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Lucy Westerman retweeted
Victorian Greens MP Tim Read to leave politics after aggressive cancer diagnosis - but he won’t go quietly.
He’s vowed to fight the closure of VicHealth, joining Labor veterans furious at the decision #springst abc.net.au/news/2026-01-29/b…
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13 Dec 2025
💥 3750 ppl from Australia & 32 other countries have joined a petition urging the Victorian govt to keep #HealthPomotion leader #VicHealth #independent, & not ‘absorb’ it into the Dept Health.
✍️ Search #SaveVicHealth to learn why, then sign up c.org/9VZkNDXLDf
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5 Dec 2025
🤯 After 40 years of local & global impact improving lives, the world’s first #HealthPromotion agency #VicHealth is set to close.
💚 Help keep VicHealth Independent and Strong:
📝 Join us to #SaveVicHealth - Sign this Petition! c.org/khYddcGNL7 via @ChangeAUS
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
5 Dec 2025
Victorian Government faces massive fight over VicHealth bombshell croakey.org/victorian-govern… #publichealth
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
4 Dec 2025
Some home truths from former Federal Health Minister and former @VicHealth chair Nicola Roxon
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
4 Dec 2025
Now updated with further commentary from health leaders: Shock and alarm greet news about VicHealth’s demise – Croakey Health Media
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5 Dec 2025
Bookmark this link for ongoing coverage on VicHealth: croakey.org/category/public-…
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3 Oct 2025
Australia showed up for #HLM4 on #NCDs & #MentalHealth.
Hayley Jones (McCabe Centre for Law & Cancer) & I penned a recap for @CroakeyNews ahead of a debrief webinar cohosted with The George Institute on 15 Oct: georgehub.zoom.us/webinar/re…
#ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs @ncdalliance #UNGA80
3 Oct 2025
Next steps in the push for global action on NCDs and mental health croakey.org/next-steps-in-th… #publichealth
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
22 Sep 2025
👏Australia is taking the #LeadOnNCDs to support global action on NCDs!
✍️Learn more through highlights from a major event held at Parliament House earlier this year. In an insightful blog, colleagues from @McCabe_Centre, University of Melbourne’s School of Population and Global Health (@lewest) and @georgeinstitute share inspiring stories, practical strategies, and fresh perspectives as the world prepares for #HLM4.
Read it here 👉pulse.ly/qedxv3jhyg
#ActOnNCDs #UNGA80
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8 Sep 2025
Australia may be far from the @UN but #ChronicDisease & #MentalHealth are shared global challenges.
40 orgs have backed a call to the Australian Government to act with ambition before & beyond #UNG80's #HLM4 on #NCDs in 2 weeks.
🔗georgeinstitute.org/our-impa…
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
1 Aug 2025
.@IndigenousNCDs is calling for acknowledgement of Indigenous Peoples in the Poltical Declaration of the 4th UN High Level Meeting on #NCDs and #Mental Health.
Download the call to aciton here: indigenousncds.org/uploads/1…
#ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs #UNHLM #HLM4
1 Aug 2025
The world's 370 Million Indigenous People have leadership, strengths and wisdom to bring to global and national efforts to reduce the preventable and inequitable burden of #NCDs on morbidity and mortality. indigenousncds.org
#ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs #UNHLM
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
29 Jul 2025
Prof Bruce Neal @georgeinstitute summarises some key themes from “Leading & Leading - Australia’s role in accelerating action on NCDs” - collaboration, equity, voice, commitment, investment, hope, energy and ambition.
Time to #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
29 Jul 2025
Full room at Australia’s Parliament House in Canberra for an important and inspiring conversation about learning, leadership, and whole of government, cross sectoral collaboration to accelerate progress on improving health and wellbeing #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
29 Jul 2025
Sonia McCarthy @DFAT: when we talk about integration, we shouldn’t only talk about btwn disease siloes; We must also pay more attention to integrating with other sectors that may not see health as relevant to their area but they are key to improving health.
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
28 Jul 2025
Jordie Kilby highlights increasing attention @WorldBank is paying to helping countries address #NCDs through health system strengthening & primary care. Currently building regional partnerships incl. w @DFAT to take multi-country approach to tackling NCDs. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
28 Jul 2025
Joanna Munro @hw_queensland reflects on the positive impact of partnerships to strengthen prevention in Queensland’s health system, effectively delivering tailored behaviour change programmes to prevent & reduce progression of #NCDs like type 2 diabetes. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
28 Jul 2025
Keziah Bennett-Brooke @georgeinstitute emphasises the role of cultural determinants of health, the need for reciprocity & shared learning, to shift power & decolonise global health, and recognise that how we define #health is not the same for all people. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
28 Jul 2025
Dr Sonia McCathy, @dfat reflects on opportunities for Australia to both support other countries to #ActOnNCDs drawing on our experiences, and also to learn from other countries, and the importance of collaborating with civil society to drive change together. #LeadOnNCDs
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
28 Jul 2025
Raglan Maddox, ANU shares how the Tackling Indigenous Smoking initiative is a great example of how health solutions start in communities. #ActOnNCDs #LeadOnNCDs
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Lucy Westerman retweeted
28 Jul 2025
Fantastic panel sharing insights from Australian examples of #NCDs & #MentalHealth leadership to #ActOnNCDs and #LeadOnNCDs
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