Public Health Is...
What is public health? Join us as we speak with experts in public health from a wide variety of backgrounds in this podcast brought to you by the Public Health Association of Australia.
This week we bring you an episode we recorded a few months ago on the topic of climate change and health effects with two of the authors of an article in the Australian and New Zeland Journal of Public Health entitled 'Community knowledge gap of climate change health effects: Findings of a cross-sectional state-based survey'. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1326020025000895)
In this episode we speak with researchers Sharna Stinson and Dr Sallie Forrest about their research and the public's perceptions of the impacts of climate change on their health.
13 Oct 2026
Public Health Is... Presents the NSW Great Health Debate 2026
This week we bring you something different with a recording of the NSW Great Health Debate 2026, recorded live on the 1st of October 2026.
The debate features NSW Health Minister Ryan Park, the shadow minister for Health Sarah Mitchell, and the Greens’ spokesperson for health, Dr Amanda Cohn.
The debate comes as NSW looks to head to its next state election, and our NSW Branch and their colleagues in the Sydney School of Public Health at the University of Sydney organised this debate at the University of Sydney on Gadigal Land.
28 Sept 2026
Public Health Is... Gun Control
In this episode of Public Health Is... Paris and Stephen speak with Stephen Bendle, Senior Advocacy Advisor with the Alannah & Madeline Foundation (https://www.alannahandmadeline.org.au), and Convenor of the Australian Gun Safety Alliance (https://www.gunsafetyalliance.org.au).
Stephen discusses the present state of firearm laws in Australia and the need to ensure tighter laws are in place across all jurisdictions in the country.
11 Sept 2026
Public Health Is... Policy-driven
In this episode of Public Health Is... Paris and Stephen talk with Dr Deena Mehjabeen, co-convenor of the PHAA Mental Health Special Interest Group (SIG) and Mel Parker, Policy and Advocacy Officer with the PHAA.
This episode looks at the development of policy within the PHAA ahead of the PHAA Annual General Meeting in Geelong.
Expect to learn about the policy review cycle and how PHAA members can contribute to PHAA policies.
And if you would like to become a PHAA member head to phaa.net.au (http://phaa.net.au) to find out more.
Link to PHAA Policy Position Statements (https://www.phaa.net.au/Web/Web/Advocacy/Policy-position-statements.aspx)
31 Aug 2026
Public Health Is... Vaccination
We're joined by Professor Julie Leask AO, a social scientist and professor in the Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, where she co-leads the Social and Behavioural Insights in Immunisation (SABII) research group. Her research focuses on social and behavioural aspects of vaccination and prevention of infectious diseases. She is a member of Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute (Sydney ID), affiliate of the School of Nursing and Midwifery and visiting professorial fellow at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance. She currently holds an NHMRC Investigator Leadership Fellowship.
10 Aug 2026
Public Health Is... Tobacco Control
In this episode of Public Health Is... Paris and Stephen talk with Professor Michelle Jongenelis and Associate Professor Raglan Maddox about the state of play in Australia's tobacco control efforts. We also hear from PHAA President Caroline Miller, who has decades of experience in tobacco research, as she chats with PHAA Manager of Policy and Advocacy Malcolm Baalman.
Please be advised this episode was recorded earlier in the year.
27 Jul 2026
Public Health Is... Better with a Centre For Disease Control
In this episode of Public Health Is... the Director General of the Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Professor Zoe Wainer, speaks with PHAA CEO Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin. What is a CDC? And why isn't it the ACDC? Listen and find out.
20 Jul 2026
Public Health Is... Evidence-based
Paris and Stephen chat with Professor Michelle Jongenelis from the University of Melbourne and co-convenor of the PHAA Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Special Interest Group, and Laura Hunter from the Australian Council on Smoking & Health, otherwise known as ACOSH, about the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s National Drug Strategy Household Survey 2025 released last week showing further decline in Australia's smoking rates.
13 Jul 2026
Public Health Is... Actually, what is Public Health?
In episode 1 of Public Health Is... hosts Paris Lord and Dr Stephen Owen are joined by CEO of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin.
Terry provides a big picture overview of public health and why public health is everything.
Learn more about the PHAA at phaa.net.au
13 Jul 2026
Public Health Is... coming this week
We're launching our new podcast "Public Health Is…" tomorrow. What is Public Health? In this teaser you'll hear from PHAA President Professor Caroline Miller, PHAA CEO Adjunct Professor Terry Slevin, Amy Coates from PHAA Tasmania, and PHAA manager of Policy and Advocacy Malcolm Baalman. Join Paris and Stephen as they ask "what is public health"?
https://www.phaa.net.au/Web/News/PHAA-Podcast----Public-Health-Is.aspx (https://www.phaa.net.au/Web/News/PHAA-Podcast----Public-Health-Is.aspx)
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