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Hello! @AlisonSBarrett here – I'll be live-tweeting @CroakeyNews second post-Budget webinar from Kaurna Country.

It is due to begin at 5pm AEDT.

There is still a bit of time to register – details below!

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ICYMI...here's a wrap of last week's webinar
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Health in all policies is the focus of tonight's webinar.

@SummerMayFinlay is moderating tonight's discussion. Summer is a Yorta Yorta woman, Croakey contributing editor & Senior Lecturer Wollongong University.

Following is an intro to the other speakers..

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.@AnnaDraffin has been CEO of @PIJI_Journalism since 2019 & has overseen the production of many significant research publications about public interest journalism and related policy issues.

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.@KBackholer is an Assoc Professor @Deakin and a National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow, Associate Director of the Global Obesity Centre (GLOBE) & a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention.

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.@joanne_flavel is an economist & public health researcher, and Research Fellow at Stretton Health Equity in the Stretton Institute at the University of Adelaide.

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.@ScottADAC is CEO of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council SA Aboriginal Corporation & a member of numerous State and National committees and advisory bodies. Scott is a powerful advocate for law reform & action on the #SDOH
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Final speaker will be @SotirisVard Professor of Global Environmental Health at ANU, and Director and ACT Hub Leader of the Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) Network. @HEALenviron

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.@SummerMayFinlay begins the webinar by highlighting the importance of media in raising the profile of issues relating to Aboriginal and Torres Street Islander people.

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First speaker on the panel is @AnnaDraffin

"the role of news media remains crucial in terms of health issues"

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The Australian News Mapping Project shows the production and availability of news in Australia as it changes over time.

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Government is starting to listen about the issues relating to media – at the back of the Public Interest News Gathering that the former Coalition Government began during COVID – @AnnaDraffin

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"Confident will start to see a move on some substantive reform within a matter of months" – @AnnaDraffin

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Up next is @KBackholer who is going to speak about impact of "Big" corporations (ie tobacco, junk food, tech) on health, in particular the role of these corporations in the digital space.

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Alarmingly, by the time a child turns 13 years old, an estimated 72 million data points have been collected on them – @KBackholer

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Currently not the case that children and Australians are not able to participate in an online environment that is safe and free from harmful content – @KBackholer

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Only real way to address this is by a multi sectoral policy response, such as bans on harmful marketing, online safety regulations, Privacy Act, accountability of Big Tech – @KBackholer

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Dr @joanne_flavel is up now to talk about health equity and social determinants of health.

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Addressing social determinants of health and health equity requires an intersectional approach of policies as many social determinants are outside the responsibility of health – @joanne_flavel

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Recent research looked at models on intersectoral collaboration, and key factors and barriers to success - @joanne_flavel

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Scott Wilson @ScottADAC says that clearly there was a whole range of things in the Budget for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. But from their point of view, not much funding was allocated to drug and alcohol services and/or support

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The investment of $10 billion in housing over the next 5 years is not sufficient, while it will go some way to address some of the social issues – @ScottADAC

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But in Adelaide, Wilson says, people who have jobs are sleeping in their cars because they can't afford housing. In rural and remote communities, there is a significant lack of social housing – @ScottADAC

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Pleased to see the commitment of largest amount of funding into justice reinvestment but again $80 million over 30 communities is not enough – @ScottADAC

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Can't stress enough how important it is to actually try and get Australian attorney's to raise the age – @ScottADAC

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However, optimistic that it was a Budget out of cycle and look forward to working with State and Federal Governments as we move towards the May Budget in 2023 – @ScottADAC

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Final speaker for the webinar is @SotirisVard @HEALenviron to talk about the impacts of climate on health, timely discussion given #COP27 this month.

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Positive steps for climate action in the Budget – one of the key announcements in the Budget is for the National Health Sustainability Unit @SotirisVard

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Health sector one of the highest contributors to emissions.

Sustainability of health infrastructure needs to be improved, in addition to the ability to deliver high value care given increasing climate events – @SotirisVard

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Important to look at #climateaction in a holistic way & address in a cross sectoral way – @SotirisVard

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Many co-benefits from climate mitigation.

National Health & Sustainability Unit will play an important role – focus on resilience of infrastructure and health care workers – @SotirisVard

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Vardoulakis highlights the importance of First Nation's knowledge of caring for country and climate – @SotirisVard

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Q: We rarely, if ever, hear a health minister comment on issues such as COP27, #RaiseTheAge, housing or inadequate income support. How can we change that? Or do we need a Health In all Policies Minister?

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A: from @ScottADAC – Albanese has given a charter to all of the Ministers & all of them need to discuss #CloseTheGap...They should all be talking about #RaiseTheAge and #ClimateAction

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A: from @joanne_flavel – if there's enough voices & immense pressure on Governments, political action is more likely

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A: from @SotirisVard - we have to acknowledge that there are other sectors such as education, etc etc advocating for their "piece of the pie". A cross-sectoral approach is required.

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A: from @AnnaDraffin - housing is cross-disciplinary. Moving forward, look to the #WellbeingStatement in May 2023.

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A: from @KBackholer - multi sectoral action is hard. A national CDC may play a role in that.

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Q: How important is the media in holding governments to account?

A: from @joanne_flavel – very important. Media is where most people get their information. The more networks that report on these issues, the more likely general public will learn

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A: from @KBackholer – important, but need accountability around misinformation and disinformation. Media messages need to be more accurate

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A: from @ScottADAC - media is critical, but you also need to call it out.
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A: from @SotirisVard – misinformation on media played a huge role in climate change and COVID-19, big impact on public health.
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Many thanks to the panel members for a great discussion on health in all policies, media, social & cultural determinants of health, climate action & #WellbeingBudget2022
@SotirisVard @AnnaDraffin @KBackholer @ScottADAC @joanne_flavel @MelissaSweetDr @SummerMayFinlay