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Croakey 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...
Read More ShareCroakey Health Media: As we await the National Climate Risk Assessment, health defenders are calling for support
September 05, 2025
Doctors for the Environment Executive Director, Dr Kate Wylie, shares the backstory of DEA’s recent legal case against NOPSEMA and Woodside, and links to DEA's crowdfunding campaign to meet the legal costs incurred.
Read More Share2SM Breakfast: Dr. Kate Wylie - Climate and Health Forum
September 04, 2025
GP and Kate Wylie, the executive director of Doctors for the Environment Australia, joined Tim Webster for the Breakfast show on 2SM in anticipation of the Climate and Health Forum in Canberra.
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