Interview with Verity Firth: commercial interests and public health policy

Verity Firth; Becky Freeman

doi:10.17061/phrp2931918

Public Health Research & Practice (Sep 2019)

Interview with Verity Firth: commercial interests and public health policy

Verity Firth,
Becky Freeman

Affiliations

Verity Firth: Executive Director, Social Justice, UTS, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Former Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney, and Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly for the Labor Party (2007–2011), serving in a range of portfolios including science and medical research, and assisting the Health Minister (cancer) and education and training
Becky Freeman: Public Health Research & Practice, Sax Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Prevention Research Collaboration, Sydney School of Public Health and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp2931918
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 3

Abstract

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Governments seeking to implement public health policy often face intense lobbying from industries vying to protect commercial interests. We spoke to Verity Firth, former Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney and NSW Labor Minister (2007–2011), about her experiences to gain insights into ways in which governments can strike the right balance to deliver better health and social outcomes, and how public health advocates can ensure their voices are heard.

Published in Public Health Research & Practice

ISSN: 2204-2091 (Online)
Publisher: Sax Institute
Country of publisher: Australia
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: http://www.phrp.com.au/

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