Media releases

Doctors for the Environment Australia is shocked and saddened by the horrific attack at Bondi Beach on Sunday. We offer our sympathies to the victims and the families of those affected by this heart-breaking...

Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) warmly congratulates the Victorian Government on its landmark commitment to power all public hospitals with 100% renewable electricity from 1 July this year, through the State Electricity Commission...

4 December 2025 Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) strongly supports the Greens motion in the WA Parliament that would allow local governments to exclude gas connections from new residential and commercial developments, citing...

Medical experts warn the Albanese Government’s proposed nature laws-— potentially to be debated in the Senate next week — will allow major coal and gas projects to be approved without any assessment of their...

Doctors call on the Liberal Party to resist caving in to pressure to abandon net zero, as doing so will put Australian lives at risk. The call comes ahead of high-stakes meetings this week...

As Australia braces for a brutal summer, leading doctors will on Tuesday visit Parliament House to warn that worsening climate change is driving a mental health crisis — and will call for mental health...

Doctors for the Environment Australia has criticised the federal government’s 2035 emissions reduction target for failing to meet the scale of the problem we face under dangerous climate change, putting communities across Australia at...

The National Climate Risk Assessment (NCRA) report vividly describes the serious impacts of climate change. It outlines how global heating is harming human health, the health of our environment and impacting almost every aspect...

Doctors for the Environment Australia has expressed disappointment after the Federal Court today upheld the government’s approval of the Scarborough Gas Project’s environment plan, clearing the way for the controversial project to go ahead....

Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) has launched an innovative resource to help healthcare professionals deliver planetary health education and climate action from within their own institutions. DEA’s Climate Grand Rounds Guide provides a...