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• Professor Ian Anderson – first Aboriginal Australian Chair of Indigenous Health, University of Melbourne
  April 23, 2004 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 4 No 2 April 2004 - June 2004 |

  The following summary has been adapted from the 14 April 2004 University of Melbourne media release The University of Melbourne has recently established a Chair of Indigenous Health, and has appointed one of Australia’s leading Indigenous health experts, Professor Ian Anderson, to the position. The Head of the School of Population Health, Professor Terry Nolan, […]

• An Indigenous focus at the World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education, Melbourne 2004
  May 10, 2004 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 4 No 2 April 2004 - June 2004 |

  Health2004: the 18th World Conference on Health Promotion and Health Education was held on the land of the Kulin nation of peoples in Melbourne from April 26-30. The conference theme – Valuing diversity, reshaping power: exploring pathways for health and wellbeing – included an explicit focus on Indigenous health. It offered a unique opportunity to […]

• Links to Commonwealth Budget 2004-05: information of relevance to Indigenous health
  May 12, 2004 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 4 No 2 April 2004 - June 2004 |

  Federal Treasurer Peter Costello delivered his ninth Commonwealth Budget on Tuesday evening, 11 May 2004. The following links provide information on the Budget and its implications for Indigenous health. Full Budget details Full Commonwealth Budget details are available at the official Budget website. Health and Ageing Portfolio Budget 2004 – 2005 2004-05 Portfolio Budget Statements […]

• Launch of The health of Aboriginal children and young people
  June 3, 2004 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 4 No 2 April 2004 - June 2004 |

  (The following summary has been adapted from information provided by the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.) The health of Aboriginal children and young people was launched on 3 June 2004 at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, Western Australia (WA). The report is the first volume of findings from the Western Australian […]

• National Review of Indigenous Environmental Health Workers: input requested
  June 16, 2004 Posted in: Current topics | Vol 4 No 2 April 2004 - June 2004 |

  The National Review of Indigenous Environmental Health Workers is currently underway. It was initiated in response to several major reports that have highlighted the need to improve environmental health conditions to reduce disadvantage among Indigenous Australians. Identified priorities encompass safe and healthy living conditions, including basic rights to clean water, functional sewerage and safe food […]