Aboriginal Health
A new cancer care nursing position has been established in far western NSW to provide additional support to First Nations patients and their families.
The peak body for Indigenous-led health organisations in Victoria has called for practical, community-led investments to improve Aboriginal health and wellbeing while reducing long-term pressure on th...
Ten Aboriginal healthcare students in Tasmania have each been awarded awarded Ida West Aboriginal Health Scholarships in support of their tertiary studies.
In Port Hedland, access to healthcare has never been straightforward. Distances are vast, services are stretched, and for many Aboriginal families, the health system itself can feel unfamiliar and dif...
Almost $900,000 in funding from the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation will soon see a centralised local community health hub operate on the New South Wales central coast.
Australia has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, the World Health Organisation says, in a landmark achievement. The world's leading infectious cause of preventable blindness, trachoma is...
New data shows that in 2024-25, the ACT Government spent an estimated $36.2 million on detaining Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Alexander Maconochie Centre and the Bimberi Youth J...
Yarrabah's new $2.3 million cancer care program is set to provide culturally safe support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and families, with the community-controlled initiative aimi...
Aboriginal school leavers in the Northern Territory will be offered supported career pathways into nursing and midwifery under a new government program.
Warning: The following article contains references to suicide, which may be distressing to some readers. Recently published data indicates the need for culturally safe mental health care for Aborigina...
Seeing a trusted familiar face who can offer advice makes a difference for community members accessing healthcare, Aboriginal health worker Vicki Gardner says.
The Victorian government has announced funding for Koori Maternity Services across the state. The $15.8 million funding boost will support ten Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACC...
An Aboriginal Liaison Officer walks the halls of Armadale Health Service just outside Boorloo/Perth in season two of NITV's Our Medicine, her infectious laugh carrying beyond the rooms she visits.