Nick Talley AC
@drnicktalley.bsky.social
I’m a doctor, physician-scientist, educator and experienced Board Director. I’m a Distinguished Laureate Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and was a past Chair of the Department Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Florida. Opinions my own.
Read my views in the Australian Financial Review www.afr.com/life-and-lux...
The health hacks I wish I’d known in my 20s
Health and wellness experts share the secrets they wished they knew at the start of their adult lives.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Read my views in the Australian Financial Review www.afr.com/life-and-lux...
In light of the National Climate Risk Assessment, surely our governments have a responsibility to address Australia’s contribution to climate change, writes Professor Nicholas J. Talley AC. insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/39/figh...
Fighting for our health in the wake of the National Climate Risk Assessment - InSight+
In light of the National Climate Risk Assessment, surely our governments have a responsibility to address Australia’s contribution to climate change, writes Professor Nicholas J. Talley AC. The recent...
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October 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
In light of the National Climate Risk Assessment, surely our governments have a responsibility to address Australia’s contribution to climate change, writes Professor Nicholas J. Talley AC. insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/39/figh...
Meeting at UEGW in Berlin.
October 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Meeting at UEGW in Berlin.
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
Excellent commentary. Children will die in the US if vaccination rates fall too low. “I’m a Pediatrician. I’m Afraid of Diseases I Thought I’d Never See”. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
Opinion | I’m a Pediatrician. I’m Afraid of Diseases I Thought I’d Never See.
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July 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Excellent commentary. Children will die in the US if vaccination rates fall too low. “I’m a Pediatrician. I’m Afraid of Diseases I Thought I’d Never See”. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o...
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The messages is: vaccines save lives! Check your COVID-19 vaccination status is up to date (mine is!), talk to your doctor if you have questions or concerns, remember the flu vaccine protects too from influenza
June 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The messages is: vaccines save lives! Check your COVID-19 vaccination status is up to date (mine is!), talk to your doctor if you have questions or concerns, remember the flu vaccine protects too from influenza
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More climate change havoc. And worse to come. While the warming worsens, and the warnings go out, still too many Governments falter or fail to address the problem properly including Down Under and especially now federally in the USA Europe Endures Relentless Heat Wave www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...
Europe Endures Relentless Heat Wave
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June 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
More climate change havoc. And worse to come. While the warming worsens, and the warnings go out, still too many Governments falter or fail to address the problem properly including Down Under and especially now federally in the USA Europe Endures Relentless Heat Wave www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...
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Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, forcefully denounced President Trump on Wednesday for threatening to arrest him and repeating baseless claims about his immigration to the U.S. as a child.
Mamdani Says Trump Is Attacking Him to Divert Focus From G.O.P. Agenda
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, has been targeted by the president and other Republicans since his success in the primary.
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July 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, forcefully denounced President Trump on Wednesday for threatening to arrest him and repeating baseless claims about his immigration to the U.S. as a child.
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What we should really be talking about is how the steady warming of the planet--which will continue until carbon emissions cease--is leading to increasingly dangerous, damaging & deadly heat and weather extremes. That's where my messaging is focused right now.
#TheTruthIsBadEnough
#TheTruthIsBadEnough
Here's the latest comparison of global surface temperature observations (red) with IPCC climate model simulations (through March 2025, via @hausfath.bsky.social):
June 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What we should really be talking about is how the steady warming of the planet--which will continue until carbon emissions cease--is leading to increasingly dangerous, damaging & deadly heat and weather extremes. That's where my messaging is focused right now.
#TheTruthIsBadEnough
#TheTruthIsBadEnough
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Covid in Australia in 2024
was 5-10x more deadly than Influenza
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was 5-10x more deadly than Influenza
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COVID-19 Australia. COVID-19 remained leading cause of acute respiratory infection-related mortality 2023-2025. >6000 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths in 2023, ~5000 in 2024, 5–10 times number of deaths attributed to influenza. Australia’s COVID-19 “excess mortality” estimated ~ 8000 deaths in 2024
July 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Covid in Australia in 2024
was 5-10x more deadly than Influenza
⚠️
😷😷
was 5-10x more deadly than Influenza
⚠️
😷😷
More climate change havoc. And worse to come. While the warming worsens, and the warnings go out, still too many Governments falter or fail to address the problem properly including Down Under and especially now federally in the USA Europe Endures Relentless Heat Wave www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...
Europe Endures Relentless Heat Wave
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
More climate change havoc. And worse to come. While the warming worsens, and the warnings go out, still too many Governments falter or fail to address the problem properly including Down Under and especially now federally in the USA Europe Endures Relentless Heat Wave www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...
