title: Open letter to the Hon Tony Abbott MP.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. sleeder@mja.com.au.
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: McMichael
authors.affiliation: Medical Journal of Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Leeder
authors.affiliation: Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Bruce K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.affiliation: Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Antony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Basten
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Doherty
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.affiliation: Cancer and Population Studies Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Adele C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Gustav J V
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Nossal
authors.affiliation: Doctors for the Environment Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: David J C
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Shearman
authors.affiliation: Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Fiona J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.affiliation: Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Graham V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Vimpani
authors.affiliation: Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Alex D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Wodak
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D057231:Climate Change; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004782:Environmental Health; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans