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• Ethics Council established for the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples
  January 13, 2010 Posted in: Current topics | Ethics | Policies | Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010 |

  The inaugural Ethics Council has been established for the new representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples.

• RHD Australia: a national approach to rheumatic heart disease prevention and management
  January 25, 2010 Posted in: Cardiovascular health | Current topics | Health services | Social issues | Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010 |

  The Federal Government has announced that it will spend $2.5 million to help combat rheumatic heart disease (RHD) and acute rheumatic fever (ARF), through the establishment of RHDAustralia, a new centre dedicated to prevention and management of the disease.

• Indigenous Health Workers gain national voice
  February 2, 2010 Posted in: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers | Current topics | Health services | Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010 |

  The formation of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers Association has been formally acknowledged by the Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowden, in Ceduna, South Australia.

• Prime Minister Rudd delivers his second Closing the Gap statement to Parliament
  February 12, 2010 Posted in: Current topics | Policies | Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010 |

  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered his second Closing the Gap statement to Parliament on 11 February 2010. He defended the present Government’s record on reducing Indigenous disadvantage.

• The new Lowitja Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research launched
  March 3, 2010 Posted in: Cultural ways | Current topics | Ethics | Policies | Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010 |

  The new Lowitja Institute, launched in February 2010, will focus on Indigenous health research and will host the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health (CRCATSIH).

• Indigenous women get voice in Canberra
  March 15, 2010 Posted in: Cultural ways | Current topics | Policies | Social determinants | Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010 | Women |

  Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin announced the establishment of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance

• First Congress Lowitja meeting
  March 31, 2010 Posted in: Current topics | Research | Vol 10 No 1, January 2010 - March 2010 |

  The first meeting of Congress Lowitja, held at the Aboriginal Health College at Little Bay in Sydney on 23-24 March, provided the opportunity for stakeholders to consider the Lowitja Institute’s research agenda