Monthly media digest: October/November 2025

National Anaesthesia Day

16 October 2025

We issued two media releases, “National Anaesthesia Day spotlights the specialty” and another release “New tool helps children to recover safely after surgery” about a joint Australian/US research project that has developed a new checklist to help children recover after surgery. The Australian arm of the study was led by ANZCA Councillor Associate Professor Paul Lee-Archer who recorded audio grabs about the project for news broadcasts across Australia.

The grabs were broadcast on more than 100 radio stations in metropolitan, rural and regional cities as diverse as Dubbo, Bundaberg, Bendigo, Bathurst, Brisbane, Albany, Bairnsdale, Darwin, Hobart, Lismore, Rockhampton, Wollongong, Toowoomba and Wauchope. 

ABC Radio Brisbane’s Drive program host Ellen Fanning interviewed A/Prof Lee-Archer on her program in a 10 minute segment. (Audio starts at 19:54 minutes). 

“What a wonderful contribution you have made,” the host told A/Prof Lee-Archer.