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IHT Media Report for August – September 2025

Coverage by Media Type Total mentions by media type in August – September 2025.

Potential Audience Reach 15,564,646 over 62 days (August – September 2025) Cumulative potential audience reach by media type for August – September 2025.

IHT Media Appearances

• Tony LaMontage was interviewed on Beyond Blue’s podcast, Think again in an episode titled: The 101 of workplace mental health—cutting through the confusion. He was quoted in The Conversation article titled: What’s behind the high rate of suicide in Australia’s construction industry? and this lead to being quoted in an ABC News article titled: Construction workers are at higher risk of suicide. Here’s how to look out for them.
• Catherine Bennett appeared in multiple radio and press publications provided expert insights on declining childhood vaccination rates and misinformation around vaccines, and The Conversation. Why childhood vaccination is dropping and what we can do about it
• Tan Nguyen was featured in Croakey Health Media in an article titled: Calling all hands on deck for oral health, to address “dull and uninspiring” draft framework
• Cindy Needham appeared in the Colac Herald, ABC South West Victoria, ABC Melbourne, Mixx FM, Northern Daily Leader, The Age, Toorak Times, 3AW, 88.9 FM Tamworth, and more in various articles and radio segments related to the “Map My Food” project and public health advocacy. Example: New Colac app to boost health
• Danielle Hitch was featured in the Law News, Medical Republic, ABC News, ABC Melbourne, Canberra City News, News Reel, Viw, EveningReport, and more in articles and broadcasts based off her The Conversation article titled: Long COVID is more than fatigue. Our new study suggests its impact is similar to a stroke or Parkinson’s
• Kathryn Backholer was quoted in Croakey Health Media in an article titled: Australian Government under pressure to enact strong laws on digital duty of care
• Hassan Vally was featured in The Guardian, EveningReport, Yahoo! News, Mirage News, Viw based off his article in The Conversation titled: Why bad arguments sound convincing: 10 tricks of logic that underpin vaccine myths
• Samantha Thomas appeared in The Guardian, Senate, Committee in articles and broadcasts from her The Conversation article titled: The gambling industry is pulling out all the stops to prevent an ad ban, but the evidence is against it
• Rebecca Bennett was featured in ABC Melbourne, ABC NewsRadio in radio segments discussing food delivery sector working conditions.
• Ha Le appeared in NT News, The Advertiser, The Daily Telegraph, Nine News, Medical Forum, 4ZZZ, Seven News in articles and broadcasts for her latest paper on highlighting the long-term impacts of ADHD on health and wellbeing. Read the article titled: Study finds ADHD clinical symptoms linked to poorer health-related quality of life across childhood and adolescence
• Vidanka Vasilevski, Linda Sweet, Sara Holton and Karen Wynter were featured in Medical Xpress, Deakin University in articles on maternal health and induction of labour. Read the article titled: New induction of labour initiative improving maternal health outcomes
• Anna Ugalde was quoted in the media in relation to her leadership of the Optimal Care Pathways project, a national initiative aimed at improving cancer care for rural and remote Australians, appearing in the Stawell Times-News and Grampians Health.
• Steve Allender was featured on 2SM, Toorak Times in radio segments and articles on childhood obesity and public health.
• Hannah Pitt appeared on ABC Canberra in radio segments discussing gambling and youth health.
• Neha Lalchandani’s research on the science of lunch boxes unpacked – how to get children to eat everything in their lunchboxes, featured in the Herald Sun online, ABC Sunshine Coast, ABC Sydney, and i98 FM.

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