COVID-19 Australia. COVID-19 remained leading cause of acute respiratory infection-related mortality 2023-2025. >6000 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths in 2023, ~5000 in 2024, 5–10 times number of deaths attributed to influenza. Australia’s COVID-19 “excess mortality” estimated ~ 8000 deaths in 2024
June 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
COVID-19 Australia. COVID-19 remained leading cause of acute respiratory infection-related mortality 2023-2025. >6000 confirmed COVID-19-related deaths in 2023, ~5000 in 2024, 5–10 times number of deaths attributed to influenza. Australia’s COVID-19 “excess mortality” estimated ~ 8000 deaths in 2024
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
The Fossil Fuel Non‐Proliferation Treaty: what it is, its importance for health, and why Australia should endorse it
✍️ Philomena Colagiuri, Jake TW Williams, Paul J Beggs and Ying Zhang
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The Fossil Fuel Non‐Proliferation Treaty: what it is, its importance for health, and why Australia should endorse it
✍️ Philomena Colagiuri, Jake TW Williams, Paul J Beggs and Ying Zhang
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April 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
The Fossil Fuel Non‐Proliferation Treaty: what it is, its importance for health, and why Australia should endorse it
✍️ Philomena Colagiuri, Jake TW Williams, Paul J Beggs and Ying Zhang
OPEN ACCESS buff.ly/7KhxGa2
The Fossil Fuel Non‐Proliferation Treaty: what it is, its importance for health, and why Australia should endorse it
✍️ Philomena Colagiuri, Jake TW Williams, Paul J Beggs and Ying Zhang
OPEN ACCESS buff.ly/7KhxGa2
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Something to think about
March 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Something to think about
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"We are getting lots of calls about Musk and lots of calls thanking me for sticking up for Ukraine..."
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At Testy Town Halls, Republicans Take Heat for Trump’s Bold Moves
Big crowds are showing up to complain about the unilateral nature of President Trump’s early orders.
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February 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"We are getting lots of calls about Musk and lots of calls thanking me for sticking up for Ukraine..."
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"Attorneys, he said, 'don’t resign because you disagree with the policies, but because you are being asked to do something you believe is ethically, morally or legally improper'...”
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Mass resignation marks a new kind of defiance in the second Trump era
The Trump team has rarely if ever faced such resistance from within the government, a move that may pave the way for further defiance.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
"Attorneys, he said, 'don’t resign because you disagree with the policies, but because you are being asked to do something you believe is ethically, morally or legally improper'...”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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February 17, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, has urged people to continue fighting for a “free, peaceful” Russia a year after he died in prison.
A year after Navalny’s death, his widow urges ongoing fight for a ‘free’ Russia | CNN
Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, has urged people to continue fighting for a “free, peaceful” Russia a year after he died in prison.
www.cnn.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of late Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, has urged people to continue fighting for a “free, peaceful” Russia a year after he died in prison.
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Children and teens should drink water, plain pasteurized cow’s milk and limited amounts of 100 percent fruit and vegetable juices, according to healthy beverage guidelines recently released by an expert panel.
Healthy drinks are as important as healthy foods for kids, panel says
Sweetened beverages “are not recommended as part of a healthy diet for children and adolescents,” the panel concludes.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Children and teens should drink water, plain pasteurized cow’s milk and limited amounts of 100 percent fruit and vegetable juices, according to healthy beverage guidelines recently released by an expert panel.
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Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.
On Ukraine, Europe must step into the void | Virgin
www.virgin.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
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“When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal” — Richard Nixon, 1977
“He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025
“He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025
February 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal” — Richard Nixon, 1977
“He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025
“He who saves his country does not violate any law” — Donald Trump, 2025
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🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Supplement
How well are researchers applying ethical principles and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research? A cross‐sectional study
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How well are researchers applying ethical principles and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research? A cross‐sectional study
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How well are researchers applying ethical principles and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research? A cross‐sectional study
Urgent attention is needed to develop and implement routine evaluations of research practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research
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February 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia Supplement
How well are researchers applying ethical principles and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research? A cross‐sectional study
OPEN ACCESS
How well are researchers applying ethical principles and practices in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and medical research? A cross‐sectional study
OPEN ACCESS
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👏 Aussie News ran a clip of Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde's sermon at the inaugural prayer service.
The Aussie reporter introduced the service as:
The Bishop gave Donald Trump a dressing down!
The Aussie reporter introduced the service as:
The Bishop gave Donald Trump a dressing down!
January 22, 2025 at 4:48 AM
👏 Aussie News ran a clip of Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde's sermon at the inaugural prayer service.
The Aussie reporter introduced the service as:
The Bishop gave Donald Trump a dressing down!
The Aussie reporter introduced the service as:
The Bishop gave Donald Trump a dressing down!