September 20, 2023 - DEA’s work is based on the premise that humans need a future with clean air and water, healthy soils capable of producing nutritious food, a stable climate, and a complex, ...
Resources
If Prescribed Burning was a medicine, would doctors prescribe it?
September 16, 2023 - By Dr Carolyn Orr. Prescribed burning is done on a massive scale to try and protect us from wildfires. Does it actually work? Is it worth the cost? I address ...
Victoria’s Bushfire Management Strategy
August 28, 2023 - DEA supports the implementation of adequate air quality monitoring, to protect the communities in regional areas who are most vulnerable to smoke from planned burns and bushfires, so that they ...
National Health and Climate Strategy
August 1, 2023 - Doctors for the Environment Australia(DEA) is a strong advocate for the development of a National Climate and Health Strategy and welcomed the opportunity to respond to the proposed objectives and ...
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023
July 7, 2023 - DEA is opposed to the proposed Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using NewTechnologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023 (the Bill). The Bill through ss19(7b) effectively sanctions and makes possible ...
Setting, measuring and achieving Australia’s emissions reduction targets
July 7, 2023 - Prepared by DEA members, Drs Genevieve Cowie, Vicki Kotsirilos, Graeme McLeay and Ben Ewald, our submission largely addresses health concerns associated with Australia’s emissions reduction and climate change. The two ...
Position Statement – Fossil Fuel advertising and sponsorship
June 9, 2023 - Fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship should be banned in recognition of their harmful effects on health and the environment. Read the full position statement
Nature Repair Market bill submission
May 31, 2023 - Doctors for the Environment welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Nature Repair Market bill which has important implications for the health and wellbeing of Australians, both now ...
Vehicle fuel efficiency standards for Australia
May 31, 2023 - Doctors for the Environment Australia applaud the proposal to introduce a Fuel Efficiency Standard and note that Australia’s vehicle standards are significantly behind every other developed country apart from Russia. ...
Fact Sheet: Severe Storms, Floods and Your Health
May 8, 2023 - Floods and severe storms are harmful to our health. Extreme weather is becoming more common with climate change, and is demanding and costly to individuals, communities and health systems. This ...
Safeguard Mechanism reform: submission on proposed design
February 23, 2023 - The Safeguard Mechanism is one of the few levers government has to reduce industrial emissions. It covers the 215 biggest emitters in Australia (not including the electricity sector) which release ...
Singleton Horticulture Project submission
February 20, 2023 - While we await the finding of the Supreme Court into the legality of the water licence, we have here outlined a range of other critical environmental, social and health issues ...
AMA and DEA joint submission to the ACSQHC –Sustainable Healthcare Module
February 14, 2023 - The AMA and DEA recommend that the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality of Health Care (ACSQHC) consult with the Department of Health and Aged Care’s National Health Sustainability and ...
21/22 Annual Report now available
November 25, 2022 - Doctors for the Environment Australia(DEA) Board Chair Dr John Van Der Kallen proudly launched the organisation’s 21/22 Annual Report at its Annual General Meeting on Monday 21 November 2022. In ...
Public Consultation on the draft Climate Change Policy and draft Action Plan 2022-2025
November 22, 2022 - DEA welcomes the development of new climate change environmental quality objectives, guidelines, and policy by the NSW EPA, in recognition of its duty under the POEA act. We would like ...
Surgeons first to sign up to new green guidelines
November 18, 2022 - The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) has become the first medical college in Australia to sign up to the newly released Green College Guidelines. The guidelines, which have been ...
Fact Sheet: Asthma and Indoor Gas Appliances
October 13, 2022 - Asthma has many triggers, and these vary from person to person: respiratory virus infection, dust mites, mould, and indoor air pollution. One exposure that is often overlooked is the nitrogen ...
Submission to the Consultation Paper on Native Forest Wood Waste in the Renewable Energy Target
October 10, 2022 - Because of the serious environmental consequences of burning native forest biomass for electricity generation, no case can be made for its continuation.Importantly, the burning of native forest biomass adds to ...
Joint DEA & AMA webinar: Climate change and sustainability: leadership and action from Australian doctors
August 9, 2022 - Co-hosted by Doctors for the Environment Australia and the Australian Medical Association, this webinar once again brought together medical professionals and Australia’s medical colleges to facilitate the sharing of information, ...
North West Shelf Project Extension Appeal
July 8, 2022 - The EPA has recommended that the project be approved. Doctors for the Environment Australia disagrees. The EPA has not applied conditions that are its best endeavours, nor fully considered the ...