Our September eNewsletter is out, featuring: 🦷 FRED’s 2025-26 Annual Report 🏛️ The latest on national dental health reform 🧵 1/3

Today, our Co-Founder Dr Alexandra Jones attended an event at Charles Sturt University focused on building medical students’ understanding of #Sjögren’s disease. 🧵 1/5

We’re excited to see the launch of Generation Smile, the new global movement for World Oral Health Day 2027! 🌏😁 🧵 1/7

We're excited to be at the National Rural Health Alliance's 18th National Rural Health Conference in Tarntanya/Adelaide this week. 🧵 1/2

✨ We’re proud to share our 2025-26 Annual Report ✨ FRED is a small but mighty team of people with a vision of everyone in Australia having the opportunity to enjoy good oral health, and the many benefits it brings. 1/5

Great to be at Australian Parliament House this week, meeting with decision-makers, leaders and organisations working towards a healthier Australia for all. 1/4

We welcome the decision by Australian Health Ministers for the establishment of ‘a National Oral Health and Dental Reform Senior Officials Group to progress dental health reform as a national priority.’ 🧵1/6

New Australian research has modelled what could happen if Australia introduced a 20 per cent tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. 🧵1/6

Over the weekend, Victorian Premier Ben Carroll announced a significant commitment to establish 10 new public dental clinics across Victoria, providing free dental care to more than 100,000 Victorians each year once fully established. 🧵1/4

“Sometimes the most important clinical work does not start in the dental chair. Sometimes it starts outside the van, sitting under a tree with someone who is terrified of coming in... 🧵1/6

Young adulthood is a time of big transitions. Things like moving out of home, studying, starting work and managing your own health can be challenging. For too many young Australians, dental care is something they simply can’t afford. 🧵 1/6

More than 2 million Australians have skipped dental care because of the cost. People should be able to access healthcare when they need it, including for their teeth & mouth. Access shouldn’t depend on how much money you have or where you live. 🧵 1/5

Dental Health Week has just kicked off, and it's an important reminder to care for our teeth and gums. But good oral health does not happen through individual effort alone. 🧵1/6

Oral diseases are the most common communicable diseases in the Western Pacific Region, affecting an estimated 960 million people. This is why the @who.int Western Pacific Region has increased their focus on oral health care and prevention. 🧵 1/4

On Friday changes were proposed to the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP) platform to strengthen their commitment to oral health. 🧵1/6

Can we use the Ottawa Charter to guide community-based interventions for oral health promotion? A recent South American study suggests that the answer is, yes. 🧵 1/7

“there’s links between [oral health] and wellbeing how they impact each other, so the mouth is your gateway to your body right? You’ve gotta look after it.” This was one of the reflections shared in a study on the oral health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 1/

Our June eNewsletter is hot off the press! In this issue: 🦷 FRED receives philanthropic funding boost in NSW & ACT 🦷 Scott Wilson urges health sector to address threats of populism 🦷 New ways to connect with FRED 1/2

The mouth is home to billions of bacteria. Oral hygiene often deteriorates when people are unwell, sedated, immobile, or taking certain medications. 🧵 1/4

Health leaders respond to Pauline Hanson and the rise of populism www.croakey.org/health-leade...

We’re excited to share that FRED has received funding from the John James Foundation, through the Canberra Foundations Collaborative, to deliver a new preventive oral health project in partnership with YWCA Canberra. 🧵1/5

✨ We're thrilled to announce that we've received funding through the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation Grassroots Grants program to support preventive oral health in regional NSW. 🧵 1/5

🇦🇺 deserves a health system designed for 2035, not one stuck in 1984. Until there’s political courage to rebuild rather than repair, we’ll keep failing patients. Medicare 2.0 should fund complexity and connect primary, specialist, allied, dental and mental health into a single, modern system.

Australia’s health system needs a fundamental reset

This month’s budget contains familiar themes when it comes to health: record investment in Medicare, bulk-billing on the rise, and urgent care clinics proliferating. It may sound positive, but it is r...

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In the May edition of our Newsletter 👀 🦷 Reflections from the Public Health Association of Australia's Preventive Health Conference in Nipaluna/Hobart 🦷 Health leaders respond to the Federal Budget 1/2

Tomorrow our Chair and Co-Founder, Dr Alexandra Jones is delivering a conversation starter at the Public Health Association of Australia's #PHC2026 in Nipaluna/Hobart. 1/3

It’s wonderful to be in Lutruwita this evening at the St Lukes welcome reception for the Public Health Association of Australia’s Preventive Health Conference. It’s inspiring to hear about their vision for Tasmania as “the healthiest island on the planet.” 🧵1/3

Ahead of the Federal Budget, Australians are sending a pretty clear message: our oral health system is not working well enough. 🧵 1/4

If your oral health practitioner recommends treatment, especially if it’s expensive or invasive, consider asking the following questions to get a better sense of your options: 🦷 can you explain what the problem is in plain language? 🦷 what are my options, including the least invasive? 🧵 1/4

Too many Australians are being priced out of the health care they need. The latest report from Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) is a stark reminder that cost is still a major barrier to health care in Australia, and dental care is one of the clearest examples. 🧵 1/4

Vaping shown to likely cause lung and oral cancer in strongest review yet, Australian researchers say

Vaping shown to likely cause lung and oral cancer in strongest review yet, Australian researchers say

‘There is no doubt that the cells and tissues of the oral cavity, the mouth and the lungs are altered by inhalation from e-cigarettes,’ academic says * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Vaping is likely to cause lung and oral cancer, researchers have found, as they urged regulators to act now rather than wait decades for a definitive level of risk. Cancer researchers led by UNSW in Sydney analysed reviews of evidence from animal studies, human case reports and laboratory research published between 2017 and 2025, in one of the most detailed assessments to date of whether nicotine e-cigarettes could cause cancer. Continue reading...

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