The ACT moves a step closer to cleaner air
For many clean air advocates - the announcement (via a media release on 24/8/2023) from the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government...
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Clean Air
- Nov 13, 2022
- 2 min
Vic Air Quality Strategy released - is it just hot air?
The Victorian government’s newly-released Air Quality Strategy makes big promises - 'Clean Air for All Victorians'. But without clear...
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Clean Air
- Jun 13, 2022
- 2 min
Who is protecting children's health from wood smoke?
With winter upon us, so too are the increasing levels of wood smoke in the air. We know that approximately 5-10% of Australian households...
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Clean Air
- Mar 2, 2022
- 2 min
The NSW Clean Air Strategy - a puff piece on wood smoke
With the release of the NSW Clean Air Strategy 2021-2030 the NSW government has missed an important opportunity to make a real impact on...
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Clean Air
- Nov 18, 2021
- 1 min
Vic Inquiry lays the ground work to phase out wood heaters in built up areas
One of the key messages that emerges from the report released today by the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the Health Impacts of Air...
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Clean Air
- Oct 2, 2021
- 1 min
EPA Vic finds wood heaters top contributor to PM 2.5 air pollution
The EPA Victoria's newly released 2016 Emissions Inventory Report finds domestic wood heaters to be the largest source of human-generated...
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Clean Air
- Sep 25, 2021
- 1 min
New WHO global air quality standards released
This week the World Health Organisation released new 2021 global air quality guidelines. This is the first update in fifteen years. The...
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Clean Air
- Aug 1, 2021
- 2 min
Round up of the latest news
There is a lot happening on wood smoke pollution - so here is a round up of latest news. The Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the...
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Clean Air
- Jun 19, 2021
- 1 min
Dear wood heaters -we think it's time you left..
Another article about wood heaters and the mounting evidence in support of phasing them out. This time from ABC's background briefings...
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Clean Air
- May 29, 2021
- 1 min
Support for a phase out of wood heaters.
Asthma Australia have recently released the results of a nationally representative survey (n=25,000) which shows that 77% of people agree...
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Clean Air
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
New Inquiry into health impacts of air pollution
The Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the Health Impacts of Air Pollution has recently published submissions...
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Clean Air
- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min
People's Clean Air Action Plan
The people of Victoria have been waiting too long for the Victorian government to combat toxic air pollution and protect their health. ...
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Clean Air
- Oct 17, 2020
- 1 min
Call for AirSmart campaign
Asthma Australia are calling for an AirSmart campaign - along the lines of the Cancer Councils Slip, Slop, Campaign.
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Clean Air
- Jul 28, 2020
- 1 min
'We can't keep up': Melbourne lockdown stokes demand for firewood
During lockdown more people than ever have been exposed to residential wood smoke. Melburnians are burning through firewood at a cracking...
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Clean Air
- Jun 18, 2020
- 1 min
The Conversation Hour fires up.
Victorians recently got fired up on ABC radio's 'Conversation Hour' - listen in to hear all the views on wood heaters in Victoria Would...
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Clean Air
- Jun 18, 2020
- 1 min
Like having a truck idling in your living room’: the toxic cost of wood-fired heaters
The Conversation article reports that there’s a lesser-known source of pollution causing billions of dollars worth of health costs every...
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Clean Air
- Jun 13, 2020
- 1 min
AMA Victoria backs call for wood heater buyback
The state's peak doctors' body has backed calls for the removal of home wood heaters pouring pollution through urban neighbourhoods and...
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Clean Air
- Jun 6, 2020
- 1 min
Mayor calls for wood heater buyback scheme
A Melbourne mayor is calling on the Andrews government to introduce a wood fire heater buy-back scheme, saying smoke wafting from urban...
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