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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 10/09/2026

Join us next Thurs for 1st of @mja.com.au & Bellberry webinars on ethics committees 👩‍💻Human research ethics committees: why, what and how? 🕰️Thurs 17th Sept 12:30pm AEST With Kylie Sproston, Robyn Langham, Rebekah McWhirter, Ginny Barbour 🎟️Free; register below loghic.eventsair.com/659527/34911...

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 12/05/2026

In case you missed it, InSight+ insightplus.mja.com.au has a great new look. Designed with medical practitioners in mind to be easy to navigate across all the content. Take a look, sign up for the newsletter and let us know any feedback! @mja.com.au #medicalnews

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 10/11/2025

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...

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 30/09/2025

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...

EiC Ginny Barbour receiving the stick from Uncle Paul Scott

The story of the walking stick written by Uncle Paul Scott

The cover of the 2025 MJA Special issue on Indigenous Health

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 15/09/2025

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...

Cover of Australia's first National Climate Risk Assessment

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 18/08/2025

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

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 18/08/2025

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...

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 17/07/2025

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...

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 11/07/2025

The final paper is from Stephen McDonald and colleagues "Am I on the list? Clinician‐reported factors for kidney transplantation non‐waitlisting among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with kidney failure: a cross‐sectional study" www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Quote from this paper "Am I on the list? Clinician‐reported factors for kidney transplantation non‐waitlisting among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with kidney failure: a cross‐sectional study" https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/223/1/am-i-list-clinician-reported-factors-kidney-transplantation-non-waitlisting

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 11/07/2025

The next research paper is by Tanika Ridgeway and colleagues "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices on the National Lung Cancer Screening Program: a qualitative study from Worimi and Awabakal country" www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Image plus tex from research paper is by Tanika Ridgeway and colleagues "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices on the National Lung Cancer Screening Program: a qualitative study from Worimi and Awabakal country"
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/223/1/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-voices-national-lung-cancer-screening

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 11/07/2025

The first research paper is by Edith Waugh and colleagues "What do Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory value during the operation journey? A qualitative study" www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Image plus text from research paper is by Edith Waugh and colleagues "What do Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory value during the operation journey? A qualitative study" https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/223/1/what-do-aboriginal-people-northern-territory-value-during-operation-journey

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 11/07/2025

The next perspective is from Paul Saunders and colleagues "Fulfilling First Nations health, cultural safety and equity accreditation standards in primary medical education: reflections from a First Nations desktop review team" www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Image plus text from perspective is from Paul Saunders and colleagues "Fulfilling First Nations health, cultural safety and equity accreditation standards in primary medical education: reflections from a First Nations desktop review team"
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/223/1/fulfilling-first-nations-health-cultural-safety-and-equity-accreditation

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 11/07/2025

The next perspective is from Mollie Wilson and colleagues "Core components of a best practice First Nations cancer coordinator role" www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Image plus text from perspective is from Mollie Wilson and colleagues "Core components of a best practice First Nations cancer coordinator role"
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/223/1/core-components-best-practice-first-nations-cancer-coordinator-role

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 11/07/2025

The next perspective is from Georgia Tongs and colleagues "Climate and environmental crisis: effects on ear and hearing health in Australia and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples" www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Image plus text from perspective is from Georgia Tongs and colleagues "Climate and environmental crisis: effects on ear and hearing health in Australia and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples" https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/223/1/climate-and-environmental-crisis-effects-ear-and-hearing-health-australia-and

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 11/07/2025

The next perspective is from Tamara Mackean and colleagues "Decolonising primary health care practice: a definition and its importance" www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Image plue text from perspective is from Tamara J Mackean and colleagues "Decolonising primary health care practice: a definition and its importance" https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/223/1/decolonising-primary-health-care-practice-definition-and-its-importance

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 11/07/2025

The first perspective is by Prof Chelsea Watego and colleagues from Carumba Institute, QUT "Taking up the challenge of eliminating racism in health care through talking about race (and culture)" www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Image plus text from perspective is by Prof Chelsea Watego and colleagues from Carumba Institute, QUT "Taking up the challenge of eliminating racism in health care through talking about race (and culture)"
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/223/1/taking-challenge-eliminating-racism-health-care-through-talking-about-race-and

