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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · Jul 18

Members are fuming that #AustralianSuper has become one of the largest investors in Whitehaven Coal, with shares worth about $395 million.

“I think that AustralianSuper promoting themselves as an environmentally sustainable fund is false advertising and I’m angry.” 🔗 www.news.com.au/finance/supe...

News.com.au headline with a photo of an AustralianSuper member, which says 'Betrayal': Aussies fume over super truth.

AustralianSuper is one of the largest shareholders in Whitehaven Coal, ignoring climate science and energy transition targets.

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Sarah Callinan @sarahcallinan.bsky.social · May 21

Have a read of our editorial in @apsad-dar.bsky.social, led by @meganpcook.bsky.social, where we argue that we need to start focusing more on men in non-medical alcohol research in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Gender Differences in Alcohol Research: A Focus on How Men and Women Are Studied in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

Click on the article title to read more.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Gabriel Caluzzi @gabrielcaluzzi.bsky.social · Apr 25

Led by Joanne Bryant with @sarjomac.bsky.social @joneale.bsky.social, Jen Skattebol, Mark Ferry, Andrew Bruun & Jacqui Sundbery

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Sarah MacLean @sarjomac.bsky.social · Mar 27

That's hilarious!

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Sarah MacLean @sarjomac.bsky.social · Mar 25

Watch our World Social Work Day event for diverse perspectives on our discipline, its role and future youtu.be/33HE29iOpxQ. With Prof Margarita Frederico, Jaryd Stobaus, Amanda Tully & Saly Alman. Compared by A/Prof Maureen Long & Chloe Dillon. Wrangled by @alexbhathal.bsky.social and Karen Holl

SOCIAL WORK ACROSS THE GENERATIONS: views on practice, equity and professional identity

YouTube video by La Trobe University

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Sarah MacLean @sarjomac.bsky.social · Feb 26

Looks great!

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Sarah MacLean @sarjomac.bsky.social · Jan 31

Not too be missed

Victorian Substance Use Research Forum (VSURF) @vsurf.bsky.social · Jan 31

Our first seminar for 2025 will be at 4pm on February 21st with @meganpcook.bsky.social. Megan will be presenting her work on differences in how men and women are studied in alcohol research.

See details below and join us in-person if you can!

vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com

Victorian Substance Use Research Forum

Visit the post for more.

vicsubstanceuseresearchforum.wordpress.com

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Sarah MacLean @sarjomac.bsky.social · Jan 23

@pennybuykx.bsky.social and I wrote a chapter titled 'Social work research with people who use alcohol and other drugs'. It's in HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL WORK. @alcoholandmedia.bsky.social @latrobeuni.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

www.elgaronline.com

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Sarah MacLean @sarjomac.bsky.social · Jan 15

@instalcstud.bsky.social

Sarah MacLean @sarjomac.bsky.social · Jan 14

Why do we talk about food miles but not about alcohol miles?
@meganpcook.bsky.social and I ask this question and think about the researchers' responsibilities in a new blog.
@alcoholandmedia.bsky.social @laurenrickards.bsky.social
@latrobeuni.bsky.social

www.ias.org.uk/2025/01/14/a...

Alcohol’s contribution to climate change - Institute of Alcohol Studies

Dr Megan Cook and Professor Sarah MacLean explain how little information exists about alcohol and sustainability, why this is an important area, and why public health researchers are well-placed to in...

www.ias.org.uk

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Market Forces @marketforces.org.au · Dec 2

Have HESTA, Rest and Australian Retirement Trust lost their nerve?

These super funds remain invested in Woodside and Santos while claiming to support greater climate action – but sit on their hands when it comes to using their voting power to rein in fossil fuel growth. #climate

A black background with white and orange text and fossil fuel symbols: While on Hesta's watchlist, Woodside has approved a new oil field (est. 200 million tonnes of emissions) and bought a new LNG project (up to 1.5 billion tonnes of emissions)

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Megan Cook @meganpcook.bsky.social · Nov 27

And i will take this opportunity to highlight other work i did with @sarjomac.bsky.social & others where we explore current evidence on alcohol production & it's contributing to significant environmental degradation through water usage & other carbon emission costs. academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

Alcohol’s contribution to climate change and other environmental degradation: a call for research

Abstract. Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity. The production, distribution and consumption of many fast-moving consumer goo

academic.oup.com

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Sarah MacLean @sarjomac.bsky.social · Nov 27

@xrglobal.bsky.social

Sarah MacLean @sarjomac.bsky.social · Nov 27

Thank you Megan!

Sarah MacLean @sarjomac.bsky.social · Nov 26

@laurenrickards.bsky.social

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Sarah MacLean @sarjomac.bsky.social · Nov 26

Everyone is impacted by climate change, including the many of us who use alcohol and other drugs. New paper in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social collaborating with staff of Social Work and Social Policy and the Climate Adaptation Lab at La Trobe University.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

How does climate change impact people who use alcohol and other drugs? A scoping review of peer reviewed literature

The world has experienced devastating extreme weather events, alongside slow-onset processes including increasing temperature means, that scientists a…

www.sciencedirect.com

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