There will be food, fun activities (with prizes!), and a chance for Community to provide feedback on what Rainbow Mob inclusion looks like for you. For more information and to register, go here. Image source: VACCHO. New parents urged to ‘make the call’ on mental health The number ...
Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, says the Albanese Government is strengthening Medicare with a new $50m research initiative to drive innovation in primary care. Primary care is the first place a patient turns when they have a health concern, whether that be their local general p...
Jack, some come to Darwin for “a short time or a good time” to undertake training and others were “tired” long term staff, resistant to change. Many overseas trained health providers arrive in the Top End unfamiliar with Aboriginal cultures and the impact of colonisation. After starting ...
Inuit parent perspectives on sexual health communication with adolescent children in Nunavut: "It's kinda hard for me to try to find the words" For Inuit, the family unit has always played a central role in life and in survival. Social changes in Inuit communities have resulted in significant...
‘Cause he’s starting to understand the meaning of love. * “Mr. T is the name we gave to our foster son Terrance,” Roach said. “He was 2 or 3 and I was away in Perth in Western Australia with Paul Kelly. I rang up home and talked to everybody, and any other time before ...
words of Indigenous people included in this book testify the undeniable strength of their feeling and connection with their land. I hope this book will foster a greater understanding amongst non-Indigenous Australians of the significance of Aboriginal connections with country. Such as under- ...
Women in western Cape York’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities will be able to give birth closer to home, thanks to a birthing project led by Weipa rural generalist obstetrician Dr Riley Savage. The Weipa Birthing Unit is set to open soon, with the completion of capital works...
Nyoongar Elders to be active partners in a steady and sustained engagement process. In this part of the project, four elders worked with one mental health service leader for eight years to pass on this knowledge and transform the way his service treats Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Helen Westbury, the Executive Manager of Yalu and a Palawa woman said “the child is at the centre of everything they [Yalu Aboriginal Corporation] do –‘Yalu means nurturing’.” This is evident in Yalu’s work with families who are at risk, supporting them into a better position so ...
for other patients. The 60 Day Dispensing reform is due to commence on 1 September, however, a “scare campaign” over the past several months to stop the changes has triggered concerns that the Opposition and The Greens will try to block the reform in the Senate with a disallowance motion...