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Posted: June 16, 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 […]

Posted: June 3, 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 […]

Posted: May 12, 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 […]

Posted: May 10, 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 […]

Posted: April 23, 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, […]

Posted: March 4, 2004
A campaign for Indigenous health rights, by Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR), was launched in Sydney on February 19, 2004. The Healing Hands initiative is led by a group of eminent Indigenous Australians advising ANTaR, including Patrick Dodson, Prof. Lowitja O’Donohue and Dr. Bill Jonas. The campaign seeks to raise awareness of Indigenous […]

Posted: February 3, 2004
Healthway (the Western Australian Health Promotion Foundation) provides grants to health and research organisations as well as sponsorships to sport, arts, racing and community groups which encourage healthy lifestyles and advance health promotion programs. Ms Carol Innes is the first Indigenous person to hold a Healthway Board position. She previously served on Healthway’s Arts Advisory […]

Posted: January 5, 2004
Indigenous special interest group The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Special Interest Group of the Public Health Association (PHA) held a workshop recently at the PHA Annual Conference. This was held in Brisbane from 28 September – 1 October 2003. The traditional ‘welcome to country’ by Flo Watson was very moving and significant and […]

Posted: November 14, 2003
This summary has been adapted from the following media releases: ATSIC, 31 October 2003; Message Stick, ABC, 31 October 2003; and Message Stick, ABC, 3 November 2003 Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Philip Ruddock launched ATSIC’s family violence strategy in August 2003. The strategy is part of a long-term commitment by ATSIC to take a lead […]

Posted: October 27, 2003
Kelvin, Marilyn and Marlene grew up in Shoal Bay, NSW with their mother Grace and their extended family from the Worimi (located north of Newcastle in the Port Stephens area). All three have gone on to form part of the new wave of Indigenous medical graduates from NSW. Kelvin is presently training at John Hunter […]