Mehak Oberai, Griffith University; Ella Jackman, Griffith University; Shannon Rutherford, Griffith University; Steven Baker, Griffith University, and Zhiwei Xu, Griffith University Parts of Australia are currently facing extreme heat, with high temperatures set to continue over the coming days. Though ...

Over fifty per cent of older Australians consider climate change and homelessness to be significant issues, a new survey has found. Peak aged care body COTA asked over 6,000 older Australians living in NSW about their attitudes and feelings on ...

Could aged care strategists learn from the recent shift in climate change strategy once leadersaccepted that our lives depended on it and that we had no choice? We wondered what a strategy for changing aged care would look like if ...

Nurses, doctors, psychologists and dietitians are among the healthcare workers calling on government to recognise climate change in the National Preventive Health Strategy. They were among the dozens of health groups that signed a joint statement calling on Minister for ...

This week climate change has been thrust to the forefront of national debate with catastrophic fires engulfing parts of the nation. Australian summers already have devastating health effects on the community each year and the health system comes under increasing ...

The benefits of taking action on climate change now exceed the financial and health costs of further delays.  As a member of the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA), the Australian College of Nursing recognises the likely threat of climate change ...

Nursing leaders have spoken out about a raft of issues including primary healthcare reform, and are calling on nurses to become more vocal in public debate.  Primary healthcare reform and nursing workforce concerns are among the critical health issues that ...

Hospitals are responding to climate change, but many nurses still don't understand the issue. By Teresa Lewis In response to Dr Liz Hanna's article Dealing with climate change (Nursing Review, page 16, February), I wholeheartedly agree with the need to ...

State and Territory governments are being urged to crunch the numbers to determine the "health dividend" of tackling climate change. A review of recent studies, released today, suggests coal-fired power in Australia costs the community $2.6 billion a year through ...

Health professionals have backed a Climate Commission report that warns of the threat to the young and old of a warmer planet. By Cathy Wever. Climate change has implications we are only beginning to truly comprehend. While natural resource depletion ...