'Public health emergency': Doctors urge PM and NSW Premier to act on smoke

Protesters rally calling for action on the climate emergency in Sydney.

Protesters rally calling for action on the climate emergency in Sydney. Source: AAP

Doctors and health professionals are urging the prime minister and NSW premier to act in response to the "public health emergency" caused by bushfire smoke.


Medical groups are calling on the prime minister and NSW premier to take action to stem high levels of air pollution caused by bushfire smoke, calling the situation a public health emergency.

Twenty-two organisations including the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine signed a joint statement calling on Scott Morrison and Gladys Berejiklian to lead action on climate change to protect people's health.

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