Media

Painaustralia in the News

• WIN News 18/05/2021
  New Chronic Pain Directory

• Her Canberra 18/05/2021
  The plight of those whose chronic pain remains invisible

• The Canberra Times 16/05/2021
  Almost 54,000 Canberrans living with chronic pain

• Radio Fremantle 03/05/21
  CEO Carol Bennett is interviewed by Kerry Scott on the health program Health Scene about the work of Painaustralia

• Aged Care Weekly 30/04/21
  Too Many Australians Use Painkillers for Chronic Pain, Experts Say

• MJA Insight 26/04/21
  Co-prescribing naloxone: taking the stigma out

• 9NEWS  18/04/2021 
  'I don't really want to live like this': Police officer in intense pain told there was nothing wrong

• The Australian Women's Weekly 04/2021 
  Easing chronic problem

• The Australian 05/04/2021 
  First-line drug for pain ‘not effective’

• ABC PM 05/04/2021 
  Paracetamol or placebo?

• Channel 9 News 05/04/2021
  Paracetamol revealed ineffective for most conditions 

• The Australian Women's Weekly 04/2021
  Easing  chronic problem

• The Australian 05/04/2021
  First-line drug for pain ‘not effective’

Media Releases:

• Australia is the first country to have a National Strategic Action Plan for Pain Management 18 May 2021

• A new compass guiding people on their pain journey 18 May 2021

• Painaustralia appoints Major General Duncan Lewis as new Chair 18 May 2021

Blog

• The beginning is over - we have a National Action Plan!
• The Budget: Pain dollars make sense
• The need for better value pain care
• The lamb chop and pineapple approach to preventive health
• Improving the way we respond to veterans and chronic pain
• If paracetamol is ineffective for most conditions, what next?
• Medicines scheduling - what it means to you
• Time for better consumer input into decisions about new medicines and devices