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RACP newsGP: ‘Get up to speed’: GPs admit climate change knowledge gaps
March 18, 2025
GPs are concerned about climate change's health impact, but many feel unprepared to address it. A survey by RACGP and the University of Notre Dame showed: 81% of GPs are concerned about climate change's...
Read More ShareHerald Sun: Doctor who designed plastic bubble in Covid now turning his attention to new project
March 18, 2025
University of Melbourne Associate Professor McGain, an anaesthetist and intensive care physician, is the university's first Associate Dean of Sustainable Healthcare and a member of Doctors for the Environment Australia.“I think that’s been important,...
Read More Share3CR: Climate Fear in an Election Year
March 16, 2025
Major parties are promoting environmental credentials ahead of the upcoming election whilst community activists are aiming to inspire people to take climate action. 3CR's program Earth Matters presents recent talks by grassroots campaigners, offering...
Read More ShareCroakey Health Media: Western Australian Labor’s win not a mandate for ‘business as usual’
March 13, 2025
This two articles piece in Croakey shows how the re-elected Western Australia Labor Government faces significant tasks, including creating a climate change bill, improving housing for pregnant Aboriginal women, and expanding the Rent Relief...
Read More ShareRenew Economy: Fossil fuel lobby shares global “toolbox of tactics” to fight Victoria’s gas phaseout
March 11, 2025
According to a recent investigation, Australian fossil fuel firms and their trade associations have been exchanging notes with their overseas counterparts in an effort to prevent a phaseout of gas in houses. In an...
Read More ShareAusDoc: Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan is a threat to our patients’ health
March 05, 2025
Concerns have been made about the exorbitant cost, the continued excess carbon in the atmosphere as we wait for them to be built, and the threat to national security posed by opposition leader Peter...
Read More ShareMJA: Accountability, ambition, and quantifiable action in the carbon emission reduction plans of the ten largest pharmaceutical companies in Australia: a cross-sectional analysis
March 04, 2025
By analysing their accountability measures, goals, and measurable actions, a group of DEA members have evaluated the 10 biggest pharmaceutical firms in Australia's commitment to reaching net zero emissions.
Read More ShareABC News: Residents rally in support of pollution filters on West Gate Tunnel project
March 03, 2025
The $10 billion West Gate Tunnel project is designed to mitigate vehicle emissions, but Maribyrnong residents fear the ventilation stacks won't adequately reduce pollution. They are advocating for filters on the stacks, which were...
Read More ShareDEA is pleased to support the release of an international BUPA publication, ‘Single-use switch: Catalysing action on single-use items in healthcare’
February 26, 2025
Bupa has partnered with Health Care Without Harm to launch a major global report that outlines key principles for reducing healthcare’s reliance on single-use items while maintaining the highest level of patient care.Furthermore, the...
Read More ShareSBS News: How heatwaves can wreak havoc on your mental health
February 25, 2025
Experts advise paying more attention to the effects of heat as an increase in a variety of social and mental health problems is linked to heat. Aggression, domestic violence, mental health emergency presentations and...
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