fredaustralia.bsky.social
Friends of Really Excellent Dentistry (FRED) is a national health promotion charity working towards a future where all Australians enjoy good oral health and the many benefits it brings. www.fred.org.au hello@fred.org.au
👤 Joined on 12 August 2025
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@fredaustralia.bsky.social🇦🇺 deserves a health system designed for 2035, not one stuck in 1984. Until there’s political courage to rebuild rather than repair, we’ll keep failing patients. Medicare 2.0 should fund complexity and connect primary, specialist, allied, dental and mental health into a single, modern system.
Show PostJust had to get a filling replaced… and Cripes we need Dental in Medicare. If only there was a way to raise the money by taxing gas exports… if only.
Show PostIf you're at the Public Health Association of Australia's Preventive Health Conference in Hobart this week, come and chat with us in-person and connect over coffee on us! #PHC2026
Show PostWarm thanks Doctors for Nutrition for advertising with Croakey.org + supporting independent media. As @bronfredericks.bsky.social & others write, this is a very practical way the health sector can help support public interest journalism as a public health good. www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Show PostOver summer, we republished 60 articles highlighting key issues from 2025. In this unending calamity of a news cycle, it's helpful to reflect back on the key stories and issues from the past year as we gather ourselves collectively to face 2026... www.croakey.org/category/cro...
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