TSoM Public Health
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University of Tasmania, Public Health, College of Health and Medicine, Tasmanian School of Medicine
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Joined February 2013
Experts call on Government to boost prevention spending to drive productivity gains
iht.deakin.edu.au
Leading economic and health experts have united to urgently call on the Australian Government to boost the economy, reduce healthcare costs and improve Australians’ wellbeing by dramatically increa...
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Scientist wins peace prize for farmer-managed natural regeneration work https://t.co/WZibqZpuH0 via @ABCaustralia
abc.net.au
A Victorian scientist whose farming technique has revolutionised agriculture in Niger is awarded an international peace prize.
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Labor faces a Christmas crossroads over its environment laws reboot
sbs.com.au
Environment Minister Murray Watt has challenged both the Coalition and Greens to come to the table to deliver major environmental reform.
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Dead before 50: The Australians dying young at the edge of the system
sbs.com.au
There are "devastatingly common" reasons behind many of the deaths, an advocate says.
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Here’s why a plan to turn private hospital giant Healthscope into a charity is stirring debate https://t.co/vUhhs1n5qk via @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com
The proposal could reignite debate about the ethics of allowing tax-exempt charities to operate large businesses in competition with taxable, for-profit companies.
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The Australian media is more concentrated than ever. Here are the three moments that got us here. "We need to update our media ownership rules with a fit-for-purpose public interest test"
johnmenadue.com
In its announcement of the proposed merger with Southern Cross Media, Seven West described the deal as “consistent with Seven West’s stated strategic position of being in support of media consolida...
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The fledgling UN tried to rein in mass-scale misinformation. The world turned its back and is now paying the price
theguardian.com
The ruinous result of the US approach to freedom of information and media has made anti-democratic contagion impossible to ignore
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Australia's potato capital is facing a threat never-before-seen in the country
sbs.com.au
With eradication off the table, Australia is looking to New Zealand for lessons on how to manage potato mop top virus as planting begins in Tasmania.
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Map reveals government's dramatic failure as $87 million 'crisis' sweeps Aussie state https://t.co/Nj1VzY2oz4 via @@YahooNewsAU
au.news.yahoo.com
Critics say the situation is 'nothing short of nonsense' and a controversial policy needs to change. Find out more.
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Postcard from London – reflections for Australia from health reforms planned for the United Kingdom https://t.co/vj7tU9CQp2 By Prof @stephenjduckett
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croakey.org
Introduction by Croakey: As we await a plan for health reform in Australia, the National Health Service in the United
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Register now for the 2025 NACCHO Members’ Conference! 🔗 https://t.co/wn8BY0jdw7 8-10 December | Bidjigal & Gadigal Country, Sydney | Strength Comes from Community Control #NACCHOConf2025 #OurHealthInOurHands #StrengthComesFromCommunityControl
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School meals are not just a welfare policy - they are sound industrial strategy, if done right. Tomorrow morning, I’ll be on @BBCr4today at 8:30BST to discuss our latest @IIPP_UCL report with @WFP: “School Meals: a mission oriented approach”. Listen live and online here ➡️
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Chemists including @ChemistClancy and @grwUCL have created the world's thinnest spaghetti, 200 times thinner than a human hair. It is not intended as food but as an eco-friendly nanofiber that could be used in smart bandages and to help bone regeneration https://t.co/N5HVzVhLlJ
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'It's a way of the sea returning the trash to us': Why plastic-filled 'Neptune balls' are washing up on beaches https://t.co/m8N6SHyyA6
bbc.com
As tiny pieces of plastic clog our oceans, natural meadows of seagrass are bundling up microplastics and spitting them back out onto beaches in the form of "Neptune balls".
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