The Australian Government released a discussion paper on 13 August 2009 about possible amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 to accelerate the process for the construction of public housing and infrastructure in remote Indigenous communities. Continue reading
Category: Vol 9 No 3, July 2009 – September 2009
Indigenous representative body proposed
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma, has provided a report outlining a proposed new structure for a body to replace ATSIC, which was disbanded in 2005. Continue reading
New Centre for Clinical Research Excellence, Aboriginal health: sexually transmissible and blood-borne viral infections
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has awarded $2.5 million to Professor John Kaldor of the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR) to develop a Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Aboriginal health with a focus on sexually transmissible and blood-borne viral infections. Continue reading
COAG holds meeting with Indigenous focus
The main purpose of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting on 2 July 2009 in Darwin, was to discuss further measures to overcome Indigenous disadvantage. Continue reading
Review of the misuse of kava among Indigenous people (peer reviewed)
Urquhart, B and Thomson, N
Review of the misuse of kava among Indigenous people. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin 9(3). Retrieved [access date] from http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/Review-of-the-misuse-of-kava-among-Indigenous-people
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