IHT Media Report for April – May 2025
Coverage by Media Type
Total mentions by media type in April – May 2025.
Potential Audience Reach
21,645,577 over 60 days (April – May 2025)
Cumulative potential audience reach by media type for April – May 2025.
IHT Media Appearances
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Professor Catherine Bennett featured heavily in across radio, TV, and press covering questions around a new infectious COVID-19 strain to dominate Australia in a ‘matter of weeks’.
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Dr Cindy Needham spoke to ABC Radio advocating for stronger powers for local councils to reject fast food plans. Cindy’s comments against Hungry Jack’s proposed planning application to open a store in Colac, appeared in multiple newspapers including The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Professor Samantha Thomas appeared on ABC Radio speaking in reference to the AFL’s partnership with Australia’s largest online gambling operator, Sportsbet, and gambling harm.
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Dr Hanna Pitt appeared on ABC Radio National talking about her research into the harmful impact of gambling advertisers on young people.
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Dr Hanna Pitt, Grace Arnot, Prof Samantha Thomas and Simone McCarthy’s article for The Conversation titled: ‘Do something about it before it gets worse’: young people want government action on gambling reform was syndicated in numerous publications across Australia and New Zealand.
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Professor Kathryn Backholer and her research were quoted on an article in B&T titled: Just five minutes of junk food ads drive kids to eat more. In May, Kathryn was quoted in a Geelong Advertiser article titled, ‘Don’t expect life to improve’, commenting on Labour’s commitment to implementing recommendations out of the ACCC’s 2024-25 supermarket inquiry. This article was then syndicated across a number of publications including Herald Sun. In April, Kathryn was quoted in article for Child magazine titled, ‘Parents demand action as junk food ads target Aussie kids’, speaking on the harmful impact of junk food advertising on children. And she appeared on syndicated Radio talking about her research advocating for restricting junk food marketing to children.
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Associate Professor Hassan Vally wrote an opinion piece for The Conversation titled: The MMR vaccine doesn’t contain ‘aborted fetus debris’, as RFK Jr has claimed. Here’s the science. This article was then syndicated in numerous publications.
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Associate Professor Hassan Vally’s The Conversation opinion article titled: When it comes to health information, who should you trust? 4 ways to spot a dodgy ‘expert’ was picked up and syndicated across many publications.
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Professor Angela Dew, Dr Joanne Watson, Dr Louisa Smith and Mahmoud Murad’s 2022 article for The Conversation titled” Small changes could bridge communication and cultural gaps for people from refugee backgrounds who need disability support was quoted in a recent article and syndicated through a number of regional newspapers.
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Professor Suzanne Robinson appeared on ABC Radio speaking about the call to reform the healthcare funding model, Medicare and funding for nurses.
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Dr Christina Zorbas and Kathryn Backholer were quoted in an article appearing in The Southern Farmer on their research showing that buying local fruit and vegetables in regional Victoria isn’t more expensive.
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Anna Ugalde and the ECORRA team featured in the Western Downs Today and the Maranoa Today newspapers about Deakin University’s partnership with South West Hospital and Health Service (HHS), and other stakeholders to deliver the five-year, S4.9 million ECORRA cancer research project.
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