April 29, 2020 - Dr Trudi Beck says she knows that coronavirus is no small matter, and as a doctor, she takes it as seriously as anyone can. But, Dr Beck writes, “I also ...
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DEA doctors innovating and protecting health during the COVID 19 pandemic
April 11, 2020 - DEA doctors across the nation from a wide range of specialities are experiencing fundamental changes and challenges in their work practices and expectations. GPs are screening and consulting patients in ...
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 ...
Renew Economy: Santos must come clean on methane and accept its responsibilities to human health
April 6, 2020 - Putting aside the inadequacies of government in addressing climate change, many Australians are coming to recognise that the fate of the planet resides mainly in numerous corporate board rooms, writes ...
Independent Australia: COVID-19 has reminded us to trust and prioritise science
April 1, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic should lead us to consider the importance of science and the environment, writes Dr Graeme McLeay. It’s hard to find a silver lining in the dark clouds ...
RiotAct: Community support is the way to beat distressing times, says Canberra doctor
March 20, 2020 - There are clear parallels with society’s response to the summer’s bushfires and the coronavirus outbreak–and as a community, we must work together, says Dr Arnagretta Hunter. “One of my best ...
Independent Australia: Australia needs to commit to target of net-zero emissions by 2050
March 2, 2020 - After two decades of refusal to acknowledge the science of climate change, change, it has taken a national bushfire tragedy for policy-makers to wake-up, writes Dr John Iser From climate change ...
Open Forum: Blue-banded bliss
March 2, 2020 - Dr Marion Carey writes that with an estimated 40% of insect species now threatened with extinction, we can all do more to notice and appreciate our wonderful native bees and ...
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 ...
iNews: Australian doctor on ‘nerve-wracking’ wildfires and climate crisis: ‘You can taste it and I make sure my children stay indoors’
January 29, 2020 - Canberra Cardiologist, Dr Arnagretta Hunter, provides an insight into how the fires are impacting both her personal and professional worlds. From waiting for her family and friends and driving through ...
Letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison: “the leader who failed to lead on Climate Change.”
January 21, 2020 - To Scott Morrison, like everyone else in Australia, and increasingly around the world, I have spent the past couple of months in horrified disbelief at the scale of the bushfire ...
Newcastle Herald: Michael Schien writes, the real threat to national security is the way our system makes rational planning virtually impossible
January 17, 2020 - The climate emergency has arrived, writes Dr Michael Schien. With the first degree of the predicted four degrees of warming by 2100, this 11,000 kilometre fire front is stretching our ...
New Daily: Burning anxiety–The new normal isn’t just the fire, it’s the fear
January 13, 2020 - Speaking to The New Daily, psychiatrist Dr Robert Llewellyn-Jones and Honorary Secretary Dr Richard Yin highlight that climate change impacts such as Australia’s unprecedented fires not only have direct physical ...
AusDoc: As Australia burns, where is our plan?
January 10, 2020 - As the fires continue to burn across eastern Australia, DEA’s Honorary Secretary Dr Richard Yin and DEA member Dr George Crisp, write the full scale of the health impacts and ...
Hot and bothered: heat affects all of us, but older people face the highest health risks
January 8, 2020 - Australia’s climate is changing, writes DEA’s ACT Chair Dr Arnagretta Hunter in The Conversation, and we’re likely to experience longer periods of hot temperatures, with hotter summers and some extraordinarily ...
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 ...