Food security through nutrition policy should be main course for new Health Minister - Media statement
01 Jun 2022
Australia’s new Minister for Health and Aged Care, Hon. Mark Butler MP must tackle food affordability and the nation’s alarming rise in diet-related illnesses through reviving the Labor government’s…
More Australians prescribed mental health medication than ever - Media statement
19 May 2022
This week's report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has revealed that more Australians are now prescribed medication for mental illness since records began in 2012, costing…
Dietitians Australia pays tribute to late Peter Williams – Dietitian Nutritionist OAM - Media release
17 May 2022
Rarely do pioneers of the dietetics profession leave such a legacy as that of the late Peter Williams OAM, who passed at 71 years of age last week. President of Dietitians Australia, Tara Diversi…
Affordable access to food and nutrition not shiny enough for major parties - Media statement
17 May 2022
Dietitians Australia has scored the major parties on their election priorities, with both the LNP and Labor not demonstrating a commitment to affordable food and nutrition for Australia’s most…
Dietitians call ostrich-election as major parties bury heads in the sand while Australia’s health declines - Media release
16 May 2022
Access to affordable nutritional support for people with mental illness and disability via Medicare, as well as mandatory reporting measures to protect older Australians in aged care, are not…