Historic meeting pushes for national action on health and climate change

Martin Bowles, Secretary of the Federal Department of Health (and formerly Deputy Secretary in the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency), is expected to join other health leaders at a meeting in Canberra tomorrow aimed at generating some long overdue action on a national climate and health strategy.

The Department’s Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Hobbs and Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer Debra Thoms are also due to attend the roundtable meeting, which has been organised by a coalition of health groups including the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA).

Ahead of the meeting on Monday afternoon, health leaders will meet with key MPs to brief them on recent consultations highlighting strong health professional support for the development of a national strategy around climate change, health and wellbeing.

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