Introduction by Croakey: As Guardian Australia reported this week, the COVID-19 pandemic will deliver an unprecedented annual drop in global greenhouse gas emissions of up to seven percent b... Read more
Investing in green energy creates three times more jobs than investing in fossil fuel energy, according to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, in a powerful call for governmen... Read more
As the Federal Government moves to weaken national environmental laws, health and medical professionals have been urged to step out of their comfort zone and engage much more proactively in... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Australia is now in the worst recession since the Great Depression of the early 1930s, with more than one million Australians out of work and the Government foreshad... Read more
What opportunities has the pandemic created for enabling health equity to become a focus for mainstream policy? Melissa Sweet reports for the Croakey Conference News Service on the launch of... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Many people in the health sector are keenly awaiting the release of a landmark investigation into climate change and health in Western Australia, as recently preview... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A ‘Health in All Policies’ approach – prioritising the wellbeing of people and communities – must be central in COVID-19 recovery efforts, a global network of health... Read more
With the Northern Territory election only days away, leading Aboriginal health, public health, and other community groups have released an election briefing paper calling for urgent action o... Read more
Voting centres opened this week in the lead up to the Northern Territory election on 22 August. Climate change is the critical health issue confronting voters, though the pandemic is diverti... Read more
The Western Australian Government is expected to release a landmark investigation into climate change and health in WA later this month. One of the submissions to the Climate Health WA Inqui... Read more
