 22 July 2020 The Age Need for masks for masks for Melbourne’s homeless, refugees and asylum seekers (scroll down halfway)
Friday 10 July 2020 Australian Doctor GP shares what it’s like to work in Melbourne’s locked down tower
Friday 10 July 2020 Croakey Opinion by cohealth CE Nicole Bartholomeusz: Record COVID cases in Victoria amid scrutiny of hotel quarantining, public housing lockdown
Friday 10 July 2020 ABC TV News Breakfast cohealth’s Dr Bronwyn Wells interviewed about our support of public housing residents in hard lockdown
Tuesday 7 July 2020 ABC Online Melbourne residents in coronavirus hard lockdown fear for health impacts in public housing towers
Monday 6 July 2020 ABC RN Drive Melbourne residents in hard lockdown want faster testing
Sunday 5 July 2020 Sunday Age Young South Sudanese leaders share pain of unfounded COVID blame

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