Community health should be 'key' election issue

Prof Anthony McMichael.

Climate change, according to Professor Anthony McMichael, should be a key issue at the coming Federal Election.

Prof McMichael, a National Health and Medical Research Council Fellow with the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University, is concerned that Australians are more concerned about GDP than health.

Writing on The Conversation in a story headed: “Why climate change should be a key election issue”, he argues that although the GDP and affiliated matters are  important, such discussions are about short-term issues and the conversation should really be focused on population welfare, health, survival and social stability.