A national preventative health strategy is useless if it doesn't address the risks of climate change, experts have told the responsible minister.
A national preventative health strategy is useless if it doesn't address the risks of climate change, experts have told the responsible minister.
Climate change isn't mentioned in the paper despite health groups telling the government about the risks it poses to health.Climate and Health Alliance executive director Fiona Armstrong was shocked at its absence. The joint statement is signed by groups also including the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation and the Australian Association of Social Workers.Scott Morrison's new power plan criticised as 'part of the problem, not the solution' to climate crisis
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