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Media Release: Pressure on AGL continues
February 28, 2023
Wed 1 March Healthcare workers will be asking AGL Board Chair Patricia McKenzie for an updated AGL Climate Action Plan today at a national governance conference that McKenzie is the keynote speaker at.
Read More ShareNew research: Health trajectories following climate-related disasters
February 21, 2023
We've known for a while that climate change is the biggest health threat of our time, for a number of reasons including exposure to climate induced natural disasters. New research maps out the short-term...
Read More ShareHelp shape 2023: Supporter Survey
January 19, 2023
Your opinion is really important to us. We hope you can spare 3 minutes of your time to complete a quick survey to help shape our activities in 2023. TAKE SURVEY We want...
Read More Share2022 In Review
December 15, 2022
The year may be hurtling to a close but there’s still time for us to share our deep gratitude with you. For 3 years, health workers have been stretched to their limits. Yet so...
Read More ShareAGL Shake Up
November 15, 2022
It’s been a huge day! We’ve been on national news, seen a shake up of Australia’s biggest polluter and put the concerns of the health community front and centre of the climate and energy...
Read More Share"We need justice, equity and sustainability"
November 07, 2022
Bronwyn McDonald is Healthy Futures' new Energy Transition Campaigner, charged with driving the change from using polluting fossil fuels to renewable energy to help protect public health and our climate. Based on Awabakal & Worimi Land (Newcastle,...
Read More ShareEPA decision on Vales Point coal power station
November 01, 2022
Media Release, 28 October 2022. Licence to pollute given end date: Vales Point exemption still questioned by health group Healthy Futures, one of Australia’s leading health and climate change advocacy groups, still has public...
Read More ShareVictorians demand strong commitments
October 11, 2022
Healthworkers across Victoria are taking action online today to demand stronger commitments from their state's decision makers. This follows a day of action outside Victoria's Parliament House last month where an open letter signed...
Read More ShareAction: Health Workers at Parliament House
September 21, 2022
Media Release: Health Workers Take Action at State Parliament Wednesday 21 September, Melbourne At 12.30pm today, doctors, nurses and health workers will assemble at Victoria’s Parliament House, on the last sitting day before the election,...
Read More Share" I am very concerned about children’s mental and physical health"
September 15, 2022
Dr Suzanne Deed is a General Medical Practitioner, Psychotherapist and Family therapist based in South Gippsland, VIC. As a GP working in the Latrobe Valley for many years it was her observation that there was an increase...
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