An expert on gun violence in Australia has urged for a public health guided approach to gun control reforms in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.
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A legacy of excluding women from clinical trials means Australia’s medical system is fundamentally skewed, with women more likely to be misdiagnosed, experience adverse drug reactions and receive less effective treatment for common conditions.
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Hear Prof. David Durrheim and Prof. Alessandra Scagliarini as they share real examples of how human, animal, and environmental health collaboration strengthens global preparedness.
▶️ Watch this #IJID One Health Webinar on the #ISID Knowledge Exchange:
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The MJA is pleased to announce a call for papers for a Special Collection on Indigenous Health, which will have a publishing run from NAIDOC week 2026 until the end of 2026. The call for papers runs from now until 31 March 2026.
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🔔 This week in InSight+
Government’s addiction to fossil fuels ‘catching up with us, killing us,’ says Senator David Pocock
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Next up in the #SavingtheWorld webinar series by Planetary Health Equity Hothouse: Ashley Schram unpacks how public policy shapes privilege & drives health inequities —and what it takes to undo it
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On #WorldRabiesDay, we renew our commitment to eliminating rabies—a critical #OneHealth challenge that affects both humans and animals
Health is gradually getting worse in Australia.
Tobacco use, overweight, and dietary risks are among the top risk factors contributing to the disease burden, says Dr Steve Robson, addressing the delegates of #AustPH2025.
Aust #PublicHealth Conf, 16 - 18 Sept, Wollongong/Dharawal Country.
Victoria showing Australia that truth, justice, and Indigenous self-determination can be done. #Treaty
Political Economy of Health and One Health special interest groups workshop. Democracy and Public Health in a Trumpian world. Monday 15 Sept, 10am-4pm, Novotel Wollongong Northbeach.
How can we make sense of authoritarian politics?
What does the weaking of democratic institutions mean for #PublicHealth?
Find out Mon 15 Sept in Wollongong / Dharawal Country, hosted by @phaa-onehealth.bsky.social & our Political Economy SIG.
www.austph2025.com/workshop
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Add your name to the call to make fossil fuel exporters pay for the damage they are causing✍️
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Could not agree more!
Milk choice has an environmental impact. Plant-based milks (oat & soy) have a lower environmental footprint. Good to see coffee shops eliminating surcharges for plant-based milk
Opinion piece from Prof Allen Cheng @peripatetical.bsky.social on this milestone for Australia - the upcoming Australian CDC #AUCDC #PublicHealth
Ensuring its political independence is paramount if we are to avoid issues that plagues the US CDC in recent times
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Print featuring a sitting black cat against a blue and white floral pattern background
'Hector' linocut by UK contemporary artist and #printmaker Vanessa Lubach #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Heading to #AustPH2025 conference in Wollongong next month? Don’t miss the @publichealthaus.bsky.social y.social workshop hosted by two brilliant SIGs. Explore how rising authoritarianism & weakening democracies are shaping public health globally & what we can do about it. Details 👇🏽
Join us for "Pacific Island Migrations: From Plantations to PALM Workers" at Bankstown Arts Centre next Saturday August 23, 2 - 4pm with speakers Rosaline Parker, Moni Taumoepeau and Winnie Dunn
#PhD #scholarship on violence against #women and displacement in the #Pacific contributing to the Centre of Excellence on the Elimination of Violence Against Women at #ANU #Canberra #AUS. #endVAW #gender study.anu.edu.au/scholarships...
New MSF report on #Gaza. Based on medical data, patients’ testimonies, and first-hand medical witnessing at two MSF clinics in Gaza, the report finds violence by Israeli forces & private American contractors against starved Palestinians at GHF points. #genocide #intlaw msf.org.uk/article/msf-...
Have you read our #NAIDOC2025 special issue, curated by @summermay.bsky.social?
It features Nona’s powerful call for Torres Strait Islander led research and self-determination in the face of climate change.
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Burnet Institute would like to commend the MJA Special Issue on Indigenous Health published to mark NAIDOC Week. All nine papers in this issue highlight evidence and solutions created by and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. @mja.com.au
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How Indigenous peoples are leading the way in climate litigation: new paper – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/how-indigeno...
By Francis Nona, Nina Lansbury, Veronica Matthews, Kris Vine and Lillian Ireland
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Nothing like a policurve to explain the (AU) 2 party trajectory #auspol
FEiA is recruiting a Program Coordinator to lead the coordination and delivery of the Rapid Response Team Program in the National Department of Health in Papua New Guinea.
💼 Rapid Response Team Program Coordinator
Closes: 10 May 2025
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As I watch to see what rain ex-tropical cyclone Alfred brings I wrote a Conversation article
There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience. No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent. And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted. ... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
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For those interested, here is the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's definition of Tropical Cyclone (TC) categories. #TCAlfred is currently a Cat2 TC with talk that it *may* lift to a Cat3 while still at sea (links next).
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Impactful work! Thanks for sharing
