- Minister for Health and Ageing outlines the Rudd Government’s plans to ‘Close the gap’
Posted: October 1, 2008
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, outlined the Rudd Government’s plans to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians at the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses Annual Conference, ‘CATSIN Dreaming’, held on 10 September 2008 in Adelaide. - A review of the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous Australian peoples – considerations, challenges and opportunities (peer reviewed)
Posted: October 1, 2008
Garvey D (2008) A review of the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous Australian peoples – considerations, challenges and opportunities. Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin 8(4). Retrieved [access date] from http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/a-review-of-the-social-and-emotional-wellbeing-of-indigenous-australian-peoples-considerations-challenges-and-opportunities/ - Inaugural Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Advisory Board meeting
Posted: September 22, 2008
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet‘s Advisory Board convened for the first time on 18 September 2008. The purpose of the Advisory Board is to provide expert strategic advice to the Director and Executive Group of the HealthInfoNet to assist in optomising the HealthInfoNet‘s contributions to “closing the gap” between the health of Indigenous and other Australians.The […] - Close the gap – the national Indigenous health equality targets
Posted: August 1, 2008
The national Indigenous health equality targets were presented to the Federal government and the Opposition by the Close the Gap Coalition in July 2008. - Apology at the Aboriginal male health summit 2008
Posted: July 24, 2008
The Aboriginal male health summit, Taking care of our children, taking the next steps, was held 30 June to 3 July 2008, at Ross River, Northern Territory in central Australia. - Indigenous Health Equality Council established
Posted: July 11, 2008
The Commonwealth Health Minister, Nicola Roxon announced the composition of the Indigenous Health Equality Council in Adelaide on 10 July 2008.The Council will be chaired by Professor Ian Anderson, who has worked in Aboriginal health for more than twenty years. Professor Anderson is currently the Director of Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit and the Centre […] - Northern Territory Emergency Response: one year on
Posted: July 3, 2008
The Howard Australian Government announced the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) on 21 June 2007 to protect ‘Aboriginal children from child abuse’ and to ‘stabilise and protect communities in the crisis area’. The NTER was its response to the report Little Children are Sacred from the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of […] - Launch of publication: Indigenous identity in contemporary psychology: dilemmas, developments, directions
Posted: July 2, 2008
An important new publication – ‘Indigenous identity in contemporary psychology: dilemmas, developments, directions’ – was launched at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies of Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia on 30 April. - Review of the NHMRC Road Map: a strategic framework for improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health through research
Posted: May 22, 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. - Links to Australian Government Budget 2008-09: information of relevance to Indigenous health
Posted: May 14, 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.
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