A survey of more than 1600 participants showed that public support exceeded 90% across policies for early detection, treatment and care.

Health Impact Assessments should be mandatory across government to ensure health, wellbeing and equity are considered in policy decisions and potential harms are identified before decisions are made.

New Zealand is at risk of missing all of its climate targets, and time to get back on track is running out, the Climate Change Commission says.

Long-running AIHW survey shows daily rates of smoking dropped to 5.6% last year – down from 8.3% two years ago

Philip Morris International (PMI) has called on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to engage in a fair, transparent and science-based dialogue with the tobacco and nicotine industry as...

Some multinational tobacco companies claim they are ‘transforming’ by adopting harm reduction goals or, in the case of Philip Morris International (PMI), declaring a commitment to a ‘smoke-free’ futur...

UK Health Security Agency also issues red heat alert for six English regions, indicating risk to life even for the healthy

Public health leaders say the tobacco industry is using the illicit tobacco crisis to call for tax cuts on their products.

The latest national climate change risk assessment says the costs of repeated disasters will make it harder to pay for core needs like health and education.  The report points out 10 key areas on which...

A major new report on the risks climate change poses to New Zealand has found targeted action now could avert the worst impacts, Marc Daalder reports

The world’s first fossil fuel phaseout conference gathers 57 countries representing over 50% of global GDP, signaling a major shift in climate policy, energy security and global markets.

Gambling industry harms are a major global public health concern (Van Schalkwyk et al. 2021, Thomas et al. 2023a, Cowlishaw et al. 2025). They contribute t

Proposed changes to alcohol laws in Aotearoa New Zealand will increase availability and restrict community input, leading to greater alcohol-related harm and inequities.

Coal Australia denies its donations to the ‘community-driven association’ amount to astroturfing, but critics accuse the group of misleading the public * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast An “independent, community-driven association” that ran anti-Labor adverts during the last federal election was entirely funded by a coal industry lobby group, the Guardian can reveal. Energy for Australians accepted more than $1m from Coal Australia – a group advocating for coal whose members include major miners Yancoal, Peabody, New Hope and Whitehaven. Continue reading...

The case for renewables is clear. Every extra EV on an Australian road is litres of petrol saved, every home battery means less gas used and a more resilient electricity grid * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Dear clean energy industry, this is your moment. Cease your frowning at the roadblocks that have been put in your way. Continue reading...

Anthony Albanese’s new gambling reforms promise much but are really a cautious, politically palatable compromise.

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Introduction Cigarette companies have stated their intent to transition from selling cigarettes to selling less harmful products, such as e-cigarettes. We examine trends in US cigarette marketing expe...

What the ministerial press conference got wrong about NZ's fuel supply, and what it didn't mention at all.

The government says it wants to reduce red tape, make it easier for businesses to obtain licences, and trust adults to make their own choices.

State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat

Soaring prices is shine a spotlight on New Zealand's love affair with petrol vehicles.

The expansion in Queensland, which has been approved until 2081, will contribute about 120m tonnes of carbon emissions over its lifetime * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A major coal seam gas expansion, contributing about 120m tonnes of carbon emissions over its lifetime, has been approved by the federal government until 2081. The approval enables Australia Pacific LNG to continue to build, operate and eventually decommission new gas infrastructure in Queensland’s Surat and Bowen basins. Continue reading...

New Zealand generates more than 85% of its electricity from renewable sources, but transport remains almost entirely chained to imported oil.

Yes, Australia needs fuel. But the Middle East war also shows the necessity of setting ourselves up for the future

Even as storied public health entities are being dismantled, the tobacco industry – still responsible for eight million deaths each year – faces little

Eline Goethals, Chris Bostic & Megan Manning The evidence for the tobacco endgame is there. The policies exist, and the public is ready. On average, 72% of people across countries support phasing out ...

Research suggests surging costs under Morrison government’s job-ready graduate scheme and axing of dozens of subjects largely to blame * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia risks becoming an “artless country” if it does not address the long-term decline in enrolments in creative courses, with more than 40 courses and degrees axed in less than a decade. New research published in the Australian Journal of Education this week found fewer students in high school and university were choosing to study the creative arts. At the same time, it found, dozens of tertiary courses were being slashed. Continue reading...

These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters: Proposals by California, Hawaii and New York lawmakers aim to hold fossil fuel industry accountable for soaring rates As climate disasters drive up the price of home insurance, three US states are c...