The Hobart City Council provides an extensive range of public and environmental health programs and services. Public immunisations, food safety surveillance and enforcement, education and training programs and infectious disease investigations are some of the principal public health services undertaken by the Council.
The Council has a long track record of promoting the environment. Council’s Environmental Awards were influenced by the important early pioneering work of Dr Edward Hall who was a great humanitarian deeply concerned for the welfare of his fellow citizens and the environment. Dr Hall was among the first in Australia to conduct research into sanitation, public health and nutrition, publishing many articles, advocating reform and remedial measures.
The Walking School Bus is a group of primary school children who walk to and from school along a safe and enjoyable set route, accompanied by a minimum of two parent driver-supervisors per ‘bus’. One parent ‘drives’ at the front of the bus, while the other parent supervises at the rear.
