August 11, 2020 - Joint letter from DEA, AMA, RACGP, RACP, ACEM, RANZCP, RANZCOG, ACRRM, CICM, and AMSA to Prime Minister Scott Morrison Australia’s peak medical groups, representing around 90,000 or 75% of the nation’s ...
Media Releases
Media release: doctors’ group warns against proposed gas facility in Geelong
July 13, 2020 - Doctors have described Viva Energy’s proposed gas import and storage facility in North Geelong as a folly, warning that it poses risks to the local environment and to the health ...
Media release: #TurnOffTheGas and sign the petition for a healthier and cleaner Australia
June 24, 2020 - Health experts, including GPs and medical specialists, are today launching a video message warning that a gas-led pandemic economic recovery would be hazardous to health and cost lives. The call by ...
Media release: Open Letter- prominent health leaders and groups warn ‘failing’ nature laws will lead to further public health crises
May 25, 2020 - Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty and former Australian of the Year Professor Fiona Stanley are among more than 180 health professionals and leading health groups who have signed an open ...
Media release: Home gas appliances can have lethal consequences, doctors warn
May 4, 2020 - As winter temperatures set in and Victorians reach for the heating dial, doctors have warned that home gas appliances can cause health problems, including carbon monoxide poisoning, for residents. Doctors ...
Media release: Doctors alarmed by the jump in air pollution from power stations call for action
April 6, 2020 - New figures showing worsening sulphur dioxide air pollution from three NSW coal-fired power stations must be met with tighter license conditions on power plants to reduce the significant risks to ...
DEA responds to the Federal Opposition’s target of zero net carbon emissions by 2050
February 26, 2020 - The commitment by the ALP to a target of zero net carbon emissions by 2050 is a welcome sign that Australia may eventually join 73 other countries in doing so, ...
Media release: Doctors warn extending the life of Vales Point coal-fired power station will have a human cost, from Lake Macquarie to Sydney
February 18, 2020 - Doctors have today slammed the Morrison government’s proposed $11m grant to Vales Point coal-fired power station, as the money to prolong the life of this ageing coal fired-power station is ...
Media release: Doctors’ open letter to the Premier of Tasmania: logging is a health hazard
February 17, 2020 - Dear Premier Gutwein, Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) is alarmed at the resumption of old growth logging in the North West of Tasmania, as it imperils community health. We ...
Media release: Doctors slam NSW Government’s proposed planning changes
February 5, 2020 - Doctors are demanding that the NSW Government abandons its bill to change the law so that the emissions from burning fossil fuels outside NSW no longer need to be taken ...
Leading international health groups issue joint statement calling for Siemens to #StopAdani
February 3, 2020 - Dear Mr Kaeser, As a company committed to health and sustainability, Siemens’ decision to provide rail signalling for the Adani coal mine is deeply disappointing. We, the undersigned, urge you ...
A New Year’s Message from DEA’s Co-chairs
January 6, 2020 - The dawn of the New Year and new decade in a very favoured country ought to be greeted with positive anticipation and firm new resolutions. Yet our thoughts are with ...
Doctors declare a climate emergency and call on governments to support the move
April 3, 2019 - Doctors from across the country will today gather in Hobart to declare a Climate Emergency. They will also call on Australia’s federal and state governments and councils to adequately respond ...
Health warning: WA fracking could blow away Australia’s carbon budget
March 20, 2018 - Greenhouse gas emissions from developing WA’s unconventional gas resources will be about three times as much as Australia has agreed to emit under the Paris Agreement, hampering global efforts to ...
The Health Factor report – Damning evidence on health impacts of coal & CSG
May 21, 2013 - A new doctors’ report reveals worrying evidence of likely health impacts from Australian coal and coal seam gas projects. Doctors have released a damning report today about the potential health ...
GP fears for health of gasfield residents
May 1, 2013 - Independent health survey highlights need for betterunderstanding of coal seam gas health impacts. A report released today by Brisbane general practitioner Dr Geralyn McCarron highlights the need for further investigation of ...
Health cost of climate change
April 6, 2013 - Experts on climate change and human health predict huge healthcare costs at iDEA today. Around 100 medical students and doctors from around Australia will be gathered at the University of ...
Media Release: Bob Brown to inspire future doctors
April 5, 2013 - Renowned experts to inspire medical students about the need for healthy environments on Sunday 7 April 2013. Around 100 medical students and doctors from around Australia will be gathered at ...
Coal seam gas fails on human health 2/4/2013
April 2, 2013 - Doctors’ organisation agrees CSG assessment and monitoring is badly flawed and does not protect human health Doctors agree with arguments aired in last night’s ABC Four Corners program “Gas Leak”, that assessment ...
Renewable targets fall short of the mark 19/12/12
December 21, 2012 - Doctors warn of health hazards resulting from unambitious renewable energy targets. Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) is disappointed with the Federal Government’s Review of Renewable Energy Targets (RET) released today. ...