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AusDoc: A GP has been banned for climate activism — what are the implications for other doctors?
May 22, 2024
In 2022, Dr Sarah Benn, participated in a series of peaceful protests on fossil fuels within a prohibited buffer zone at the largest inland oil storage depot in the UK. During one such protest,...
Read More ShareCroakey Health Media: After this budget failure, the health sector must rally to make the climate health emergency an election issue
May 17, 2024
The budget is a missed opportunity to address the impacts of worsening climate change on health, and represents a failure in our Government’s duty of care to protect Australians, according to Dr Kate Wylie,...
Read More ShareInsight+: How Australia’s medical colleges can lead our health care sector to net zero
April 15, 2024
Climate change and associated extreme weather events continue to affect Australia’s health care system, write Dr Sonia Chanchlani and Dr Ben Dunne in Insight+. It’s imperative that every doctor and health service can manage...
Read More ShareInsight+: Australia’s National Health and Climate Strategy: the next steps
April 03, 2024
Australia’s National Health and Climate Strategy is an important step towards protecting Australians from the significant health threats of climate change, write Prof Eugenie Kayak and A/Prof Angie Bone.
Read More ShareCroakey Health Media: Vehicle emissions standards are necessary, but much more is needed to stop transport systems harming our health
March 15, 2024
Australia’s transport systems contribute to poor health in many ways, including through road trauma, encouraging physical inactivity, exacerbating social injustices, and air pollution, writes Dr Rosalie Schultz.
Read More ShareDaily Telegraph: Revealed: Why Australia’s summer nights are getting hotter
February 10, 2024
The Bureau of Meteorology says Australia’s area-averaged mean minimum temperature was 1.81 °C above average, the third-warmest on record for January (since 1910).
Read More ShareThe Sydney Morning Herald: Australia Day & How alcohol and heat will impact your body
January 26, 2024
During the Australia Day weekend, many people will be looking forward to a drink– or two.But with a heatwave expected in parts of NSW (and elsewhere), it’s best to be careful in the heat....
Read More ShareGreener 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.
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