HealthBulletin Journal

Current topics

• Announcement of Australia’s support of the UN Indigenous rights declaration
  April 6, 2009 Posted in: Cultural ways | Current topics | Policies | Vol 9 No 2, April 2009 - June 2009 |

  Australia has officially backed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, reversing the Howard Government’s vote against it in 2007.

• The Australian Government Budget 2009-10: information of relevance to Indigenous health
  May 13, 2009 Posted in: Current topics | Health | Policies | Vol 9 No 2, April 2009 - June 2009 |

  Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan delivered his second Australian Government Budget on Tuesday evening, 12 May 2009. The following links provide information on the Budget and its implications for Indigenous health.

• New estimates of Indigenous life expectancy
  May 27, 2009 Posted in: Current topics | Deaths | Population | Vol 9 No 2, April 2009 - June 2009 |

  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has produced substantially revised estimates of the life expectancy of Indigenous people in Australia.

• The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation consultations begin
  May 29, 2009 Posted in: Current topics | Policies | Social and emotional wellbeing | Vol 9 No 2, April 2009 - June 2009 |

  The Healing Foundation Development Team has begun conducting community workshops across Australia to listen to ideas for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation. The establishment of the Healing Foundation was announced by the Australian Government in its 2009-10 Budget and funding of $26.6 million over four years was allocated.

• New portfolio announced for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery
  June 9, 2009 Posted in: Current topics | Policies | Remote | Rural | Vol 9 No 2, April 2009 - June 2009 |

  A new portfolio for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery has been created in a Federal Government Cabinet shuffle.