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Insight+: Government’s addiction to fossil fuels ‘catching up with us, killing us,’ says Senator David Pocock
October 13, 2025
InSight+ spoke with Senator Pocock and Dr Kate Wylie about Doctors for the Environment Australia's recent forum, and on the back of the federal government’s emissions target announcement of 62-70% by 2035 and its...
Read More ShareInSight+: Fighting for our health in the wake of the National Climate Risk Assessment
October 06, 2025
A powerful article by Doctors for the Environment Australia Board Chair Professor Nick Talley about the climate crisis as a health crisis and the National Climate Risk Assessment.
Read More ShareCroakey Health Media: Doctors speak out against road user tax on electric vehicles
October 03, 2025
The federal government is currently thinking about imposing a form of EV tax, despite the fact that EVs have huge health benefits. This is being justified by the fact that EV users do not pay...
Read More ShareHealthed podcast: Climate change as a health emergency: Local and global impacts
September 25, 2025
Host Dr David Lim, GP and Medical Educator, talks with Dr Kate Wylie, ED of Doctors for the Environment Australia and Simon Eccleshall, Head of Programs, Médecins Sans Frontières Australia about health concerns linked...
Read More ShareThe Wire: National Forum puts health and climate in the spotlight
September 25, 2025
At the national Health and Climate Forum by Doctors for the Environment Australia this month, experts from a wide range of fields have provided insightful viewpoints on two of the nation's most pressing issues....
Read More ShareThe Eastern Melburnian: Doctor joins call to action to prepare health system for more severe heat days
September 19, 2025
The National Climate Risk Assessment report emphasised that the rising risks of extreme heat and bushfires would heighten health threats on a national scale.
Read More ShareRACGP newsGP: Doctors disappointed by new climate change target
September 19, 2025
Doctors are expressing their disappointment after the Federal Government announced its emissions reduction target for 2035 this week, stating that it falls short of adequately safeguarding the health of Australians.
Read More ShareCroakey Health Media: New climate targets are a health hazard, warn experts
September 19, 2025
The Federal Government's declaration of a 2035 emissions reduction goal of 62-70 percent below 2005 levels amid an escalating climate crisis has been met with shock and disappointment by health and community organisations .
Read More ShareThe Guardian: Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds
September 17, 2025
Doctors for the Environment Australia board member Dr Kimberly Humphrey drives home the burden of heatwaves in this Guardian article about a new Monash study that takes a granular look at Australia’s at risk...
Read More Sharethe limbic: Call for doctors to step up as advocates for a safe climate
September 07, 2025
Professor Nick Talley, Board Chair of Doctors for the Environment Australia spoke at the Climate + Health Forum in Canberra about the many risks to human health and the planet from climate change and...
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