Submission
In this submission, we summarise available evidence and make evidence-supported recommendations regarding several of the inquiry’s terms of reference. Our recommendations highlight the need for State and Commonwealth regulation to mitigate the health harms associated with diesel emissions from data centres.
The Centre for Safe Air’s submission to the ACCU Savanna Fire Management Methods consultation argues that carbon crediting schemes must account for the significant health impacts of landscape fire smoke on Northern Territory communities. The submission emphasises that air pollution is “the single greatest environmental threat to human health” and that Darwin experiences Australia’s most severe PM2.5 pollution, with “95% of the air pollution problem… due to landscape fires.” Evidence indicates that early dry‑season pollution has worsened since ACCU savanna‑burning projects began.
This joint submission brings together expertise in air quality, respiratory disease, and environmental exposures affecting children to contribute evidence on the potential implications of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) for health. Image credit: Karina Tess
The Centre for Safe Air, together with the HEAL Network and the ARC THRIVE Training Centre, has made a joint submission to the NSW Legislative Council’s Inquiry into Clean Indoor Air.
Australians spend ~90% of their time indoors, yet air quality in public buildings remains largely unregulated and rarely monitored.
In this submission, we recommend a staged, practical pathway for NSW Government buildings—starting with schools, aged care, hospitals, libraries and other facilities that serve at risk populations.
A submission to the Productivity Commission's 'Australia's Productivity Pitch' inquiry. Airborne viruses, bacteria, aeroallergens, gases and fine particulates are a significant but avoidable burden on productivity. Poor air quality increases rates of worker absenteeism and increases demand on the health system. Over time, air pollution increases the number of years of life Australians spend with chronic diseases and disabilities. Real-time environmental data regarding air quality can reduce exposure to unsafe air, greatly increasing productivity.
We support the Draft Policy which, if implemented, will mean new applications to install solid fuel heaters (commonly referred to as wood heaters) will not be approved in urban areas of the Queanbeyan-Palerang Local Government Area (LGA), and enforcement action can be taken against unapproved wood heaters.
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