This reflected local leadership in advocating for vaccination and ongoing community engagement across remote communities prior to and throughout the outbreak period and contrasted other parts of Australia where vaccination rates among First Nations people were lower than those of non-Indigenous people.The ...
Amnesty International Australia issued a statement yesterday calling on all State and Territory governments to raise the age of criminal responsibility and close detention centres. “State and Territory governments have it in their power now to do more than make empty statements about the importance of...
In Northern Australia, as many as 1 in 10 Aboriginal people carry the Hepatitis B virus and for many people it can become serious and even cause liver failure or liver cancer. Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin has created an interactive app, called the Hep B Story, to help peopl...
Klahowya offers an interactive, engaging experience for all visitors. Once again, Aboriginal Tourism BC (AtBC) operated the miniature train, themed this year with the "Legend of the Sasquatch." Utilizing the existing pathways, open areas and buildings, visitors were able to experience and engage ...
In Northern Australia, as many as 1 in 10 Aboriginal people carry the Hepatitis B virus and for many people it can become serious and even cause liver failure or liver cancer. Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin has created an interactive app, called the Hep B Story, to help peopl...
“Over the past few decades, we have seen a gradual but steady increase in the rates of people living with diabetes, especially type two diabetes, and obesity across Australia. This has put an immense amount of pressure on families, patients themselves and also Australia’s health care system...
On the Voice’s defeat and the future of Aboriginal leadership, Turner says the loss was “a massive hit to morale across Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia”. “But I have to say that it hasn’t deterred the Coalition of Peaks from pursuing full implementation of the National ...
Figure 1.Map of Australia (small) showing Victoria (large)—locations of the communities can be seen in relation to the capital Melbourne. The AAE speakers self-identified as members of this speech community, specifically signing up for a study on “Aboriginal English”. They described their var...