Aboriginal Medical Service   

Opinion
Fifty years of deadly: what Aboriginal community control has achieved for our health
This NAIDOC Week, the theme is 50 Years of Deadly. For me, those words land with...
Donna Ah Chee 3 Jul 2026
Aunty Maria finds her family through Bindjareb Aged Care
For Aunty Maria, aged care services have not only helped her at home, they have...
Giovanni Torre 24 Jun 2026
NT Government extends alcohol bans in Aboriginal communities and town camps
The Northern Territory Government has announced an extension of the total alcoho...
Dechlan Brennan 18 Jun 2026
Community safety at risk if alcohol protections lapse, NT Aboriginal health body warns
The Northern Territory Government must provide certainty about how it will maint...
Dechlan Brennan 4 Jun 2026
'Something has gone wrong': jab push amid diphtheria outbreak
A serious outbreak of a disease most developed countries have relegated to the "...
Lloyd Jones 22 May 2026
Indigenous health bodies back coordinated response to diphtheria outbreak

The Commonwealth government's funding package in response to the country's largest diphtheria outbreak on record has been welcomed by Indigenous health bodies, who have encouraged everyone to make sur...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 21, 2026
New Indigenous vocational centre aims to boost jobs and training

A new national Indigenous vocational education body aimed at improving training and employment outcomes for First Nations people will be established under the Federal Government.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark May 8, 2026
Trailblazer, visionary and activist: Dr Naomi Mayers remembered as leading figure in Indigenous health

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died. Dr Naomi Mayers is being remembered as a trailblazer and visiona...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Apr 9, 2026
'She stood up for our people in every space she walked into': Tributes flow following passing of trailblazing figure Ann Weldon

NOTE: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following article contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died. Photos have been supplied and approved for use by family.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Apr 8, 2026
Community-led suicide prevention training to roll out in Broome

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...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 18, 2026
Fast-track ear surgery model transforming access to care in the East Pilbara

A fast-tracked ear surgery model being trialled in Western Australia's East Pilbara is showing how culturally safe logistics, local health partnerships and targeted corporate backing can remove one of...

R
Reece Harley Mar 13, 2026
Kimberley health leaders acknowledge Pat Turner’s many years of service

Health leaders in Western Australia's Kimberley have acknowledged the retirement of long-serving National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) chief executive Pat Turner.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 10, 2026
Experienced leader steps into key Central Australian Aboriginal health role

One of the Territory's most experienced Aboriginal health leaders is set to lead the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT), with Donna Ah Chee beginning her role as the body...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 3, 2026
'We refused to have that happen' - community members claim win after federal court sacks medical service board

The federal court has sacked the board of the South West Aboriginal Medical Service, nine days after finding it had engaged in "oppressive conduct" by dismissing members and a director.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 27, 2026
Federal Court finds South West Aboriginal Medical Service board used factional control and 'oppressive conduct' to expel members

A Federal Court judge has found the board of the South West Aboriginal Medical Service used factional control and "oppressive conduct" to avoid scrutiny and unfairly expel members and a director.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 18, 2026
Big Rivers Region welcomes first cohort of Aboriginal health trainees

The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) and Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal Corporation have marked a milestone in the Big Rivers Region, with the first cohort of traine...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Feb 17, 2026
Katherine West Health Board backs greater urgency, more action to implement Coroner's domestic violence recommendations

The Katherine West Health Board has welcomed the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory's report card assessing progress made against the Coroner's Inquest into the deaths of four Abo...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 16, 2026
'Be serious about this, because it’s taking our people' - Indigenous communities urged to access free lung cancer screenings

Gilbert Wanganeen is urging Indigenous people not to wait until it's too late when it comes to lung cancer. Launched in July 2025, the National Lung Cancer Screening Program offers free scans through...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Feb 12, 2026
Load More
@natindigtimes
Article Audio

Disclaimer: This function is AI-generated and therefore may mispronounce.

National Indigenous Times

Disclaimer: This function is AI-generated and therefore may mispronounce.