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Greener Leader Blog Series: Doctors as advocates for a health-based response to the climate crisis: reflections from Doctors for the Environment Australia. By Dr. Kate Wylie
January 19, 2024
“You don’t have to get an A, you just have to try.”
Read More ShareThe Guardian: Floods linked to increased deaths from heart and lung disease, Australian-led research shows
October 06, 2023
A new study linking floods and a rise in deaths from heart and lung diseases highlights the need for Governments to protect people for weeks after the event, according to a study that was...
Read More ShareThe health impact of Middle Arm gas processing
September 26, 2023
NT Paediatrician Dr Louise Woodward warns of the health implications for the Darwin Region if gas processing proceeds at Middle Arm in Darwin.
Read More ShareThe Guardian: Australians are being urged to develop heatwave plans. Here’s what you need to know
September 21, 2023
Heatwaves have already begun in southern Australia this spring, and more are predicted over the summer months on the back of an El Nino declaration and worsening climate change.
Read More ShareThe Guardian: Fracking projects in NT risk exposing people to cancer and birth defects
September 06, 2023
DEA National Chair Dr John Van Der Kallen has welcomed a comprehensive report, based on a review of over 300 peer-reviewed studies, that demonstrates the health risks of fracking projects.
Read More ShareCroakey: As Australia braces for summer, health sector urged to take strong stand against governments’ support for fossil fuels
August 24, 2023
Global heating requires our urgent attention, writes Dr Richard Yin. Like COVID, this is a public health emergency, and the signs are everywhere that the threat is escalating, exactly as climate scientists have predicted....
Read More ShareThe Project: Experts warn Australia won’t cope with increasing heat
August 04, 2023
Doctors for the Environment Australia's Executive Director Dr Kate Wylie was on The Project, talking about climate change and extreme weather, such as the deadly heat we’ve been seeing across the Northern Hemisphere.
Read More ShareThe Canberra Times: What will Europe’s heat mean for us here in Australia?
July 28, 2023
I’m concerned about what the implications of climate change will inevitably be for us, here in Australia, – especially over the coming summer, writes Kimberly Humphrey. As an emergency medicine specialist, my first-hand experiences...
Read More ShareThe Medical Republic: Doctors speak out against fracking in Beetaloo Basin
July 05, 2023
Doctors are concerned about the impacts of fracking on their patients’ health, the environment and climate, and are urging Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to respond to NT’s decision to frack in the Beetaloo Basin,...
Read More ShareCroakey: Health professionals urged to join fight against harmful developments in the Northern Territory
June 23, 2023
DEA’s Dr Richard Yin and Dr Katherine Barraclough urge doctors, medical students and other health professionals from around the country to support the open letter calling on the Prime Minister and his Government to...
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