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New South Wales Branch

Committee Details

President: Ms Sarah Thackway [ email ]


Vice President:
Dr Bradley Forssman [ email ]

Secretary: Caron Bowen
Treasurer: Ms Katina Kardamanidis

General Committee Member: Catriona Bonfiglioli
General Committee Member: Mary Osborn
General Committee Member  Claire Phelan
General Committee Member: Ben Barnes
General Committee Member: Shanti Sivaneswaran
General Committee Member: Claire Monger
General Committee Member: Carlie Naylor
General Committee Member: Patricia Moreton
General Committee Member: Susan Thomas
 

Student Committee Member: Jessica Roydhouse

AHPA representative: Chris Rissel

Branch Forums

The NSW Branch Forum provides an area for NSW PHAA members to post information, respond to and discuss various articles of interest and to interact with fellow members.

Link to Forums (you will be required to login to access this area)


News

NSW Branch President's report - 2008-2009
Announcing the winner of the NSW Public Health Impact Award 2009
NSW Branch President's Report - 2007.2008
Announcing the winner of 2008 NSW Public Health Impact Award - July 2008
Early-in-career Awards for Aboriginal Health - April 2008
 

Events & Awards 2009

   
NSW Branch Seminar
Effective Public Health Advocacy - Delivering the Message
Speaker - Michael Moore
17 February 2010

Seminar
Delivering the Message -  Effective Public Health Advocacy

Speaker: Michael Moore CEO PHAA
Wednesday 17 Feb 2010
6 for 6.30pm - 7.30pm
Click this link to download the flyer

17 February 2010

This event to be rescheduled - New date to be announced

PHAA NSW Branch and AHPA NSW Branch
Anti-Poverty Week Seminar Invitation
Speaker - Anne Bunde-Birouste

 

NSW Branch AGM 23 July 2009 - Call for nomination Forms - Nominations close 10 July 2009
Vice-President
Treasurer
Secretary
Student
 

 10 July 2009

NSW Branch AGM and Annual Dinner featuring guest speaker Boyd Swinburn and Announcement of the winner of the 2009 Public Health Impact Award (pdf)

23 July 2009
Public Health Impact Award 2009 - Criteria and Nomination Form
Nominations close 1 July 2009
 
Lecture - Dr Anna Tibaijuka at Sydney Uni -  Sustainable Urbanisation, Climate Change and the Global Financial Crises (pdf)  18 June 2009 
Two Workshops - Thinking about how to get published (Pdf)
Professor Jeanne Daly will run both workshops

2 June 2009

3 June 2009

 

An Evening with Fran Baum - Are the PHT, the PHC and the NHHRC dancing in step with the DSCH Recommendations?
Click here for information (pdf)


 

Thursday 23 April 2009

 

Advocacy

Letter of support for the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre and the removal of its ongoing trial status 1 July 2009 
Vapour recovery at petrol service stations - NSW Public consultation
Click on link to view letter to Dept Environment & Climate Change NSW
Click on link - Summary of Key Issues Stage 2 Vapour Recovery
February 2009
Letter to the NSW Premier and Minister for Cancer: Tobacco support legislation that restricts display - Click on the link below
http://www.phaa.net.au//documents/mediaRelease/20080725MinisterNSWTobacco.doc
July 2008
Response to the PHAA submission to the Inquiry into Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage July 2008
Participation in the NSW State Plan Stakeholder Event(PDF) January 2008
Submission to Inquiry into Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage(PDF) November 2007
NSW Branch support for the NSW Public Health Officer Training Program(PDF) August 2007
Letter to the Premier of NSW: Funding Breaking the Silence(PDF)

Letter of response from the NSW Govenor(PDF)
July 2007
Letter of congratulations to Professor Marie Bashir(PDF) May 2007
Letter to Peter Debnam MP regarding NCOSS Proposals (PDF) April 2007
Letter to Morris Iemma MP regarding NCOSS Propsals (PDF) April 2007
NCOSS Proposal "This election ? let's make it a fairer NSW" (PDF) April 2007
Submission Inquiry: Inmate Reproduction Bill 2006 (PDF) July 2006
Letter of Support for Healthy Cities Illawarra (PDF) July 2006
Letter Re: Private Members Bill Proposed by Mr Petro Georgio MP (PDF) June 2005
Letter to Mr Sartor Re: Smoke Free Pubs and Clubs by July 2007 (PDF) March 2005
Letters to Mr Carr Re: Smoke free Pubs and Clubs by July 2007 (PDF) March 2005

Past Events & Awards

Measuring Health Equity - New approaches to using routine health data
Click here for the brochure
Click here for Registration form
 20 November 2008
Global Health Watch 2: An Alternative World Health Report
The NSW Branch of PHAA and the Peoples Health Movement, Australia
invite you to attend the launch
Click here for the flyer
Click here for Registration form
 21 November 2008
Anti Poverty Week - PHAA and AHPA NSW Branch Event
'Poor Kids"  Tuesday 14 October 2008

Click here for the flyer
14 October 2008
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Darlington Centre Forum Restaurant
City Road, Darlington

pre-dinner drinks 6 pm
AGM commences 6.30 pm with dinner commencing at approx 7 pm
Cost: $40 members, $60 non-members (includes 3 course buffet meal, beer, wine and soft drinks)
24 July 2008
Aboriginal Health Research Conference, Sydney 2008
29 & 30 April 2008 (Pdf)
April 2008
The 2007 Public Health Oration - Unfair Shares: Reducing Inequalities in Child Health, Professor Helen Roberts, University of London (PDF) January 2008
2007 Branch Presidents Report (PDF) August 2007
Public Health and Social Justice: Linking the Sciences and Humanities Seminar Presentation, Martin Donohoe, MD, FACP (PDF) May 2007
HIV/AIDS in our Region: Human Rights and Interventions Seminar Invitation (PDF) May 2007
Social Justice and Activism in Public Health Seminar (PDF) February 2007
Public Mental Health: The What and the How - Professor Sarah Stewart-Brown, Powerpoint Presentation (PPT) December 2006
What is the Evidence on School Health Promotion in Improving Health or Preventing Disease and, Specifically, what is the Effectiveness of the Health Promoting Schools Approach? - Professor Sarah Stewart-Brown (PDF) March 2006
NSW Seminar Invitation - "There but the Grace of God go I?" The individual in the Australian Refugee Determination System May 2005
Seminar Invitation - Can the 'Starts' reduce child poverty and inequalities? March 2005
Overweight Children Seminar Flyer November 2004

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