Following hot on the heels of the horrendous bushfires of 2019-2020, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted everything we took for granted in our work and lives. But for some people, the health, social and economic impacts of each crisis were exacerbated by existing, underlying need.
In the latest Croakey Longread, our CEO Tessa Boyd-Caine calls for greater collaboration between health and legal services to respond to the new problems that have arisen for disadvantaged people from recent crises.
Our submission to the first independent review of Australia’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic drew on our previous work on COVID-19, in collaboration with health and justice practitioners and others, to make recommendations for improving Australia’s resilience to crisis.
Find out what’s in HJA’s 2021-22 pre-Budget submission.
Key lessons from health and legal assistance services operating during the Covid19 pandemic that can help Australia build back better.
Find out what our national health justice practitioner network had to say about working through the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.