27 February 2024 |
ABC Radio National |
Cooking classes that are good for the budget and the soul |
26 February 2024 |
ABC Radio Melbourne |
More overdose prevention services needed to prevent ‘staggering loss of life’ |
21 February 2024 |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Thousands avoid arrest – and instead enjoy a snooze, a coffee and a ride home |
14 February 2024 |
Star Weekly |
Temple of support |
12 February 2024 |
ABC News |
VIDEO: Partnership with Buddhist temple to improve mental health access |
8 February 2024 |
The Guardian |
‘People are dying waiting for a house’: how Australia’s healthcare system leaves rough sleepers with nowhere to turn |
6 February 2024 |
The Guardian |
The invisible Australians who die three decades prematurely – Full Story podcast |
30 January 2024 |
The Age |
Pop-up to cool down the vulnerable in Melbourne’s deadly heat |
30 January 2024 |
Croakey |
A lifeline not a lockup: Victoria’s new public intoxication response leads the way |
21 January 2024 |
The West Australian |
Fentanyl lies in wait as ‘the wolf at Australia’s door’ |
7 December 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Better access to life-saving drug |
4 December 2024 |
The Canberra Times |
Opioid users to get greater access to overdose drug |
2 December 2023 |
The Saturday Age |
How our mean streets compare with other cities |
1 December 2023 |
East Coast View News |
Unhealthy waits for medical care |
29 November 2023 |
Docklands News |
“We need action now”: Push to improve access to overdose-reversing drug |
21 November 2023 |
CBD News |
Spike in heroin deaths but CBD injecting room still in limbo |
16 November 2023 |
ABC News |
Drug addiction experts say naloxone could save more Victorian lives — but they can’t get their hands on it |
15 November 2023 |
The Canberra Times |
Pill testing trial formally on offer after deaths |
15 November 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Fatal heroin overdoses climbing |
10 November 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Drunk and no longer disorderly |
8 November 2023 |
Daily Telegraph |
Calls for supervised injecting rooms grow after Victoria Coroner’s report delivers overdose death ‘wake up call’ for state |
8 November 2023 |
The Canberra Times |
Public drunkenness law passes test on first night out |
7 November 2023 |
The Age |
Had too much to drink and need help? It’s now here |
6 November 2023 |
ABC News |
‘Compassion’ at forefront of new public drunkenness response |
6 November 2023 |
The Canberra Times |
Health response revealed ahead of drunkenness change |
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 |
1 November 2023 |
National Indigenous Times |
“A health-led approach” : Victorian Government to forge ahead with repeal of public drunkenness laws |
1 November 2023 |
The Monthly |
Sober judgement |
20 October |
ABC News |
Exclusive interview with Paul MacCartney: the Melbourne doctor who grew up in Sir Paul’s shadow |
12 October 2023 |
The National Tribune |
Yarra City Council has officially launched Yarra Zero, joining the Melbourne Zero effort to end homelessness |
3 October 2023 |
Star Weekly |
More women of the west graduate |
1 October 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Supporting the mental health workforce |
28 September 2023 |
Shepparton News |
Andrews resignation reactions reflect polarising figure who pleased and angered equally |
27 September 2023 |
The Age |
Fears of ‘tidal wave’ of overdoses if synthetic opioids hit city |
26 September 2023 |
The Canberra Times |
Medical groups push for promised CBD injecting room |
26 September 2023 |
ABC News |
Victorian medical bodies urge Daniel Andrews to open Melbourne CBD supervised injecting room |
22 September 2023 |
The Guardian |
Fears for 1,800 patients after Victorian methadone provider closes |
20 September 2023 |
CBD News |
Want a healthier, safer CBD? Open an overdose prevention centre |
14 September 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Werribee’s hidden treasure |
2 September 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Reclink finals fly high |
2 September 2023 |
The Age |
Spencer Street’s soul is suffering as people pass through but never stay |
9 August 2023 |
SBS |
Sport used to help the homeless during Homelessness Week |
4 August 2023 |
Herald Sun |
