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• Good tucker, good health: National Nutrition Networks Conference ’08
  April 1, 2008 Posted in: Current topics | Nutrition | Vol 8 No 2, April 2008 - June 2008 |

  The Good tucker – good health conference, the first of its kind since 1999

• Australia 2020 Summit
  April 23, 2008 Posted in: Current topics | Health | Policies | Vol 8 No 2, April 2008 - June 2008 |

  The Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd convened the Australia 2020 Summit at Parliament House on 19 and 20 April 2008 to help shape a long term strategy for the nation’s future. To do this, 1000 Australians were brought together to debate and develop long-term options for the nation, in relation to ten topics: The productivity agenda […]

• Links to Australian Government Budget 2008-09: information of relevance to Indigenous health
  May 14, 2008 Posted in: Current topics | Health | Vol 8 No 2, April 2008 - June 2008 |

  Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan delivered his first Australian Government Budget on Tuesday evening, 13 May 2008. The following links provide information on the Budget and its implications for Indigenous health.

• Review of the NHMRC Road Map: a strategic framework for improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health through research
  May 22, 2008 Posted in: Cultural ways | Current topics | Research | Vol 8 No 2, April 2008 - June 2008 |

  The Strategic Framework for Improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health through Research (the Road Map), originally developed in 2002, is now under review.