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MJD Foundation travels far and wide to support remote Indigenous families
The MJD Foundation travelled approximately 34,000 kilometres across 27 outreach...
Joseph Guenzler 10 Nov 2026
New app helps Aboriginal families track children’s ear health
Aboriginal families are helping shape a new phone app designed to make it easier...
Jackson Clark 6 Nov 2026
New documentary highlights kidney transplant inequalities experienced by Indigenous Australians
A new documentary is drawing attention to the difficulties Aboriginal and Torres...
Jackson Clark 27 Oct 2026
New recruitment pathway to support Aboriginal nurses and midwives in WA
A new recruitment initiative has been introduced in Western Australia to help mo...
Jackson Clark 25 Oct 2026
$2.2m funding boost for First Nations iron testing project
A new quantum sensing technology designed to improve the diagnosis of iron disor...
Jackson Clark 5 Oct 2026
'You've got to get on to them, straight up' - Stolen Generations survivor shares powerful message for Liver Cancer Awareness Month

A Stolen Generations Survivor who discovered his liver cancer by chance has lent his voice to a new community campaign designed to highlight the disproportionate impact the disease has on Indigenous p...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Oct 5, 2026
Opinion: Our Aboriginal children are being failed by a system meant to protect them

Every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child deserves the chance to grow up healthy, strong in identity and Culture, connected to family, Community and Country and surrounded by the people who kn...

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Sheree Lowe Sep 17, 2026
New health precinct supports recovery for Indigenous Canberrans

A new health services for vulnerable Canberrans is due to open next month following the completion of the Watson Health Precinct. The new facility includes a new 24-bed residential alcohol and other d...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 8, 2026
'A powerful way of sharing culture, knowledge and connection to Country' - Maari Ma Indigenous Art Awards entries open

The Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Health Corporation, Broken Hill City Art Gallery, and West Darling Arts have opened entries for the 2026 Maari Ma Indigenous Art Awards (MMIAA).

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 4, 2026
Central Australian health hub sets NT sustainability benchmark with 6-Star rating

A recently opened health hub in Central Australia has become the highest-rated Green Star building in the Northern Territory after receiving a 6-Star Green Star Design and As Built certification.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 31, 2026
‘Let her death not be in vain’: CQUniversity PhD tackles neglected tropical disease

A promise made more than 25 years ago has culminated in CQUniversity research that could help transform Australia's response to one of its most neglected tropical diseases.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 14, 2026
WA's Rheumatic Heart Disease Strategic Framework aims to drive change

The Western Australian Government a new strategic framework which sets out a shared vision to eliminate new cases of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) in WA by 2036, through Aboriginal-led prevention, equ...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 14, 2026
Aboriginal health body calls for funding of women’s drug and alcohol rehabilitation model

The peak body for Victorian Indigenous health organisations has called on the state Government to fund a new Aboriginal-led alcohol and other drug (AOD) detoxification and rehabilitation service desig...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 10, 2026
Ebony Abbott-McCormack to lead Central Australian Aboriginal Congress

Central Arrernte woman Ebony Abbott-McCormack has been appointed chief executive of Central Australian Aboriginal Congress. The organisation's Aboriginal board appointed Ms Abbott-McCormack to lead Co...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 24, 2026
Akeyulerre Healing Centre earns global recognition with architecture grounded in Arrernte knowledge

An Aboriginal-led healing centre in the heart of Mparntwe / Alice Springs has been recognised on the world stage, proving that when First Nations people lead the design of their own spaces, the result...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jul 23, 2026
AHCSA marks 25 years of community-controlled health leadership

The Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia is marking 25 years since it was incorporated as an independent, community-controlled organisation.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 3, 2026
New mobile clinic to bring lung cancer screening to Arnhem Land, Groote Eylandt, Tiwi Islands and Wadeye

Mobile specialist healthcare provider, Heart of Australia, has expanded their operations to the Northern Territory to deliver access to the National Lung Cancer Screening Program (NLCSP) with the laun...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 29, 2026
More than a career: Why the Territory needs more Aboriginal doctors

For many Aboriginal people, a visit to the doctor is never just about the appointment. It can be the difference between feeling understood or feeling invisible.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jun 25, 2026
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