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  • It has no place, it won’t have space – unhealthy food and drink advertising to be restricted on buses, trains and trams

    • 4 Jan 2025
    • Media release
    • Nutrition
    Advertising of unhealthy food and drinks is harmful especially for kids. It’s why new laws are being introduced in South Australia to prohibit specific forms of unhealthy food and drinks on Adelaide Metro buses, trains and trams.
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  • Landmark legislation passed: driving the preventive health agenda for good in South Australia

    • 28 Nov 2024
    • Media release
    Landmark legislation has just been passed to drive the preventive health agenda for good in South Australia and ensure healthier South Australians across generations.
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  • Grants available to support suicide prevention

    • 1 Oct 2024
    • Media release
    • Mental health
    South Australian sporting clubs, community volunteer groups and Suicide Prevention Networks are now invited to apply for a share in up to $180,000 of Suicide Prevention Community Grants.
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  • Obesity now the biggest preventable health risk

    • 24 Sept 2024
    • Media release
    • Physical health
    South Australians are being warned obesity is now the leading risk factor in preventable health conditions – overtaking smoking – with new modelling revealing its potential impact on life expectancy.
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  • New laws to restrict sales and use of tobacco and vaping products

    • 28 Aug 2024
    • Media release
    With smoking still the leading cause of preventable illness and death in South Australia, proposed new laws will increase controls and penalties relating to the sale and use of tobacco and vaping products.
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