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• Membership of the Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Board
  October 1, 2001 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 1 No 2 October 2001 - December 2001 |

  The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Board, a peak advisory body to the Government on Indigenous issues, has recently begun a new 2 year term. The Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy, Judy Spence, announced the names of the twelve members. She said “The Board is now a mixture of experience and new […]

• HealthInfoNet at Stockholm Challenge Award
  November 1, 2001 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 1 No 2 October 2001 - December 2001 |

  The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet was one of about 60 finalists from around the world that participated in the Stockholm Challenge Award 2001 Final Events, held in Stockholm, Sweden on 23-26 October. The HealthInfoNet was represented by Sandy Angus, Bronwyn Gee and Neil Thomson. The Stockholm Challenge is an international award that highlights the benefits information […]

• Canadian authorities enthusiastic about HealthInfoNet ‘knowledge translation’ activities
  November 1, 2001 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 1 No 2 October 2001 - December 2001 |

  Senior officials of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and Health Canada expressed great interest in the work of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet in meetings with the HealthInfoNet Director, Neil Thomson, and Manager, Bronwyn Gee, in Ottawa, Canada on 9-10 October. These meetings need to be seen in the context of the establishment in […]

• HealthInfoNet to work with Canadian Aboriginal organisations on Internet-accessible resources
  November 1, 2001 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 1 No 2 October 2001 - December 2001 |

  Following a series of meetings in Ottawa and Toronto on 8-11 October with people and organisations involved in Aboriginal health in Canada, the HealthInfoNet has been approached to assist in the development of a Canadian resource along the lines of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet. The meetings began in Ottawa on 8 October, when HealthInfoNet Director, […]

• AHMAC establishes the Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (SCATSIH)
  November 20, 2001 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 1 No 2 October 2001 - December 2001 |

  The 25 October meeting of AHMAC (Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council) agreed to establish the Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (SCATSIH) with the following draft terms of reference: (1) To assist AHMAC to meets its whole-of-health system responsibilities to improve Indigenous health; (2) To coordinate and promote jurisdictional activities in relation […]

• 33rd Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference
  December 10, 2001 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 1 No 2 October 2001 - December 2001 |

  The 33rd Public Health Association of Australia Annual Conference was held in Sydney from the 23-26 September. Titled 2001: A Public Health Odyssey – Popular Culture, Science and Politics, the conference explored the influence of community preferences, scientific evidence and political realities in addressing various health issues, and highlighted the need to properly engage the […]

• Dr Arnold ‘Puggy’ Hunter (1951 – 2001) recipient of 2001 Human Rights Medal
  December 11, 2001 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 1 No 2 October 2001 - December 2001 |

  The late Dr Arnold ‘Puggy’ Hunter has been named by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission as the recipient of the Human Rights Medal 2001. Dr Hunter fought uncompromisingly for human rights for the Aboriginal community. Upon his untimely and recent death, tributes to Dr Hunter poured in from around Australia -click here to […]