This report details the significant challenges the world is facing in making substantial strides towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) based on the latest data and estimates. It features areas with setbacks, while also showcasing where tangible progress has been made, for instance, in reducing global child mortality, preventing HIV infection, and access to...

This article explores the public health achievements and the imperatives from COP28, warning that there are a number of loopholes in the conference outcomes regarding the continued use of fossil fuels. The authors assert that policymakers and practitioners must advocate for evidence-based policies that prioritise the wellbeing of all.

The report estimates the gross costs of harms attributable to the consumption of alcohol, including harms to the drinker and others, to the extent that recent local evidence supports confidence in causal attribution and takes a conservative approach. Evidence used in calculations of cost estimates is restricted to the last ten years and the New...

Churchill Fellows represent Australians from all walks of life and, in sharing insights gained from research into and first-hand experiences of international practices, they offer unique perspectives of value for Australian policymakers. This third edition of Policy Futures showcases the best of the Churchill Fellows’ ideas, and provides targeted and relevant policy advice.

This report was developed to meet identified gaps in both the National Preventive Health Strategy and the National Health and Climate Strategy. This report describes a framework and 30 indicators for measuring and monitoring how climate change and the environment (both natural and built) impact on the Australian population’s health. The report details the methods...