Jeremy Lasek – PHAA The Australian Public Health Conference 2021 starts this Thurday 23 September, and features a stellar … More
Category: Ecology and Environment
Forum calls for health to be the main driver for climate action
Jeremy Lasek – PHAA In responding to COVID-19, governments everywhere, including in Australia, have dropped the ball on protecting … More
How public health talks about uranium mining – then and now
David Thomas – Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin. Last week in the Medical Journal of Australia, Rosalie … More
Three things you should know about mosquitoes
Shüné Oliver and Jaishree Raman For thousands of years malaria was a mysterious illness affecting people across the globe. … More
“Gain of Function”: a poorly understood element of the Anthropocene
Colin D Butler When I proposed a short essay on “gain of function” (GoF) and its relevance to the Anthropocene (the human-dominated … More
Urban heat islands: Darwin as a case study in climate change adaptation
Public Health Association Australia This Saturday, 5 June, is World Environment Day. Reimagine. Recreate. Restore. Together, these form the theme … More
How well do the future leaders in Western Australia #ThinkPublicHealth?
Kelly Kennington, Hannah Pierce, and Elizabeth Connor The WA election is now days away. Some people, including the WA Opposition … More
Australian-first study reveals the health risks of building child care centres too close to car parks
The following article is based on an original article published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, … More
Climate change: what actions can we take as health professionals?
Public Health Association of Australia In a message to health professionals, the World Health Organization says ‘climate change will be … More
Nuclear weapons – always inhumane and unacceptable, now illegal
Tilman Ruff On Saturday 24 October, the number of nations ratifying the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear … More