July 19, 2021 - Deals between the Liberal and National parties could further imperil water policy and spell a dark future for the climate and sustainability efforts, writes Dr David Shearman. Continue reading…

July 14, 2021 - Australia’s doctors are dismayed that the Morrison Government has rejected Zali Steggall’s climate change bill, which was tabled today, despite the need to protect public health from the deadly consequences ...

July 6, 2021 - 24th June 2021 Dear Honourable Minister Sussan Ley,  We write as a group of concerned medical professionals regarding the Chinese state-owned Minerals and Metals Group (MMG) proposal to build the ...

June 29, 2021 - Following Australia’s extravagant claims to climate leadership at the G7, hopes for a more diplomatic approach were dashed by a Prime Ministerial statement claiming that “Australia is a  frontrunner when ...

June 29, 2021 - “Policies which prolong the life of coal shorten the lives of many Australians and must be confronted – they are preventable deaths. It is distressing that ideology and ignorance have ...

June 28, 2021 - Tasmanian doctors have today written an open letter to federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley, calling for an emergency National Heritage Listing of takayna/ Tarkine on health grounds.  The Tasmanian Committee of Doctors ...

June 24, 2021 - A GP whose property was hit by the storm, Associate Professor Vicki Kotsirilos, has called for Primary Health Networks (PHNs), as well as peak medical organisations, to assist with planning ...

June 22, 2021 - Your diet could be taking a toll on the planet in ways that you might not have realised. Fortunately, significantly reducing your impact is actually quite easy—and will likely yield ...

June 22, 2021 - “I mean, we’re living in a climate emergency from a health perspective. And we need universities such as Newcastle to lead the way. And here they are putting somebody in ...

June 10, 2021 - “When Mr Morrison arrives at the G7 Leaders Summit later this week he will have before him a report on Biodiversity and if he reads and understands it he will ...

June 8, 2021 - “One of the principles as doctors is to first cause no harm, and through our own emissions we are causing harm,” says Dr John Van Der Kallen. “We need to ...

May 31, 2021 - “Early in May 2021, the Victorian Government released the updated Victoria’s Climate Change Strategy. The state pledged a 45–50% carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent (CO2e) emissions reduction by 2030 and net zero emissions ...

May 31, 2021 - "Society faces a fast moving confluence of climate change, environmental decay, and increasing zoonoses but fails to recognise the most compelling underlying problem, the crumbling ability of democratic systems to deliver any meaningful action", writes our co-founder, Dr David Shearman.

May 21, 2021 - Today, schoolchildren will again take to the streets to protest that Government policy is failing the next generation. Dr Graeme McLeay writes “to the young people coming out to demonstrate ...

May 7, 2021 - The Federal Government is continuing its push for a so-called ‘gas-led’ recovery. How could this be when the evidence of health impacts from polluting gas has hardened considerably? Read DEA ...

May 3, 2021 - Op-ed by one of our members, Dr Eugenie Kayak.

May 3, 2021 - To read the open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, click here

April 27, 2021 - Over forty state, national and international groups representing hundreds of thousands of Victorians, call on the Andrews’ Government to accept recommendations for new national parks in Victoria’s central west.

April 23, 2021 - We've signed an open letter calling on the government to scrap this proposal.

April 20, 2021 - By DEA member Graeme McLeay.