MJA Editor-in-Chief
@editor.mja.com.au
Ginny Barbour, Editor-in-Chief, Medical Journal of Australia. Haematologist originally, Open Science advocate, editor.
See @mja.com.au for MJA & InSight+ posts
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See @mja.com.au for MJA & InSight+ posts
https://www.mja.com.au/ https://insightplus.mja.com.au/
Great discussion at launch today of 2030 Healthy Countdown Supplement, published in the MJA www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Sharon Goldfeld, Kate Lycett, Pasi Sahlberb, Planning Saw & Prue Warrilow
Very proud at @mja.com.au to publish from this important project www.aracy.org.au/future-healt...
Sharon Goldfeld, Kate Lycett, Pasi Sahlberb, Planning Saw & Prue Warrilow
Very proud at @mja.com.au to publish from this important project www.aracy.org.au/future-healt...
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Great discussion at launch today of 2030 Healthy Countdown Supplement, published in the MJA www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Sharon Goldfeld, Kate Lycett, Pasi Sahlberb, Planning Saw & Prue Warrilow
Very proud at @mja.com.au to publish from this important project www.aracy.org.au/future-healt...
Sharon Goldfeld, Kate Lycett, Pasi Sahlberb, Planning Saw & Prue Warrilow
Very proud at @mja.com.au to publish from this important project www.aracy.org.au/future-healt...
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Jayne McFadyen and colleagues' critique of a past report of inpatient psychiatric treatment for gender diverse children provides an essential element of evidence‐based medicine - the patient's voice
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Decades-old study influences modern trans youth healthcare debate
Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political…
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October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Jayne McFadyen and colleagues' critique of a past report of inpatient psychiatric treatment for gender diverse children provides an essential element of evidence‐based medicine - the patient's voice
Read the research: buff.ly/VYbd4yW
ABC article: buff.ly/vUBCwA7
7:30 report:
Read the research: buff.ly/VYbd4yW
ABC article: buff.ly/vUBCwA7
7:30 report:
Last week, at a ceremony on the University of Wollongong campus on the beautiful lands of the Wandi Wandian and Dharawal Peoples @mja.com.au were honoured to receive a walking stick from Uncle Paul Scott who carved it for the 2025 Special Issue on Indigenous Health. www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
September 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Last week, at a ceremony on the University of Wollongong campus on the beautiful lands of the Wandi Wandian and Dharawal Peoples @mja.com.au were honoured to receive a walking stick from Uncle Paul Scott who carved it for the 2025 Special Issue on Indigenous Health. www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Key finding: "Extreme heat, floods, bushfires, poor air quality &
communicable diseases will escalate health risks.
Those with pre-existing health conditions, including mental ill-health, are most at risk. This includes the very young & our older populations... www.acs.gov.au/pages/nation...
communicable diseases will escalate health risks.
Those with pre-existing health conditions, including mental ill-health, are most at risk. This includes the very young & our older populations... www.acs.gov.au/pages/nation...
September 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Key finding: "Extreme heat, floods, bushfires, poor air quality &
communicable diseases will escalate health risks.
Those with pre-existing health conditions, including mental ill-health, are most at risk. This includes the very young & our older populations... www.acs.gov.au/pages/nation...
communicable diseases will escalate health risks.
Those with pre-existing health conditions, including mental ill-health, are most at risk. This includes the very young & our older populations... www.acs.gov.au/pages/nation...
It's been a long road to an Australian CDC - and one of the first discussions of this was in a conference report published back in 1987 in @mja.com.au onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.5...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia is about to get a centre for disease control. How will it tackle public health challenges? | Allen Cheng for the Conversation
Immediate issues for the agency will include bird flu, immunisation and misinformation, as well as the challenges of cancer, diabetes and heart disease. But there’s a lot we don’t know yet – and can w...
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It's been a long road to an Australian CDC - and one of the first discussions of this was in a conference report published back in 1987 in @mja.com.au onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.5...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The Australian CDC will provide central, credible information, with threats like bird flu, and #PublicHealth misinformation and falling immunisation rates, PHAA CEO Adj Prof Terry Slevin told AAP. The bills to establish the CDC were introduced to parliament on 3 Sept. Read story: shorturl.at/Agzk7
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September 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The Australian CDC will provide central, credible information, with threats like bird flu, and #PublicHealth misinformation and falling immunisation rates, PHAA CEO Adj Prof Terry Slevin told AAP. The bills to establish the CDC were introduced to parliament on 3 Sept. Read story: shorturl.at/Agzk7
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The National Mental Health Commission’s 2024 Report Card shines a spotlight on the urgent need for a more coordinated and equitable mental health system in Australia.
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The National Mental Health Commission’s 2024 Report Card shines a spotlight on the urgent need for a more coordinated and equitable mental health system in Australia.
Read more: buff.ly/74Qs4Ct
September 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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The National Mental Health Commission’s 2024 Report Card shines a spotlight on the urgent need for a more coordinated and equitable mental health system in Australia.
