In the media
The Canberra Times: An Open Letter to Australian Governments: Australia must break our dependence on global oil and choose a healthier future
March 25, 2026
Healthcare professionals are signing an open letter organised by Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA), calling for the Albanese Government to accelerate the shift to clean energy. These GPs, specialists and medical professionals warn...
Read More ShareYahoo!: Calls to fast-track ban on controversial household item amid growing Aussie trend
March 23, 2026
The NSW Government is being urged by a coalition of unions, medical professionals, and environmental organisations to develop a plan to lower gas consumption throughout the state. According to the alliance, gas has "significant"...
Read More ShareThe Driven: You smell it: Fumes from idling SUVs queuing at school are killing our children
March 08, 2026
Idling cars contribute to harmful gases and particles, creating hotspots, particularly affecting children. Doctors and parents are raising the alarm for the damage idling cars can do to children's health through the Idle Off...
Read More ShareInSight+: Water Bankruptcy threatens human and planetary health
March 02, 2026
Dr Kate Wylie, GP and executive director of Doctors for the Environment Australia writes about how water bankruptcy is a serious public health issue that must be urgently addressed. Health practitioners have a responsibility...
Read More ShareAusDoc: Cluster bombs, carbon and big tobacco: Do your investments besmirch your professional ethics?
February 17, 2026
Doctors for the Environment member and forensic psychiatrist, Dr Rob Ferris writes in AusDoc about how doctors' financial investments align or misalign with their professional and personal values. He looks at what doctors can...
Read More ShareThe East Melburnian: Smoke, heat and smog: Living with climate anxiety in Melbourne’s bushfire belt
February 11, 2026
The location with highest risk of bushfire in the Greater Melbourne area is the Dandenong Ranges, with the fire risk there reaching up to 92 percent recently, due to a combination of steep terrain,...
Read More ShareThe Gippsland Monitor: “The heat we're experiencing now is not business as usual”: GP’s warning as mercury hits 48.9C in Victoria
January 28, 2026
Farmers and experts are expressing concern that the recent heatwave, which produced record breaking temperatures in the northwest of Victoria, could be parting of a growing pattern of drier, hotter summers.
Read More ShareInsight+: Australian doctors leading global action on climate and health
January 19, 2026
Doctor for the Environment Australia Board Members Dr Kimberly Humphrey and Dr Aditya Vyas write about the chance Australia's health professions have to contribute our outsized influence in the global climate and health agenda ...
Read More ShareRigzone: Scarborough FPU Arrives in Australia
January 13, 2026
Rigzone reports on the arrival of the Scarborough Energy Project's floating production unit (FPU) at the project site offshore Western Australia and the Australian Federal Court upholding the regulatory approval of the environmental plan...
Read More ShareThe Land: We've lost some friends: resilience takes a toll as renewables ramp up
January 08, 2026
GP, Joss Rickard-Bell, is interviewed for this article about renewables, the highly charged emotions in rural NSW, and the mental health challenges that come with it.
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