April 6, 2021 - Click here to read our submission.
Submissions
Every day we are lobbying government and industry to protect health through care of the environment.
Below is some of our current advocacy work.
Gas Fired Recovery Plan
February 28, 2021 - Doctors for the Environment Australia is strongly opposed to the Gas-led Recovery proposal. DEA contends that the proposal will lock in the production and use of gas at a time ...
Review of the Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform Act 2018
February 1, 2021 - Public and investor awareness of climate risk is now widespread and with climate impacts accelerating, the imperatives for climate action are clear. Political donation reforms would help restore confidence that ...
Letter to NSW EPA regarding Vales Point power station POEO license 761
January 28, 2021 - Dr Ben Ewald , Convenor of Doctors for the Environment Australia’s National Air Pollution Special Interest Group has written a letter to the NSW EPA regarding Vales Point power station ...
Pre-Budget submission 2021
January 22, 2021 - Human health and the environment are facing massive challenges. DEA made recommendations that include the recognition of and funding for the impending health crises imposed by climate change and the ...
Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bills 2020
November 20, 2020 - Zali Steggall’s proposed climate change Bills have triggered the first parliamentary inquiry into why Australia should commit and legislate to net zero emissions by 2050. The Bills will assist the ...
National Preventive Health Strategy Consultation Paper (5 Oct 2020)
October 5, 2020 - A consultation paper was released by the federal Department of Health calling for feedback on a National Preventive health framework to guide its strategy for the next decade. The consultation ...
Victorian inquiry into environmental infrastructure for growing populations (5 Oct 2020)
October 5, 2020 - The Environment and Planning Committee of the Victorian Legislative Assembly has called for submissions to an inquiry into the current and future arrangements to secure environmental infrastructure, particularly parks and ...
Parliamentary Inquiry into Ecosystem Decline in Victoria. (1 Sept 2020)
September 1, 2020 - Human health is indivisible from healthy, biodiverse ecosystems. When we allow biodiversity and ecosystems to decline or be lost, we compromise the essentials for survival – our food security, our ...
A Stronger Tomorrow – State Infrastructure Strategy discussion paper (1 Sept 2020)
September 1, 2020 - The Western Australian government recently called for submissions on their A Stronger Tomorrow – State Infrastructure Strategy discussion paper. DEA supports the concept and proposal of taking a long term ...
EES for the proposed AGL/APA Gas Import Jetty and Pipeline Project at Western Port, Victoria (26 Aug 2020)
August 26, 2020 - AGL and APA are seeking approval for the building of an LNG import facility and pipeline in Western Port, Victoria. The area is environmentally sensitive, in the middle of a ...
Resources Sector Regulation draft report (20 Aug 2020)
August 20, 2020 - DEA recently provided input into the Productivity Commission’s Draft Report on Resources Sector Regulation as regulation of this sector has the task of balancing economic gains from extraction with losses ...
EPBC Review Interim Report _ DEA Response (28 July 2020)
July 28, 2020 - On Monday July 20, the interim report of the EPBC Act review was released by Professor Graeme Samuel, the chair of the review panel. This included some positive proposals, but ...
Supplementary Submission to Narrabri Gas Project (22 July 2020)
July 24, 2020 - DEA strongly opposes the Narrabri Gas Project and submitted its first submission to object to the Narrabri Gas Project in 2017. This supplementary submission addresses the inadequacies and deficiencies in ...
Submission to the NSW Independent Planning Commission regarding the Vickery Extension Project
July 15, 2020 - It is the position of DEA that ongoing coal mining and combustion poses an unacceptable health risk due to greenhouse gas emissions. DEA is one of many health and medical ...
Submission on Urannah dam and pipelines project and Collinsville irrigation scheme project (14 July 2020)
July 14, 2020 - DEA has provided a submission on the Proposed Actions 2020/8708 and 2020/8709 . DEA recommends that both actions be assessed under the EPBC Act as they are likely to have ...
Submission on Urannah dam and pipelines project and Collinsville irrigation scheme project
July 14, 2020 - DEA has provided a submission on the Proposed Actions 2020/8708 and 2020/8709 . DEA recommends that both actions be assessed under the EPBC Act as they are likely to have ...
Submission: Australia’s Technology Investment Roadmap
June 30, 2020 - The Australian Government invited brief commentary on their Technology Roadmap to guide investment in energy generation over the next few decades. One key concept in this Roadmap is the notion ...
Submission to the Issues Paper on Health Arrangements in Natural Disasters – Bushfires Royal Commission
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 ...
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 ...