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Health Minister Mark Butler MP officially opens #DA2022 - Media release
15 Aug 2022
Health Minister Mark Butler MP officially opened #DA2022, the largest annual gathering of professionals in nutrition and dietetics in Australia this morning in Adelaide. Minister Butler addressed a…
Food is only nutritious if it is eaten: Dietitians Australia welcomes the focus on aged care in the new Government’s first Parliamentary sitting week- Media statement
25 Jul 2022
Dietitians Australia welcomes the focus on aged care legislative reform by the Albanese Government on the first parliamentary sitting day for the new government.  “We’re hopeful this is just the…
NAIDOC Week: National Nutrition Policy and food security in rural and remote communities- Media statement
08 Jul 2022
The importance of access to healthy, affordable food for rural and remote communities was a topic of conversation today when Senator Malarndirri McCarthy joined Dietitians Australia for a NAIDOC Week…
All hands on deck to turn mental health numbers around - Media statement
30 Jun 2022
Dietitians Australia CEO Robert Hunt is urging the Government to bring more Accredited Practising Dietitians into the mental health care workforce to help turn Australia's mental health numbers…
We’re not getting any better at eating fruit & veg – we need a coordinated approach to nutrition now - Media release
17 Jun 2022
94 per cent of Australians aren’t getting their recommended daily intake of fruit and vegetables, according to the latest data on dietary behaviours released by the Australia Bureau of Statistics…