Public formal hearings

The Climate Health WA Inquiry held public formal hearings at the State Administrative Tribunal, 565 Hay St, Perth. Selected individuals and organisations that lodged public submissions gave evidence to inform the Inquiry’s final report.

Formal hearings were held from 3 October to 12 December, with up to five sessions occurring on each day. See the schedule below.

The transcripts and audio files are available below the schedule.

Public formal hearing schedule

  9.00 am  10.00 am 11.15 am 1.00 pm  2.00 pm
3 October  Department of Fire and Emergency Services Environmental Health Australia WA Public Health Association  of Australia (audio conference) Curtin University Professor Petra Tschakert
17 October Health Support Services Health Consumers Council Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Telethon Kids Institute Commissioner for Children and Young People
31 October Child and Adolescent Health Service
Doctors for the Environment Australia
North Metropolitan Health Service
East Metropolitan Health Service
Uniting Church
14 November South Metropolitan Health Service
State Emergency Management Committee
WA Local Government Association
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
Peron Naturaliste Partnership
28 November Professor Anthony Capon
Australian Private Hospital Association
Aboriginal Health Council WA
WA Country Health Service

5 December Red Cross Australia Climate and Health Alliance People with Disabilities  HSUWA  WA Primary Health Alliance
12 December Department of Health
PathWest Australian Medical Students' Association WA Council of Social Services
Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer and Chief Allied Health Officer
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Transcripts and audio files

3 October hearings
Organisation Documents Keywords
Department of Fire and Emergency Services
Transcript (PDF 143KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.8MB)
early warning systems, disaster preparedness, bushfires, community resilience, partnerships
Environmental Health Australia WA
Transcript (PDF 133KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 6.6MB)
waste management, data, environmental health officers, partnerships, local government
Public Health Association  of Australia
Transcript (PDF 182KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 8.1MB)
research, co-benefits, health professionals, community resilience, legislation
Curtin University
Transcript (PDF 142KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.6MB)
health impact assessment, vulnerable groups, adaptation planning, cost benefit analysis, modelling
Professor Petra Tschakert
​Transcript (PDF 129KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.3MB)
Handout (PDF 4.5MB)
IPCC, vulnerable groups, research, community resilience, global impact
17 October hearings
Organisation Documents Keywords
Health Support Services
Transcript (PDF 506KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 6.9MB)
procurement, contracts, supply chains, infrastructure, risk management, data
Health Consumers Council
Transcript (PDF 365KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.0MB)
consumers, waste, patient satisfaction, feedback, partnerships
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Transcript (PDF 495KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 6.3MB)
hospitals, surgery, theatres, waste, training, research
Telethon Kids Institute
Transcript (PDF 295KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 15.9MB)
children, youth, development, disability, data linkage, research
Commissioner for Children and Young People
Transcript (PDF 214KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 12.0MB)
children, psychology, mental health, vulnerability, advocacy, data, leadership
31 October hearings
Organisation Documents Keywords
Child and Adolescent Health Service
Transcript (PDF 418KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.1MB)
hospitals, waste, exemplars, data, strategy and risk
Doctors for the Environment Australia
Transcript (PDF 506KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.4MB)
sustainability, projections and costs, advocacy, primary care, litigation and risk
North Metropolitan Health Service
Transcript (PDF 413KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.2MB)
hospitals, waste, exemplars, data, strategy and risk
East Metropolitan Health Service
Transcript (PDF 297KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 6.8MB)
hospitals, waste, exemplars, data, strategy and risk
Uniting Church
Transcript (PDF 361KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.4MB)
justice, vulnerability, homelessness, transition, solidarity
14 November hearings
Organisation Documents Keywords
South Metropolitan Health Service
Transcript (PDF 413KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 6.9MB)
hospitals, waste, exemplars, data, strategy and risk
State Emergency Management Committee
Transcript (PDF 437KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.8MB)
disasters, risk management, preparedness, community resilience and partnerships
WA Local Government Association
Transcript (PDF 418KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 6.8MB)
local government, partnerships, policy, disasters and heatwaves
Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries
Transcript (PDF 407KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 6.2MB)
local government, partnerships, strategy, waste and data
Peron Naturaliste Partnership
Transcript (PDF 361KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 5.6MB)
coastal impacts, partnerships, local government, data and costs
28 November hearings
Organisation Documents Keywords
Professor Anthony Capon
Transcript (PDF 257KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.7MB)
Lancet Countdown, research, national impact, data and advocacy
Australian Private Hospital Association
Transcript (PDF 329KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.5MB)
private hospitals, procurement, waste management, patient expectations and sustainability
Aboriginal Health Council WA
Transcript (PDF 2.2MB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.4MB)
Aboriginal health, community resilience, vulnerable groups, mental health, food security
WA Country Health Service
Transcript (PDF 437KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.9MB)
hospitals, waste, exemplars, data, strategy and risk
5 December hearings
Organisation Documents Keywords
Red Cross Australia
Transcript (PDF 453KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.4MB)
humanitarian assistance, vulnerability, community resilience, energy poverty, migrants, urban heat, partnerships
Climate and Health Alliance
Transcript (PDF 731KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.0MB)
national framework, changing context, language and stories, adaptation, green hospitals
People with Disabilities WA
Transcript (PDF 433KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.3MB)
disability, consumers, voice and empowerment, energy and public housing, public information, co-design
Health Services Union WA
Transcript (PDF 536KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.5MB)
employees, staff, health and safety, member benefits, shared leadership, climate justice
WA Primary Health Alliance
Transcript (PDF 420KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 6.4MB)
primary care, community care, sustainability, data, vulnerability, quality improvement, partnerships 
12 December hearings
Organisation Documents Keywords
Department of Health
Transcript (PDF 455KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 8.0MB)
strategy, heatwaves, health workforce, policy, leadership, waste
PathWest
Transcript (PDF 430KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.5MB)
waste, procurement, data, strategy, health workforce
Australian Medical Students' Association
Transcript (PDF 220KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 6.8MB)
youth, policy, education and training, health workforce, leadership
WA Council of Social Services
Transcript (PDF 600KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.0MB)
vulnerable groups, low income, homelessness, building community resilience, partnerships
Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer and Chief Allied Health Officer
Transcript (PDF 229KB)
Podcast icon  Audio (MP3 7.2MB)
health workforce, leadership, partnerships, waste, vulnerable groups 
Last reviewed: 04-02-2020