Media releases
Media alert: Doctors warn about the health risks of breathing poor inside air at NSW Indoor Air Quality Inquiry
February 18, 2026
What: Dr Ben Ewald, Dr Anthony Hull, and Dr Fiona Foo to appear either in person or via video link at the NSW Indoor Air Quality Inquiry on the back of a submission by...
Read More ShareGas Statement: DEA and Colleges
February 11, 2026
Doctors for the Environment Australia with endorsement from The Public Health Association Australia, The Australian College of Emergency Medicine, The Royal Australian College of Physicians, and The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, NSW&ACT...
Read More ShareDEA Statement following Bondi Beach attack
December 15, 2025
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...
Read More ShareVIC DEA Sustain Health - on 100% public hospital renewable electricity
December 11, 2025
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...
Read More ShareDoctors back WA Greens motion to protect health by excluding gas from new developments
December 05, 2025
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...
Read More ShareNature laws fail our health, warn health professionals
November 19, 2025
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...
Read More ShareDoctors describe Liberal Party attempts to drop net zero as “reckless”
November 11, 2025
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...
Read More ShareHealth professionals go to Canberra to call for action on summer of anxiety
October 28, 2025
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...
Read More ShareDoctors warn weak emissions targets ignore public health
September 18, 2025
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...
Read More ShareOur government knows the risk, so why make it worse by approving new coal and gas?
September 15, 2025
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...
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