Aboriginal Health
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.
Nine Aboriginal-led researchers have been awarded funding to support research projects under the NSW Government's Aboriginal Heart Health Grant program.
Warning: The following article contains references to suicide, which may distress some readers. Suicide rates in Western Australia's Kimberley region remain among the highest in the world, with Aborig...
A $100 million joint investment from the Federal and New South Wales governments is set to boost First Nations vocational education and training across NSW ahead of National Closing the Gap Day.