Victoria’s first sobering-up centre to open in Melbourne’s inner city |
4 August 2023 |
SBS |
Victoria’s first sobering up centre is set to open. Here’s how it came about |
4 August 2023 |
The Age |
Collingwood chosen as location for first sobering-up centre |
28 July 2023 |
Croakey |
On the wellbeing framework, and ways forward |
27 July 2023 |
Star Weekly |
cohealth supports breastfeeding program |
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’ |
28 June 2023 |
The Project |
Footy team changing the lives of disadvantaged Aussies |
24 June 2023 |
The Guardian |
Melbourne has had Australia’s worst heroin addiction for years. Why can’t the city kick its habit? |
5 June 2023 |
Star Weekly |
New kids book tackles asthma |
25 May 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Thousands without support |
24 May 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Supporting the Brimbank community to flourish |
23 May 2023 |
CBD News |
Clothes and cuts available at CBD pop-up |
12 May 2023 |
Croakey |
Transforming mental healthcare through lived experience and community engagement |
11 May 2023 |
ABC News |
In Melbourne’s CBD, drug outreach workers say need for a supervised injecting room is rising |
9 May 2023 |
Croakey |
Delivering dental care to the front door |
8 May 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Heroin crisis in the west |
8 May 2023 |
The Guardian |
Heroin overdoses surge in Melbourne as health services struggle to cope |
18 April 2023 |
ABC News |
Heroin overdose data strengthens case for new Melbourne injecting room, peak body says |
12 April 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Hoping for a place to call home |
12 April 2023 |
Croakey |
It’s 2050. How is our health system holding up? |
9 April 2023 |
The Australian |
Medicare compliance targets altruistic doctors while real fraud goes unchecked |
6 April 2023 |
The Age |
‘A slow-moving train wreck’: Victoria’s drug treatment system in crisis |
2 April 2023 |
ABC News |
GP issues plea for struggling patient who needs a roof over her head to help tackle health problems |
27 March 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Brimbank services opens doors to walk in patients |
24 March 2023 |
RACGP News |
‘Community health is desperate for support’: GP’s plea to policymakers |
22 March 2023 |
CBD News |
The one thing uniting both sides of CBD safe injecting room debate |
22 March 2023 |
CBD News |
“I will not let Danial’s death be in vain”: a CBD injecting room will save lives |
16 March 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Walters shares his experience |
11 March 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Grants aiming to get community back on track |
9 March 2023 |
News.com.au |
Mum’s plea for safe drug injecting room in CBD |
9 March 2023 |
3AW Online |
Dozens and dozens of business leaders unite to support CBD injecting room |
6 March 2023 |
The Age |
Grieving parents push for Melbourne CBD’s safe injecting room |
1 March 2023 |
Triple M |
Delay On The Second Safe-Injecting Room In Melbourne CBD Put Lives At Risk, Experts Say |
22 February 2023 |
CBD News |
“Get on with the job”: Greater push for injecting room as health teams face more CBD overdoses |
17 February 2023 |
The Guardian |
Revealed: the areas where Australians are struggling to access free GP care |
10 February 2023 |
The Canberra Times |
‘Challenging’ high rate of fatal Indigenous overdoses |
1 February 2023 |
Inner City News |
Dental van roadshow supports public housing residents |
25 January 2023 |
ABC PM |
Dentist out of reach for many public housing residents |
24 January 2023 |
The Guardian |
Melbourne injecting room delay puts lives at risk as heroin overdoses spike in CBD |
23 January 2023 |
Star Weekly |
Giving local grins a new sheen |
19 January 2023 |
9News Melbourne |
Dental bus at the Carlton public housing high-rise |
16 November 2022 |
9News Melbourne |
Segment about the campaign to redevelop 365 Hoddle Street |
15 November 2022 |
ABC News AM |
COVID antivirals awareness: Dr Nicole Allard |
29 October 2022 |
ABC News |
Flood-affected Rochester residents on life in former COVID quarantine hub in Mickleham |
25 October 2022 |
ABC Mornings |
Calls for greater investment in community health ahead of Victorian state election |
25 October 2022 |
Star Weekly |
Tailored mental health support available |
24 October 2022 |
