| The following summary has been adapted from Australian Government websites and a selection of media releases.
Dr Goold’s lifetime of achievement within the nursing profession demonstrates how members of Australia’s ageing population continue to make positive and inspiring contributions to local communities and the nation. Dr Goold, from Bribie Island, Queensland, was the first qualified Indigenous nurse in NSW. She was also founder of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses, which aims to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in nursing. Federal Minister for Ageing, Julie Bishop, in congratulating Dr Goold for her work said ‘Dr Gould is an inspiration to all Australians, contributing her time and expertise to help people from all backgrounds. She is an outstanding role model for all Australians and her work underlines the significant contributions being made by older Australians’. For further informationMedia contact: Murray Hansen, ph: 0417 886 155 or Department of Health and Ageing, Suite M 1.46, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600, ph: (02) 6277 7280, fax: (02) 6273 4138, website: http://www.health.gov.au/
Australian of the Year Awards 2006: Media releasesAustralian of the Year Awards 2006:
National Australia Day Council or Horizon Communication Group
The Hon Julie Bishop MP Minister for Ageing
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Month: February 2006
The Hon Mal Brough MP becomes new Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
The following summary has been adapted from media releases issued by the Australian Government, The Australian newspaper and the National Indigenous Times.
The Hon Mal Brough MP has been sworn in as the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs. The Prime Minister, John Howard, announced that as of 27 January 2006 the Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination would be moved to the Family and Community Services (FACS) portfolio due to the potential synergies with other FACS programs. Aboriginal issues have been brought into the political and administrative mainstream by combining Indigenous Affairs with FACS in the new Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs portfolio. The Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs portfolio has been renamed Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Mr Brough will replace outgoing senator Kay Patterson, while also taking over Amanda Vanstone’s role as Indigenous Affairs Minister.
Mal Brough was a former army office and served in posts around Australia as well as representing the army in Hong Kong, Canada and Papua New Guinea. He resigned with the rank of Captain in 1988 to pursue business interests in the private sector, in the telecommunications sector, and in small business. He entered Federal Parliament as the first Member for the Queensland seat of Longman in 1996, and held the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business from 2000-2001. He moved on to be Minister for Employment Services and in October 2003 the portfolio of Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence was added to his list of responsibilities. He has been Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer since July 2004.
Mr Brough said as employment services minister he paid a great deal of personal attention to Indigenous affairs and believed in the further mainstreaming of Aboriginal affairs. He stated ‘I just want to see as much done as possible to give opportunities to Indigenous Australians like every Australian deserves’. He also requested that critics of the amalgamation of FACS with Indigenous Affairs should wait before passing judgment on the level of attention the Government would pay to Aboriginal issues.
For further information
Department of Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
View website
Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination
View website
House of Representatives, Parliament of Australia
View information
Media releases and news items
The Australian
Switch puts focus on Indigenous issues
View news item (HTML) (25 January 2006)
National Indigenous Times
Brough breaks Vanstone’s hold on black affairs
View news item (HTML) (Issue 97, 2006)
Prime Minister of Australia
Ministerial changes
View media release (HTML) (released 24 January 2006)
New edition of Binan Goonj: bridging cultures in Aboriginal health
Eckermann A, Dowd T, Chong E, Nixon L, Gray R, et al. (2005)
Binan Goonj: bridging cultures in Aboriginal health.
2nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone
(RRP $39.95) ISBN 0729537714
The second edition of Binan Goonj: bridging cultures in Aboriginal health has been released. This book examines the processes and practices that underlie the poor health of Indigenous peoples in Australia, and suggests practical strategies to improve Indigenous health and wellbeing.
Extensively adopted as a teaching text across Australia, this updated and revised edition provides coverage of essential Aboriginal health topics in an accessible manner.
For further information: view Elsevier publication page
Image has been reproduced with the kind permission of Elsevier Australia.
