About environmental health
The environment we live and work in affects our health. Learn more about environmental health.
What we're doing
We work on policies and programs that aim to improve and maintain Australia’s environmental health.
Climate and health
Learn about how our changing climate affects our health through rising heat and changing rainfall patterns.
Occupational dusts
Learn about what we're doing to prevent and detect occupational dust disease.
Resources
Resources
enHealth – Risk Communication Assessment Tool and guidance (RCAT) and accompanying interactive tool (RCATi)
This document supports and should be used with the enHealth guidance – Risk communication principles. It helps people with environmental public health responsibility to identify the approach to risk communication for situations potentially impacting the community, especially where outrage may occur.
National Health and Climate Strategy Implementation Plan 2024-2028
The National Health and Climate Strategy Implementation Plan is an initial plan for the Australian Government to deliver the 49 actions committed under the Strategy. The Implementation Plan presents the approach to deliver actions prioritised in 2024 and foreshadows activities for 2025 and beyond.
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Making a notification to the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry
This educational video explains how to make a disease notification in the national registry. It covers including patient consent, minimum information and additional information. This is for healthcare professionals who specialise in respiratory and sleep, and occupational and environmental medicine.
PM2.5 air quality categories and public health advice
This document provides guidance to public agencies for health advice during fluctuations in air pollution from fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and for forecast 24-hour PM2.5 concentrations.