The Age |
Wobbly floors, leaking ceilings and demountables: The health centres waiting for election promises |
24 October 2022 |
ABC RN Health Report |
Victorian state election, healthcare promises, and hospitals |
19 October 2022 |
Croakey |
It’s (well past) time to rewrite election narratives about health and healthcare |
12 October 2022 |
3CR: Wednesday Breakfast |
cohealth Community Partnerships Facilitator Greg Denham: from 50 minutes 25 seconds |
11 October 2022 |
Star Weekly |
Getting mental health back on the right track |
29 September 2022 |
Croakey |
As Victoria faces an election, increased investment in prevention is key to unlocking the door on a fairer, healthier future |
21 September 2022 |
National Indigenous Times |
Community health service gives staff choice to boycott Queen’s public holiday |
30 August 2022 |
The Age |
Heroin deaths drop as government recommits to delayed injecting room |
25 August 2022 |
ABC News |
Melbourne man uses painting to forge path back from addiction |
25 August 2022 |
ABC Mornings |
Nicole Bartholomeusz an artist Chris speak about Beyond the Stigma – Laneway Light on ABC Mornings program |
25 August 2022 |
CBD News |
How art is being used to break stigma and create conversations |
24 August 2022 |
The Canberra Times |
Exhibition shines light on drug stigma |
24 August 2022 |
CBD News |
How one zine that shares lived experiences is helping homeless people with what they need to know |
23 August 2022 |
National Indigenous Times |
Cohealth Kangaroos go down to Reclink Bushies in tight, muddy Ballarat thriller |
18 August 2022 |
The Age |
The dark path avoided: How bulk billing saved John’s life |
10 August 2022 |
The Senior |
Community groups help Victorians apply for Power Saving Bonus |
8 August 2022 |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Cared for generations of Collingwood and Fitzroy families |
8 August 2022 |
National Indigenous Times |
Footy club pays tribute to Uncle Archie Roach ahead of testing game against first-time opponent |
7 August 2022 |
Media release, Minister for Energy Lily D’Ambrosio |
Targeted support for bill busting bonus |
5 August 2022 |
Star Weekly |
Statistics tell mental health story |
29 July 2022 |
Croakey |
Will 2022 be the year primary healthcare takes a step up? |
29 July 2022 |
National Indigenous Times |
Bulldogs claim Battle of the West footy spoils, but Kangas’ journeyman gets the BBQ snags |
26 July 2022 |
ABC News AM |
Concerns people aren’t accessing antivirals for COVID early enough |
21 July 2022 |
Croakey |
Amid worrying and significant gaps and variation in COVID vaccination, what tools might help? |
20 July 2022 |
The Age |
The factors that make people more likely to get seriously sick or die from Omicron |
13 July 2022 |
North West City News |
High-rise public housing residents welcome new community health program |
13 July 2022 |
North West City News |
Cohealth Kangas provides connection for people living with homelessness and disability |
6 July 2022 |
ABC Mornings |
cohealth Kanga Glen Scott remembers his dad, John |
27 June 2022 |
SBS News |
This unique community footy team is helping the homeless get a fresh start |
7 June 2022 |
Star Weekly |
Pop-up clinic to remain open |
27 May 2022 |
The Project |
The clothing library helping those in need |
18 May 2022 |
Croakey |
Albanese wants action on COVID, but the next Government must also prioritise primary healthcare reform |
May 2022 |
The Health Advocate |
Calls for a national revival of community health centres |
May 2022 |
The Health Advocate |
The pandemic may end, but the Pathway will continue |
8 May 2022 |
SBS News |
Melbourne public housing residents have created a clothes library for neighbours in need |
4 May 2022 |
Star Weekly |
Community health organisation expresses disappointment with state budget |
3 May 2022 |
The Daily Telegraph |
Victoria will look overseas to fill health jobs unveiled in budget |
1 May 2022 |
The Guardian |
Vulnerable Australians missing out on healthcare as insufficient Medicare rebate drives GP shortage |
30 April 2022 |
ABC News |
Rod’s been using heroin for 38 years. This is what he wants you to know about drug addiction |
30 April 2022 |
SBS News |
World News Australia: Collingwood high-rise clothing exchange |
27 April 2022 |
ABC Radio National |
Client Indi and Dr Nicole Allard on Medicare |
