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#HEAL2022 is now breaking into regional sessions. @mariemcinerney via @CroakeyNews and I will be jumping between various sessions to cover as many discussions as possible.

First up, I'll be joining the Sth Australian session, chaired by Prof Craig Williams @the_frogs_pond

Williams @the_frogs_pond, HEAL SA regional hub leader, begins session with acknowledgement to Kaurna people and housekeeping.

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The session will include a series of short presentations, adopting a multi-disciplinary lens with speakers from research, industry and environment.

Second portion of session will be a workshop to identify research translation priorities.

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.@HEALenviron is NHMRC funded network with a priority to protect and improve public health of at-risk groups and communities disproportionately impacted by climate change – @the_frogs_pond

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First speaker is Dr Sarah Moulds, Senior Lecturer in Law @UniversitySA.

Moulds presentation is titled: the right to a healthy environment: human rights, legislation and vulnerable people

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Environmental rights & human rights: what we've seen so far about universal human rights is that environmental rights tend to be tacked on - Moulds @UniversitySA

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Countries that care about civil & political rights fosters ideas of freedom.

On the other side of political ideological, the social, economic & cultural rights = the State enables citizens these rights by providing us with - Moulds @UniversitySA
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In July this year, the UN General Assembly declared access to clean and healthy environment as a universal human right.

This right is not yet an enforceable legal right, but provides a standard to which we can hold governments to account - Moulds @UniversitySA

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Moulds @UniversitySA outlines some options for enshrining a right to healthy environment in Australian law.

Stand alone legislation would be the optimal goal, but challenging to achieve.

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The principle of statutory interpretation could be used apply the right to healthy environment to Australian laws.

Application of the law happens in local government all the way up to Federal government - Moulds @UniversitySA

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Other options to enshrine rights to a healthy environment are:
- litigation (challenge decisions in court)
- connect to right to health and/or Indigenous rights

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Moulds @UniversitySA suggests some ways we can enshrine healthy environment rights

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Tara Ingerson from the Environment Protection Authority SA is the second speaker in the #HEAL2022 SA session to discuss the State of the Environment Report

For the first time, the SA State of the Environment report 2023 is going to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives - Ingerson.

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The SOE report, due to be handed to SA Government at end of 2023, is produced by a multi-disciplinary group including EPA, Dept for Environment & Water SA, academics and Aboriginal representatives from conservation groups and Dept of Premier and Cabinet – Ingerson

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The SOER 2023 will build on 2018 report. Currently in data collection phase - Ingerson.

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epa.sa.gov.au/soe-2018

You can have your say in informing the Sth Aust State of the Environment Report 2023 👇

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yoursay.sa.gov.au/soer

Thanks #HEAL2022 SA for having me – am off to join in the WA discussion.

Uncle Noel Nannup begins with some scene setting and welcome.

Uncle Nannup shares with us importance of country.

The rivers are an umbilical cord that links us all together, Nannup says.

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The 6-season cycle provided the right foods at the right time. Uncle Nannup says, our people were "trim, taut and terrific".

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The spirits that came out of the darkness into the light to care for land. We're still here, chipping away. Knowing that the only way back is Aboriginal-led
– a mesmerising welcome by Uncle Nannup, thank you

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The positive thing now is for us, through the @HEALenviron program, to find our way to do things better.

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best" – Uncle Nannup recalls a quote he grew up with.

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Have switched to the final session in QLD breakout, about networking and partnership.

@ElenaSchak, researcher, film director & science communicator opens the discussion.

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We have two problems to discuss - @ElenaSchak
1) lot of feeling in the community that we have to fix climate change on our own (which leads to a feeling that we are never doing enough)

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2) there are many different organisations working on climate change but sometimes we're not sure who to back or collaborate with - @ElenaSchak

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Australian Medical Student Association and Code Green coordinator Julia Goh is hear to talk about Partnerships: the future of healthcare

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Climate change and sustainability is one of AMSA's key priorities.

Code Green is AMSA's climate change and environmental group - inspire to engage with medical students across Australia - Goh #HEAL2022 QLD

Activities include political advocacy, greening hospital guide, divestment guides, planetary health report cards and more - Goh #HEAL2022 QLD

globalhealth.amsa.org.au/codegreen

They ran their third Hackathon this year, where top three sustainability projects are given some funding for implementation - Goh #HEAL2022 QLD

"Relationships are the bridges between dreams and reality" - Goh #HEAL2022 QLD

Prof Virginia Murray @UKHSA is up now.

"Partnerships are key", she says – #HEAL2022 QLD

In the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk, the term "hazard" caused some concerns – Murray #HEAL2022 QLD .

Prof Murray tasked with defining 'hazard', with a team from UN, WHO, industrial science partners & many more - #HEAL2022 QLD

They ended up with 302 hazards – Murray #HEAL2022 QLD

The team worked together to narrow and refine the hazard profiles – Murray #HEAL2022 QLD

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Partnerships are key to building knowledge for translation, guidance, improving early warning and research needs
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Dr Allison Rifai, Executive Manager-Research and Communication, IGEM Research and Disaster Management Communities of Practice is the third speaker in this session – #HEAL2022 QLD

Primary role is to enable confidence in Queensland's disaster management & working with people to effect change - Rifai #HEAL2022 QLD

Victoria and Queensland are the only states with IGEMs in Australia - Rifai #HEAL2022 QLD

Part of the research framework has been to find out what is happening around us.

Enables evidence-based practice - Rifai #HEAL2022 QLD

QLD Disaster Management research framework = aims to link research with disaster management agencies across the state & turn research into practice - Rifai #HEAL2022 QLD

DM Research advisory panel includes academics, university faculties, local and regional government representatives & Australian Red Cross = "it's about providing a place for conversation and information sharing" - Rifai #HEAL2022 QLD

Stakeholder engagement a key part to IGEM's work - Rifai #HEAL2022 QLD

Panel discussion to begin, chaired by Paul Barnes, Judith Neilson Research Fellow in Disaster Resilience at the University of NSW & Coordinator of the UNSW Resilient Futures Collective – #HEAL2022 QLD

Wicked problems take a long time to deal with.

Barnes asks the panel "how do we facilitate multi-sectoral collaborations for transformational change"? – #HEAL2022 QLD

Responses:
- ensure common priorities & goals by doing a stakeholder analysis first - Febi Dwirahmadi
- @ElenaSchak uses film to communicate more complex science. Symbols and narrative structures can be extremely powerful.
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