A big thank you to everyone who joined the Gambling Harm is Everyone’s Business: A Public Health Approach to Reducing Gambling Harm in Australian Communities workshop at the Australian Public Health Conference 2025 on 18/09/2025.

We thank our colleagues Amy Bestman, Elizabeth Conroy, Peter Hope, Nick McGhie, Kate da Costa, Mary Jo Costache, and Alyssa Wilson for their valuable insights and contributions to this workshop. Stay tuned, there’s more to come soon!

CHETRE @ UNSW International Centre for Future Health Systems (ICFHS) and South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) ran a workshop on 4 September 2025 at Liverpool Powerhouse to build research partnerships for healthy urban planning in Western Sydney. The aim was to build collaborations, and we made a great start! Thank you to all attendees for your excellent ideas and discussion, and to experts including Nicky Morrison, Jennifer Kent, Michael McGreevy, Alison Dunshea, Alana Crimeen, Helen Ryan and Sarah Hodel for their presentations.

Equity in Action AHPA's NSW/ACT Branch is hosting a FREE Webinar held Tue 23 September 1:00PM AEST. AHPA members and non-members welcome. Facilitated by Gabriela Martinez, Co-President, AHPA NSW/ACT Branch Committee. Designed for Health Promotion Practitioners. Includes opportunity for audience Q&A. Join our expert panel unpack what equity really means and how to drive it forward in practice. The panelists include:

Prof Fran Baum AO – Professor of Health Equity, The Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide
Andrew Reid – Researcher, CHETRE, UNSW
Delander Hayes – Program Coordinator, Centre for Just Places, Jesuit Social Services