June 25, 2020 - The Royal Commission on the 2019-20 summer bushfires released an Issues Paper in May, specifically addressing the health care arrangements of natural disasters. DEA’s submission calls for a national health ...
Resources
Lessons to be learnt in relation to the Australian bushfire season 2019-20
May 22, 2020 - DEA has provided a submission to the Senate inquiry, Lessons to be Learnt in relation to the 2019-20 bushfire season. DEA recommendations include the need for more research into the ...
Submission into the 2019-2020 Independent Review of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act
May 13, 2020 - DEA believes that the flaws in the EPBC Act are too significant to be addressed by amendments alone. A new generation of environmental law is needed to restore past damage ...
Royal Commission into National Disaster Arrangements (Bushfires Royal Commission) April 2020.
April 29, 2020 - The health impacts of last summer’s devastating bushfire season are serious, complex and wide-ranging and health is integral to making decisions about emergency and disaster responses. More research is needed to ...
Submission on the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Amendment Bill 2020 (March 2020)
March 30, 2020 - DEA strongly supports the inclusion of downstream or Scope 3 emissions (Appendix 1) in greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting. The health impacts of GHG emissions are not limited by international borders ...
Independent Review into SA’s 2019-20 Bushfire Season
March 20, 2020 - DEA highlighted the serious omissions of consideration of neither health nor climate change in the review. DEA recommendations include the acknowledgment of the ongoing impact of climate change on bushfires, ...
Submission to the NSW Planning Department on the expansion of the Glendell mine in the Hunter Valley.
February 20, 2020 - The Hunter Valley already has the worst PM10* air pollution in New South Wales. DEA considers that the Glendell expansion proposal is not in the national or local community interest ...
Submission to NSW Legislative Council Inquiry into the costs for remediation of sites containing coal ash repositories
February 20, 2020 - The process of coal combustion leads to a concentration of trace elements in the resulting waste ash. While exposure to the traces of these elements in nature does not usually ...
Victoria’s new environmental laws submission (February 2020)
February 7, 2020 - This submission focuses primarily upon aspects of the new EP laws as they relate to air pollution and climate change, as these are closely related to DEA policy and expertise. ...
Open flued gas space heaters discussion paper submission (February 2020)
February 7, 2020 - Gas is often regarded as a ‘clean’ fuel, but air pollutants released from the combustion of methane indoors can cause or exacerbate illness involving the heart, lungs brain or nervous ...
Submission on Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Territorial Limits) Bill 2019 (February 2020)
February 5, 2020 - DEA objects to the proposed Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment (Territorial Limits) Bill 2019. Eliminating assessment of downstream or Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from major projects in New South ...
Submission to Application for a RIDA for Acland Coal Stage 3 Project
January 23, 2020 - While Australia burns as part of the climate crisis, the State of Queensland continues its fervent quest to develop more coal. This is the sixth submission written on New Hope Coal ...
Heatwaves and Health in Australia
January 3, 2020 - Heatwaves have been called ‘silent’ killers and, without reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, they are predicted to become more frequent, more intense and longer. DEA’s comprehensive fact sheet uses the ...
Biodiversity Policy
November 12, 2019 - Natural ecosystems support our health by filtering our air, providing fresh water and food, regulating our climate and protecting against the spread of disease and pests. They also foster our ...
Biodiversity Position Statement
November 12, 2019 - Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA) is focused on the complex interaction between human health and our natural environment and is therefore interested in environmental restoration and the protection of ...
Draft State Public Health Plan (SA) 2019-2024 (October 2018)
October 9, 2019 - DEA in South Australia has contributed to the South Australian Public Health Plan 2019-2024, building on our previous Submissions on the 2013 Plan and during Consultation on the new Plan. ...
Sustainability of energy supply and resources in NSW (September 2019)
September 23, 2019 - The Environment and Planning Committee of NSW Parliament conducted an inquiry into the sustainability of energy supply and resources in NSW. DEA provided a submission the inquiry. The submission can ...
Dendrobium Mine Expansion Proposal Submission (September 2019)
September 10, 2019 - DEA is concerned about the ongoing mining activities occurring within the Greater Sydney Water Catchment, and the effects of this mining on the water security of over 5 million people. ...
WA EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment Guidance (August 2019)
August 29, 2019 - WA EPA is working in an environment of federal policy failures in acknowledging, committing to and effectively reining in emissions, and no appetite for effective taxation or emissions trading policies. ...
Climate Health WA Inquiry (August 2019)
August 28, 2019 - The impacts of climate change on the health of our community are an urgent issue that needs addressing by government with both attention and resources. The public health community has ...