Read more: buff.ly/74Qs4Ct
The National Mental Health Commission’s 2024 Report Card shines a spotlight on the urgent need for a more coordinated and equitable mental health system in Australia.
Read more: buff.ly/74Qs4Ct
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This week in InSight+
While health care practitioners are aware of “Doctor Google”, they may not be aware that their patients are turning to AI chatbots for mental health information, clinical advice, and real-time support.
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While health care practitioners are aware of “Doctor Google”, they may not be aware that their patients are turning to AI chatbots for mental health information, clinical advice, and real-time support.
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August 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This week in InSight+
While health care practitioners are aware of “Doctor Google”, they may not be aware that their patients are turning to AI chatbots for mental health information, clinical advice, and real-time support.
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While health care practitioners are aware of “Doctor Google”, they may not be aware that their patients are turning to AI chatbots for mental health information, clinical advice, and real-time support.
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Health care both contributes to and is affected by climate change. InSight+ spoke with researchers who recommend that Australia follow other nations and commit to considering environmental impact in healthcare technology assessments
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August 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Health care both contributes to and is affected by climate change. InSight+ spoke with researchers who recommend that Australia follow other nations and commit to considering environmental impact in healthcare technology assessments
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Care about #reproducibility in research & publishing? Join this webinar on Aug 27th, jointly organised by @aimosinc.bsky.social & @ausrepro.bsky.social on statistical reproducibility with @michelenuijten.bsky.social & @tomhardwicke.bsky.social Free - register here qut.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Important new paper published online first in @mja.com.au today on the public health impacts of mining in Australia. We are familiar with the #environmental and #climate effects of mining but the health impacts of mining in the general population are poorly studied.
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
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The public health impacts of mining in Australia
A multisectoral approach and stronger multilevel government coordination are required to address the health impacts associated with proximity to mining and exposure to toxic chemicals
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August 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Important new paper published online first in @mja.com.au today on the public health impacts of mining in Australia. We are familiar with the #environmental and #climate effects of mining but the health impacts of mining in the general population are poorly studied.
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Very important stance by the journal. NB this kind of interference and its intensity might seem to be a new thing but it's not uncommon for academic journals to have to resist pressure like this from time to time.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
RFK Jr demanded a vaccine study be retracted — the journal said no
In a rare move for a US public official, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr called for a Danish paper finding no link between aluminium in vaccines and disease to be retracted.
www.nature.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Very important stance by the journal. NB this kind of interference and its intensity might seem to be a new thing but it's not uncommon for academic journals to have to resist pressure like this from time to time.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Innovative approaches to fall prevention in community‐dwelling older adults
✍️ Kim Delbaere, Catherine Sherrington, Catherine M Said and Vasikaran Naganathan
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Innovative approaches to fall prevention in community‐dwelling older adults
✍️ Kim Delbaere, Catherine Sherrington, Catherine M Said and Vasikaran Naganathan
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August 18, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Innovative approaches to fall prevention in community‐dwelling older adults
✍️ Kim Delbaere, Catherine Sherrington, Catherine M Said and Vasikaran Naganathan
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Innovative approaches to fall prevention in community‐dwelling older adults
✍️ Kim Delbaere, Catherine Sherrington, Catherine M Said and Vasikaran Naganathan
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Listen to the latest MAJ podcast, as we celebrate 10 years of clinical care standards with Chief Medical Officer of the Commission Conjoint Professor Carolyn Hullick and Clinical Care Standards Director Dr Alice Bhasale
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August 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Listen to the latest MAJ podcast, as we celebrate 10 years of clinical care standards with Chief Medical Officer of the Commission Conjoint Professor Carolyn Hullick and Clinical Care Standards Director Dr Alice Bhasale
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Some history from an Indigenous scholar on the weaponisation of starvation to acquire land www.croakey.org/some-history...
Some history from an Indigenous scholar on the weaponisation of starvation to acquire land
www.croakey.org
August 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Some history from an Indigenous scholar on the weaponisation of starvation to acquire land www.croakey.org/some-history...
Very proud that the current issue of @mja.com.au focuses on #healthy #ageing - one of today's most important societal health challenges. buff.ly/s3JLbtv
Articles on: fall prevention; indicators of quality & safety of long term aged care; models of care across settings supporting ageing in place
Articles on: fall prevention; indicators of quality & safety of long term aged care; models of care across settings supporting ageing in place
August 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Very proud that the current issue of @mja.com.au focuses on #healthy #ageing - one of today's most important societal health challenges. buff.ly/s3JLbtv
Articles on: fall prevention; indicators of quality & safety of long term aged care; models of care across settings supporting ageing in place
Articles on: fall prevention; indicators of quality & safety of long term aged care; models of care across settings supporting ageing in place
Some fascinating history here including reference to the 1934 account in @mja.com.au of Weil's disease in cane workers in Northern Queensland. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
August 18, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Some fascinating history here including reference to the 1934 account in @mja.com.au of Weil's disease in cane workers in Northern Queensland. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Fascinating @mja.com.au podcast on 10 years of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality with Commission Chief Medical Officer Conjoint Prof Carolyn Hullick & Clinical Care Standards Director Dr Alice Bhasale
www.mja.com.au/podcast/223/...