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 11/07/2025

The editorial "Indigenous Health Special Issue 2025: carving our path with spirit, strength and solidarity" was led by Dr Paul Saunders from University of Wollongong and frames the whole issue www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Image plus text from "Indigenous Health Special Issue 2025: carving our path with spirit, strength and solidarity" was led by Dr Paul Saunders from University of Wollongong and frames the whole issue
https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2025/223/1/indigenous-health-special-issue-2025-carving-our-path-spirit-strength-and

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 11/07/2025

We were very honoured to work with the Guest Editors, who were generous with their time & expertise. Don't miss the podcast with Dr Paul Saunders www.mja.com.au/podcast/223/... and InSight+ insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/26/carv... Thank you to everyone who worked on this issue

Image of Dr Paul Saunders
Volume 223, Issue 1 - 7 Jul 2025
MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 13: Hearing Indigenous voices in medical education
It’s NAIDOC week and the MJA’s – special issue on Indigenous Health

“The MJA acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we live and work across Australia. This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wangal people and pay my respects to their Elders past and present.”

Associate Professor Paul Saunders is a proud BIR up eye man whose family comes from the mid north coast of New South Wales.

He is the associate professor and academic lead for Indigenous Health in the Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Wollongong.

He is one of the Guest editorial team and is our special guest today.

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 11/07/2025

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

MJA cover with The Red Belly Black Snake Walking Stick, a powerful carving by Uncle Paul Scott

Image and story about The Red Belly Black Snake Walking Stick, a powerful carving by Uncle Paul Scott

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 19/05/2025

This issue of @mja.com.au has 2024 @racgp.bsky.social & Healthy Bones Australia guideline for osteoporosis management & fracture prevention www.mja.com.au/journal/2025... Great podcast with Prof Peter Wong from @westmeadinst.bsky.social & Healthy Bones Australia www.mja.com.au/podcast/222/...

Osteoporosis risk assessment, diagnosis and management

MJA Podcasts 2025 Episode 8 - 2024 Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and Healthy Bones Australia guideline for osteoporosis

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 14/05/2025

There's medical interest in #mushrooms right now & and not a lot published from Australia. @mja.com.au has published various papers on the toxicity of #Amanita species, including a case series in 2013 doi.org/10.5694/mja1... and descriptions from 1943 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...

Screenshot of 1943 paper on poisonous plant

Screenshot of paper on Amanita phalloides poisoning andtreatment with silibinin in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 14/05/2025

Turns out @mja.com.au has published quite a lot on Irukandji jellyfish - illustration below of its size... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSea...

A scale illustration of an Irukandji jellyfish and its tentacles. Below the jelly's medusa bell are two polyp forms of the species. By Anynobody - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2850104

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 14/05/2025

The fabulous people from Australian National CPAS, including Dr Will Grant, pointed me to this podcast featuring an alarming 1964 @mja.com.au paper on Irukandji jellyfish irukandji jellyfish onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1964.tb114424.x podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 05/05/2025

At @mja.com.au we were intrigued by this case of what happens if you are unlucky enough to get on the wrong side of a platypus. They may look cute but the hind leg spur is fearsome and their venom packs a punch. Best admired from a distance. www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Platypus spur with 1 cm markings at base of photo for scale

The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is an aquatic monotreme native to eastern Australia and Tasmania

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 07/04/2025

Important set of climate related papers in @mja.com.au this week - relevant to policy across Australia The 2024 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australia emerging as a hotspot for litigation www.mja.com.au/journal/2025... #ClimateCrisis #ClimateHealth #ClimateAction

Cover of MJA with planes and turbines against red sky

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 17/02/2025

Michael Skilton writes on inequality of health care in this week's Editor's Choice @mja.com.au specifically discussing inequalities in allocation & use of NDIS support Editor's choice: www.mja.com.au/journal/2025... Article: www.mja.com.au/journal/2025... Editorial: www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Person holding up inequality sign on cover of MJA

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 11/02/2025

Given global events, it's critical to monitor whether official guidelines in Australia include the impact of sex and gender on health care. Paper in @mja.com.au onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/... Explanation of its importance @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/australias-c...

Screenshot saying Australia’s clinical guidelines shape our health care. Why do so many still ignore sex and gender?

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 03/02/2025

We're very proud to have published today in @mja.com.au Murru Minya: examining ethical research processes and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research. Congratulations to Michelle Kennedy, Felicity Collis & co-authors Read here: www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Cover of supplement Murru Minya: examining ethical research processes and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research.

