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Vol 8 No 1 January 2008 - March 2008

ISSN 1445-7253

Current topics

  • Budgeri Booroody: excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health conference
    January 10, 2008 Posted in: Article type | Current topics | Vol 8 No 1 January 2008 - March 2008 |

    Budgeri Booroody, which means ‘good and getting better’ in the language of the Eora people of coastal Sydney, was the name of a two-day conference focusing on quality and best practice within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled health sector. The conference, held 21 – 23 November, 2007 in Sydney, New South Wales, […]

  • Indigenous child index launched in Western Australia
    January 10, 2008 Posted in: Article type | Current topics | Vol 8 No 1 January 2008 - March 2008 |

    The following information has been adapted from information provided by ABC news and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research website. The Indigenous Australian Early Development Index was launched in Perth on 20 January 2008 by Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. The index is an attempt to address inequalities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children when […]

  • Formal alliance between the Government and Indigenous Peoples to ‘Close the Gap’
    January 10, 2008 Posted in: Article type | Current topics | Vol 8 No 1 January 2008 - March 2008 |

    The following information has been adapted from information provided by ABC news and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity (HREOC) website. The Government and Indigenous health leaders today signed a Statement of Intent in the Great Hall of Parliament House to work together to achieve equality in health status and life expectancy between Aboriginal and […]

  • Apology to the Stolen Generations
    January 10, 2008 Posted in: Article type | Current topics | Vol 8 No 1 January 2008 - March 2008 |

    The following information has been adapted from information provided by ABC news. The Federal Government made a formal apology to the members of the Stolen Generation on 13 February 2008. Parliament’s opening ceremony included a traditional Welcome to Country by members of the Ngunnawal people and the first item of business was the apology, delivered […]

  • TheMHS Summer Forum – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’s mental health and emotional wellbeing
    January 10, 2008 Posted in: Article type | Current topics | Vol 8 No 1 January 2008 - March 2008 |

    The title of the 2008 Mental Health Services (TheMHS) Summer Forum was ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander’s mental health and emotional wellbeing’, and had the theme: ‘time to listen, time to act’. The forum was held on 21 – 22 February 2008, at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney . The Forum was attended by 190 […]

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