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Road speed limits are receiving some attention at the moment by a number of Government and local government agencies, with various proposals to reduce speed limits on some roads. Reducing legal speed limits across many roads makes sense and is supported by the Society.  The recently announced "Road to Zero" strategy also has merit. ...

The speedy response by the Government and Parliament to enact a ban on most semi-automatic weapons and to establish a buy-back scheme, following the Christchurch mosque shootings, was widely welcomed by health groups including the Society. The Society fully supported the law changes, the intent behind the changes, and the speed at which the changes were made....

Professional bodies in many jurisdictions have made it clear to health professionals that they have a professional duty to promote evidence to dispel anti-vax messages. In May, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority, along with 16 national health boards, released a statement warning practitioners that they had a responsibility to the public to...

A major report by experts from 27 national science academies has set out the widespread damage that global heating is already causing to people’s health and the increasingly serious impacts expected in future. The Society is preparing a submission on the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Bill which stands referred to a select committee.   &n...