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VIC 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.
Read More ShareAGL's new climate statement - is it any good?
February 14, 2022
Last week Australia's biggest climate polluter AGL announced a new "climate statement" and it was truly atrocious. Despite AGL claiming it’s committed to helping fight climate change, it squandered this opportunity to make any meaningful impact. ...
Read More ShareWe're Hiring! Victorian Campaigner
February 07, 2022
We're looking for someone who is passionate about health and climate change and based in Victoria to join our dynamic team!
Read More ShareClimate 'Die-in' - What Happened?
February 03, 2022
On Monday 31 January a group of passionate and diverse healthcare workers gathered outside AGL’s office yesterday to take action - an amazing feat on its own considering the demands placed on healthcare workers right now....
Read More ShareMedia Release: Climate Die-in of Healthcare Workers
January 31, 2022
Healthcare workers stage die-in at AGL office to protest pollution (Melbourne) January 31, 2022 Gippsland health professionals have travelled to Melbourne this morning to join a theatrical health protest outside AGL’s head office to call...
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