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• The 9th National Rural Health Conference: Standing up for rural health: learning from the past, action for the future
  April 3, 2007 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 7 No 2, April 2007 - June 2007 |

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• Study shows that Indigenous Australians are not genetically prone to diabetes
  April 23, 2007 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 7 No 2, April 2007 - June 2007 |

  The following information has been adapted from information provided by Menzies School of Health Research and the ABC. A recent study from Menzies School of Health Research has found that Indigenous Australians are not genetically prone to diabetes. The study was authored by epidemiologist Yin Paradies, along with two researchers from the United States. It […]

• Links to Australian Government Budget 2007-08: information of relevance to Indigenous health
  May 10, 2007 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 7 No 2, April 2007 - June 2007 |

  Federal Treasurer Peter Costello delivered his twelfth Australian Government Budget on Tuesday evening, 8 May 2007. The following links provide information on the Budget and its implications for Indigenous health. Indigenous Affairs Budget 2007-08 The Australian Government Indigenous Affairs Budget 2007-08 provides information on Indigenous spending across all Government portfolios. View Indigenous Budget 2007-08 contents […]

• Enhancing Indigenous Capacity: Building a Sustainable Future: a national symposium on workforce development in Indigenous maternal and child health
  May 18, 2007 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 7 No 2, April 2007 - June 2007 |

  The national symposium Enhancing Indigenous Capacity: Building a Sustainable Future was held in Perth , Western Australia , 8-9 May 2007. The symposium was hosted and supported by the Rio Tinto Child Health Partnership and sponsored by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The major aims of the symposium were to: enable a […]