Hear more at this webinar safetyandquality.tv/ccs-10/
www.mja.com.au/podcast/223/...
Hear more at this webinar safetyandquality.tv/ccs-10/
MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 16: Clinical Care Standards - a decade of excellence
A little over 10 years ago the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care released its first national clinical care standard.A perspective on the subject is published in the MJA today ...
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August 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Fascinating @mja.com.au podcast on 10 years of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality with Commission Chief Medical Officer Conjoint Prof Carolyn Hullick & Clinical Care Standards Director Dr Alice Bhasale
www.mja.com.au/podcast/223/...
Hear more at this webinar safetyandquality.tv/ccs-10/
www.mja.com.au/podcast/223/...
Hear more at this webinar safetyandquality.tv/ccs-10/
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A new study has found significant variations in the quality of aged care across Australia, highlighting the need for targeted quality improvement programs
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August 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A new study has found significant variations in the quality of aged care across Australia, highlighting the need for targeted quality improvement programs
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Read more: buff.ly/FQbGHu9
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Care about #reproducibility in research & publishing? Join this webinar on Aug 27th, jointly organised by @aimosinc.bsky.social & @ausrepro.bsky.social on statistical reproducibility with @michelenuijten.bsky.social & @tomhardwicke.bsky.social Free - register here qut.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
August 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Care about #reproducibility in research & publishing? Join this webinar on Aug 27th, jointly organised by @aimosinc.bsky.social & @ausrepro.bsky.social on statistical reproducibility with @michelenuijten.bsky.social & @tomhardwicke.bsky.social Free - register here qut.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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🔔 This week in InSight+
Five stories of excellence from across Australia reveal how health services are using the Clinical Care Standards to drive meaningful improvements in safety, consistency and outcomes for patients.
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Five stories of excellence from across Australia reveal how health services are using the Clinical Care Standards to drive meaningful improvements in safety, consistency and outcomes for patients.
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July 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🔔 This week in InSight+
Five stories of excellence from across Australia reveal how health services are using the Clinical Care Standards to drive meaningful improvements in safety, consistency and outcomes for patients.
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Five stories of excellence from across Australia reveal how health services are using the Clinical Care Standards to drive meaningful improvements in safety, consistency and outcomes for patients.
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Dialysis care in Australia: a call for reform and innovation
✍️ Dharshana Sabanayagam, Angela Makris, Frederika Sciberras, Nicole J Scholes‐Robertson and Germaine Wong
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Dialysis care in Australia: a call for reform and innovation
✍️ Dharshana Sabanayagam, Angela Makris, Frederika Sciberras, Nicole J Scholes‐Robertson and Germaine Wong
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July 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Dialysis care in Australia: a call for reform and innovation
✍️ Dharshana Sabanayagam, Angela Makris, Frederika Sciberras, Nicole J Scholes‐Robertson and Germaine Wong
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Dialysis care in Australia: a call for reform and innovation
✍️ Dharshana Sabanayagam, Angela Makris, Frederika Sciberras, Nicole J Scholes‐Robertson and Germaine Wong
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Editors of @nejm.org and @jama.com pushing back against US administration's criticism of independent medical journals
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | This system is critical to Americans’ health. We must defend it.
Medical progress depends on independent journals to advance science without political interference.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Editors of @nejm.org and @jama.com pushing back against US administration's criticism of independent medical journals
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Heard the news about the UK lowering the voting age to 16?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here's the rationale for this in Australia - published last year as part of VicHealth Future Healthy Countdown 2030 supplement in @mja.com.au
www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here's the rationale for this in Australia - published last year as part of VicHealth Future Healthy Countdown 2030 supplement in @mja.com.au
www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...
www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...
July 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Heard the news about the UK lowering the voting age to 16?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here's the rationale for this in Australia - published last year as part of VicHealth Future Healthy Countdown 2030 supplement in @mja.com.au
www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...
www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Here's the rationale for this in Australia - published last year as part of VicHealth Future Healthy Countdown 2030 supplement in @mja.com.au
www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...
www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...
For the end of #NAIDOC week, here's a round up of the articles in @mja.com.au Special Issue on Indigenous Health titled “Carving our path with spirit, strength and solidarity”
The beautiful cover features The Red Belly Black Snake Walking Stick, a powerful carving by Uncle Paul Scott.
#NAIDOC2025
The beautiful cover features The Red Belly Black Snake Walking Stick, a powerful carving by Uncle Paul Scott.
#NAIDOC2025
July 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
For the end of #NAIDOC week, here's a round up of the articles in @mja.com.au Special Issue on Indigenous Health titled “Carving our path with spirit, strength and solidarity”
The beautiful cover features The Red Belly Black Snake Walking Stick, a powerful carving by Uncle Paul Scott.
#NAIDOC2025
The beautiful cover features The Red Belly Black Snake Walking Stick, a powerful carving by Uncle Paul Scott.
#NAIDOC2025