6 April 2022 |
Croakey Health Media |
Important reform lessons from a collaboration in COVID care |
23 March 2022 |
CBD News |
Support from the ground up |
23 March 2022 |
CBD News |
Overdose fatals spark calls for health-based solution |
23 March 2022 |
Hospitals and Healthcare |
How the Pathway model took pressure off Vic hospitals |
16 March 2022 |
Herald Sun (print op-ed) |
opinion piece, herald sun: dr catherine orr, removing barriers key to raising child vax rates |
11 March 2022 |
Star Weekly |
New respiratory clinic has opened in West Footscray |
7 March 2022 |
The Age |
COVID testing hubs anticipate closures in shift to rapid kits |
7 March 2022 |
ABC Radio Melbourne |
Rebecca Mannix speaking about outreach podiatry (from 3:00) |
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 |
3 February 2022 |
Shepperton News |
Older Shepparton residents from culturally diverse backgrounds feel left out when it comes to healthcare |
29 January 2022 |
National Nine News |
pop-up at Mowvelle Primary School (from 5 minutes 45 seconds) |
28 January 2022 |
Star Weekly |
Recommendations to help prevent elder abuse |
27 January 2022 |
CBD News |
CBD, West Melbourne COVID vaccine clinics open for kids |
27 January 2022 |
CBD News |
Down but not out |
20 January 2022 |
Star Weekly |
Omicron drives need for increased mental health support |
10 January 2022 |
Daily Telegraph |
Families in race to vaccinate 500,000 Victorian kids before new school year |
4 January 2022 |
The Age |
Battling the virus at home? Advice can help you through |
25 December 2021 |
The Age |
A home alone Christmas: 30,000 Victorians spend day in isolation |
24 December 2021 |
ABC RN AM |
Interview with Dr Catherine Orr re. GP shortages and cohealth’s GP-centric approach |
24 December 2021 |
7News |
cohealth provides support to people in isolation over Christmas period |
20 December 2021 |
ABC RN AM |
COVID support offered over festive season |
20 December 2021 |
The Guardian |
Melbourne man who was confined to room and used bucket as a toilet highlights challenges for some Covid patients |
8 November 2021 |
The Guardian |
More than 60% of people visiting Melbourne vaccination hub did not have Medicare card |
3 November 2021 |
Star Weekly |
New mental health hub in Melton helping locals get back on their feet |
3 October 2021 |
The Age |
Help amid the heartache as Afghan refugees begin their new lives |
1 October 2021 |
The Guardian |
Stark divide: disadvantaged areas of Victoria have worst Covid vaccination rates |
28 September 2021 |
ABC News |
What happens if I test positive to COVID in Victoria? |
23 September 2021 |
The Canberra Times |
Riots shut down Melbourne vaccine centres |
6 September 2021 |
The Age |
‘You feel like it’s all your fault’: When a family is struck down by COVID |
3 September 2021 |
The Guardian |
‘Willing as anyone’: Covid vaccine hub in Melbourne town hall to help homeless access jabs |
2 September 2021 |
The Advocate |
The Advocate Podcast featuring special guest Danny Jeffcote from cohealth |
31 August 2021 |
The Age |
‘I tell them, it didn’t kill me’: Vaccination hub for homeless opens |
25 August 2021 |
The Advocate |
You don’t have to have an addiction to have an overdose |
23 August 2021 |
Al Jazeera |
Australia’s ‘revolving door’ of prison and homelessness |
21 August 2021 |
SBS news |
The community leaders fighting the COVID-19 pandemic one vaccine myth at a time |
2 August 2021 |
Star Weekly |
Pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Footscray |
30 July 2021 |
ANMF Vic |
40 years of community care: meet Helen Chakman |
23 July 2021 |
The Age – Facebook |
Pop-up COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic |
22 July 2021 |
7News |
Pop-up vaccine clinics for Vic homeless |
13 July 2021 |
The Guardian |
‘Cooking is a way for me to share my love’: recipes from Melbourne public housing residents |
11 July 2021 |
ABC News Breakfast |
How a cookbook brought Melbourne’s inner-city public housing community together |
6 July 2021 |
The Age |
‘We’re all like one big family’: When footy really is more than a game |
4 July 2021 |
Star Observer |
Queer Refugees in Australia Struggle With Visibility and Support |
3 July 2021 |
Probono Australia |
The power of cooking to support community wellbeing |
10 June 2021 |
ABC News |
Cold chain nurse uses esky to transport COVID-19 vaccines to pop-up clinics in Melbourne |
10 June 2021 |
ABC Radio Melbourne |
Cold chain nurse uses esky to transport COVID-19 vaccines to pop-up clinics in Melbourne |
7 June 2021 |
The Age |
Exposure sites back above 300 as CBD tram, fast food outlets added |
5 June 2021 |
Joy FM |
Azlan from cohealth’s Elevate program |
30 May 2021 |
3RRR |
Eat It |
25 May 2021 |
SBS Online |
Inside Australia’s fight against vaccine misinformation |
11 May 2021 |
Croakey |
Wrapping health and healthcare reaction to a “three star” budget |
11 May 2021 |
Star Weekly |
Smile Squad on the road |
5 May 2021 |
Croakey |
Health and medical leaders urge the Prime Minister to act on climate crisis |
25 April 2021 |
The Age |
‘I turned my scars into strength’: Victoria gets LGBTI homelessness support |
4 April 2021 |
The Age |
The shot messengers: public housing residents trained to advise on vaccines |
1 April 2021 |
Today |
Community: part one. Health, social housing and building relationships |
25 March 2021 |
SBS News |
Health Concierges improve COVID-19 messaging in public housing |
20 March 2021 |
ABC News |
Residents of Melbourne’s hard tower lockdowns mobilise against off-radar COVID misinformation |
2 March 2021 |
Nine News |
Victoria’s mental health system operates in ‘crisis mode’, royal commission finds |
2 March 2021 |
Croakey |
Victoria’s Mental Health Royal Commission promises to transform “failed system” |
28 February 2021 |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Faith leaders urged to spread word amid calls for churches to be used as vaccination hubs |
24 February 2021 |
CBD News |
Tracking high-risk COVID locations |
10 February 2021 |
ABC News |
Melbourne’s Ethiopian community initiative gives hand-up to businesses doing it tough during COVID-19 |
17 December 2020 |
ABC Life Matters |
The right to sex when you live with disability |
16 December 2020 |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Peer navigators help connect LGBTQIA+ people with health services |
16 November 2020 |
SBS News |
Residents of Melbourne’s public housing towers are now delivering in-language coronavirus advice |
16 November 2020 |
The Canberra Times |
Health, business backs Vic housing plan |
15 November 2020 |
SBS News |
Residents of Melbourne’s public housing towers are now delivering in-language coronavirus advice |
14 November 2020 |
ABC News |
Funding direct job creation is boosting people out of disadvantage and experts want a national policy on it |
14 November 2020 |
The Age |
‘This will change lives’: $5.3 billion social-housing construction blitz |
14 November 2020 |
The Age |
The unheralded workers helping keep Melbourne COVID-free |
9 October 2020 |
3AW |
How a community group helped crush COVID-19 in Melbourne’s west |
8 October 2020 |
Leader Community News |
Melbourne Covid cases: Only four new cases in Melbourne’s north and west |
22 September 2020 |
NIT |
Community program keeping Indigenous Victorians connected during lockdown |
16 September 2020 |
ABC Radio National Breakfast |
Social factors preventing COVID-positive patients from quarantining |
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 |
15 September 2020 |
ABC Online |
Indigenous communities in Melbourne work hard to spread spread coronavirus message |
15 September 2020 |
The Age |
New program helps high-risk communities self-isolate |
10 August 2020 |
The Age |
‘State of purgatory’: Centrelink office in Abbotsford given six-month lifeline |
1 August 2020 |
Sunday Age |
The street smart start-up with news you can use |
22 July 2020 |
The Age |
Need for masks for masks for Melbourne’s homeless, refugees and asylum seekers (scroll down halfway) |
10 July 2020 |
Australian Doctor |
GP shares what it’s like to work in Melbourne’s locked down tower |
10 July 2020 |
Croakey |
Opinion by cohealth CE Nicole Bartholomeusz: Record COVID cases in Victoria amid scrutiny of hotel quarantining, public housing lockdown |
10 July 2020 |
ABC TV News Breakfast |
cohealth’s Dr Bronwyn Wells interviewed about our support of public housing residents in hard lockdown |
7 July 2020 |
ABC Online |
Melbourne residents in coronavirus hard lockdown fear for health impacts in public housing towers |
6 July 2020 |
ABC RN Drive |
Melbourne residents in hard lockdown want faster testing |
5 July 2020 |
Sunday Age |
Young South Sudanese leaders share pain of unfounded COVID blame |