Ella Healy

Senior Policy and Impact Officer, SPHERE NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence, Monash University ella.healy@monash.edu

articles

Ultrasound image of a pregnancy, with two pills sitting on it, implying medical abortion options

Bodily autonomy: Australian women still face obstacles when seeking abortion services

Almost a year on from the Therapeutic Goods Administration removing restrictions on prescribing and dispensing the medical abortion pill, it’s still unclear whether the move has achieved its goal.

Medicine and health

A tradesman installing solar panels on a roof

Do we want a wind farm outside our window? What Australians think about the net zero transition

Australians want government to act on climate change, but not necessarily now, or in their neighbourhood. How can governments resolve this dilemma?

Politics and society

Drawing of hands under planet Earth comprised of environmentally-related words

COP26: The need for speed looms large on the list for climate action

Australia’s climate policy can learn much from our experience of COVID-19, as it’s a case study in the importance of swift collective action during a global crisis.

Environment