climate change
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Q&A
ANMF appoints new federal assistant secretary
ANMF Federal Assistant Secretary Catelyn Richards discusses her leadership approach, priorities in aged care and climate resilience, and how she…
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Specialty Focus
Climate crisis is a health crisis: WHO
The World Health Organization has declared that the climate crisis is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st…
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Podcasts
How nurses can lead the fight to save our climate
If the Australian healthcare sector was a country, it would be the fifth-largest carbon emitter on the entire planet. Experts…
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Specialty Focus
One Brisbane nurse’s fight to curb our ever-growing landfill and reuse medical waste
Fed up with the tonnes of unused medical supplies thrown out by her local hospital, theatre nurse Claire Lane devised…
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News
Nurses call for climate change focus in preventive health strategy
Nurses, doctors, psychologists and dietitians are among the healthcare workers calling on government to recognise climate change in the National…
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Industry & Reform
Public health physician discusses how hospitals can tackle climate change
This week climate change has been thrust to the forefront of national debate with catastrophic fires engulfing parts of the…
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Industry & Reform
Save on public health, go green
The benefits of taking action on climate change now exceed the financial and health costs of further delays. As a…
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Industry & Reform
Election Focus: primary healthcare is critical
Nursing leaders have spoken out about a raft of issues including primary healthcare reform, and are calling on nurses to…
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News
What is a climate-friendly hospital?
Hospitals are responding to climate change, but many nurses still don't understand the issue. By Teresa Lewis In response to…
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Health savings of tackling climate change untapped: report
State and Territory governments are being urged to crunch the numbers to determine the "health dividend" of tackling climate change.…
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