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NSW Clean Air Consultation
June 01, 2022
The NSW Government is updating its clean air regulations for the first time in a decade - this is your chance to speak out on behalf of people vulnerable to the health impacts of...
Read More ShareWin! AGL drops demerger plans
May 30, 2022
UPDATE: In late September 2022 AGL announced it would bring forward the closure of its dirtiest coal power station - Loy Yang A in Victoria's Latrobe Valley - by 10 years! This is another...
Read More ShareMedical colleges call for coal phase-out by 2030
May 19, 2022
Today five leading medical colleges have released an open letter to federal, state and territory governments and all energy companies to replace coal with renewable energy by 2030. The letter follows a call from the World...
Read More ShareHealthcare Action calls for Coal Phase-out
May 12, 2022
Media Release: As energy industry leaders congregate for the Energy Transition Summit on Thursday, some of Australia’s most distinguished public health advocates will be there to send them a clear message: coal and AGL’s demerger...
Read More ShareVIC Budget 2022: Just Transitions Plan is a Vital First Step
May 05, 2022
Media Release: Healthy Futures welcomes the Victorian Government’s $7.9 million dollar budget allocation to the Latrobe Valley Authority (LVA) particularly for their commitment to develop the region’s first Just Transition Plan. However, prominent health...
Read More ShareNew analysis shows early Loy Yang A closure would save lives
April 05, 2022
Media Release: Over a thousand lives would be saved by bringing forward the closure of Victoria’s biggest source of air pollution, Loy Yang A, according to estimates produced by Healthy Futures, an organisation of...
Read More ShareJapanese Encephalitis - sounding the alarm bell
March 21, 2022
Dr Scott Abbinga is a committed volunteer with Healthy Futures. He also is an infectious disease registrar currently working at Monash Health in Melbourne and has recently treated a patient with Japanese Encephalitis. This experience...
Read More ShareTaking Action in Troubling Times
March 08, 2022
Dr Charlotte Brack is one of the many concerned health workers and allies that are pledging to boycott AGL until it commits to transitioning to clean energy this decade. Find out Dr Brack's story...
Read More ShareVolunteer Dr Jenny Huang on The Sustainable Hour
March 03, 2022
Healthy Futures is so proud of its passionate volunteers and here is one superstar, Dr Jenny Huang, who spends much of her time volunteering to educate others about the health impacts of air pollution...
Read More ShareDr Carolyn Orr: "End fossil fuels to protect human health"
March 03, 2022
Listen to Perth-based neurologist Dr Carolyn Orr give a powerful TEDx talk outlining the urgent why we must urgently transition from fossil fuels.
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