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 16/01/2025

In my @mja.com.au Editor's Choice for the first issue of what's going to be an interesting year, it seems appropriate to reflect on the social and political framework of health www.mja.com.au/journal/2025... Read the whole issue here www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

Letters "Vote" on a mask
Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 14/01/2025

This is a great project. @mja.com.au InSight+ spoke to Kaiwalagal, Umaii and Kiwai woman, Ms Minnie King, about a FNQ program 8 years in the making -the Mind Your Body manual, a free resource for education about menstruation, puberty, consent & period products insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/1/indig...

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 12/01/2025

We are back with first issue of 2025 for @mja.com.au InSight+ and MJA! In InSight+ this week read about: Green prescriptions; the social model of disability; plastic waste in healthcare & an Indigenous-led, student-focused program to educate students about menstruation insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/1/

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 09/01/2025

Terrifying to see the devastation wrought by the fires in California. Makes a comprehensive National Health & Climate Strategy even more urgent. See this in @mja.com.au by Georgia Behrens, Madeleine Skellern, Alice McGushin, Paul Kelly & The Hon Ged Kearney onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Stethoscope on a map of Australia with text climate change is a national health priority

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 18/12/2024

Our last issue @mja.com.au of 2024 was incredibly diverse and our cover highlights some of the fabulous issues from earlier in the year Read it all here www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 10/12/2024

This is the introduction to an insightful and timely supplement in @mja.com.au Virtual care: supporting acute care service delivery in rural and remote communities. Read the whole supplement here www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...

Cover of MJA supplement Virtual care: supporting acute care service delivery in rural and remote communities

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 02/12/2024

Fantastic panel at launch of 2024 edition of Future Healthy Countdown 2030. Anne Hollonds, Rhian Dicker, Gerry Redmond, Kailin Guo, Kevin Kapeke, Alicia Montgomery Supplement supported by Vic Health, ARACY, Murdoch Children's Research Institute Read @mja.com.au www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...

Panel at launch of 2024 edition of Future Healthy Countdown 2030. Anne Hollonds, Rhian Dicker, Gerry Redmond, Kailin Guo, Kevin Kapeke, Alicia Montgomery

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 02/12/2024

Alicia Montgomery at launch of 2024 edition of Future Healthy Countdown 2030 @mja.com.au describing their paper on co‐designing integrated child and family hubs for families experiencing adversity www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...

Co‐designing integrated child and family hubs for families experiencing adversity

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 02/12/2024

Kailin Guo at launch of 2024 edition of Future Healthy Countdown 2030 @mja.com.au describing their scoping review on guidelines for the design and implementation of youth participation initiatives to safeguard mental health and wellbeing www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...

Guidelines for the design and implementation of youth participation initiatives to safeguard mental health and wellbeing

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 02/12/2024

Rhian Dicker at launch of 2024 edition of Future Healthy Countdown 2030 @mja.com.au Powerful call on how to move to meanginful participation of Indigenous children and young people www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...

Participation of Indigenous children and young people to improve health and wellbeing

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 02/12/2024

Gerry Redmond at launch of 2024 edition of Future Healthy Countdown 2030 @mja.com.au and the importance of the middle years of childhood www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...

Wellbeing, participation and connection in the middle years of childhood

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 02/12/2024

Kevin Kapeke at launch of 2024 edition of Future Healthy Countdown 2030 @mja.com.au and the argument for lowering the voting age to 16 www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...

Young voices, healthy futures: the rationale for lowering the voting age to 16

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 02/12/2024

Great to be hearing from Anne Hollonds, National Children's commissioner at the start of the webinar on this year's edition of the Future Healthy Countdown. Read the whole supplement here published in @mja.com.au www.mja.com.au/journal/2024...

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 01/12/2024

Every Monday we publish InSight+ This week's articles include heat & mental health in young people; reducing asthma hospitalisations & carbon footprint; hospital pressures & doctors’ mental health;scope of practice in primary care. Freely available:subscribe here insightplus.mja.com.au @mja.com.au

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 27/11/2024

This week we met with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Guest Editors for next year's @mja.com.au Special issue on Indigenous Health, to start planning. The call for papers is open until Dec 23rd - please share with your networks. Info here: www.mja.com.au/journal/indi...

Call for papers for MJA Special issue on Indigenous health

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MJA Editor-in-Chief @editor.mja.com.au · 27/11/2024

Hello - pleased to be here! This is the account for @mja.com.au Editor-in-Chief. Will be posting about MJA & InSight+ & also on medical research, clinical topics, public health, integrity & more. Keen for engagement on the research & commentary we publish www.mja.com.au insightplus.mja.com.au

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