Safer Air Update | Issue 1, 2026

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NSW inquiry into clean indoor air: hearings begin

Last week, we gave evidence at the NSW Parliament’s inquiry into clean indoor air.

Plum spoke alongside representatives from Thrive IAQ, Burnet Institute, Centre for Safe Air, the HEAL National Research Network, Air Club, and others to highlight that indoor air quality is a critical accessibility issue for people living with disability, immunocompromise, and chronic health conditions.

Across the hearing, the message was consistent: the science on the health impacts of poor indoor air is clear, and we already have practical tools and proven technology that can make indoor spaces safer, healthier and more inclusive.

We’re grateful to the committee for the opportunity to contribute to this process.

Read our submission here.

Partner with us

As a small charity, we’re incredibly grateful for our supporters who share our belief that indoor air should be safe for everyone, their support makes our work possible.

In 2026 we’ve launched a new way to partner with us, the Annual supporter opportunity provides organisations with a simple way to support our work across the year and help drive sustained progress toward safer indoor air for everyone, with commitment levels to suit every budget.

We're very pleased to announce the following Annual supporters

Airgene (Annual sustaining partner)
Camfil (Annual sustaining partner)
Precise Air (Annual sustaining partner)
Mediflow (Friend of safer air)
PlasmaShield (Friend of safer air)

If your organisation would like to join us as an Annual supporter in 2026, we’d love to hear from you.

Partner with us in 2026

Save the date for the
Safer shared air 2026 conference

We’re excited to share that our Safer shared air conference is returning to Parliament House, Canberra in 2026, and we’d love you to join us! More details to follow, but for now please save Wednesday 28th October 2026 in your diary.

If your organisation is passionate about creating safer indoor environments for all and advocating for indoor air quality performance standards we invite you to partner with us.

Partnering with us for our third annual Parliament House conference offers:

Alignment with a national movement reframing IAQ as a health, accessibility and inclusion issue
Visibility among cross-sector leaders in health, disability, education, research and the built environment
Participation in shaping the policy conversation at a pivotal moment for reform.

To discuss opportunities to support our Parliament House event, please contact [email protected]

International WELL Building Institute Visionary leadership award

We’re delighted to share that Plum has been honoured with a 'visionary leadership’ award from the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI).

Plum founded the Safer Air Project following the collision between her personal and professional worlds. With a high-risk family, and a background in health policy and patient advocacy, it became impossible to ignore a simple truth: the air we share indoors can make people sick and create invisible accessibility barriers, and that we can change that.

Since then, our work has focused on centring the experiences of people affected when buildings and policies are designed without health and accessibility in mind. Because shouldn’t everyone be able to breathe safely indoors without risking their health?

We’re grateful to IWBI for this recognition, and to the many collaborators, advocates and community members who continue to drive this work forward.

You can view the full list of award recipients here.

Pre-Budget submission

For the last two years we have been advocating for indoor air quality to be recognised as an accessibility and inclusion issue, and for the introduction of mandated indoor air quality performance standards.

That's why we were delighted to partner on a joint pre-Budget submission from the Australian Academy of Science, with the Lung Foundation, Heart Foundation, Burnet Institute, Air Club, Centre for Safe Air, Research Australia and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, to call on the Australian Government to invest in a National Indoor Air Quality Strategy.

You can read the submission here.

Indoor Air 2026 is coming to Singapore

Early bird registration is still available for Indoor Air 2026, the world’s leading scientific conference on indoor air quality and climate. Taking place on 14th – 18th June 2026 at Singapore Management University, the conference brings together researchers, engineers, public health leaders and industry to share what’s next in creating healthier indoor environments.

We’re proud to be charity partners for this event.

Early bird registration closes 31st March 2026.

Find out more: https://www.indoorair2026.org

Our work is only possible with your support, please donate now at support.saferairproject.com

The Safer Air Project is registered as a charity with the ACNC. Donations above $2 are tax deductible.

Coming up

31st March Indoor Air 2026 early bird registrations close
14th - 18th June Indoor Air 2026
31st August - 4th September IAQ26
28th October Safer shared air 2026

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