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Ebony Abbott-McCormack to lead Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
Central Arrernte woman Ebony Abbott-McCormack has been appointed chief executive...
Joseph Guenzler 24 Jul 2026
Congress members strengthen community-led stance against domestic and family violence
Members of Central Australian Aboriginal Congress have endorsed a change to the...
Nicole Brown 15 Jul 2026
Birthing on Country services secure $44m funding boost
Ten Birthing on Country services across the country will be funded for a further...
Dechlan Brennan 4 Jun 2026
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress reports diphtheria death in NT, Indigenous cases 98 per cent of outbreak
The diphtheria outbreak in the Northern Territory which has overwhelmingly impac...
Giovanni Torre 15 May 2026
Territory mourns loss of Central Australian leader Geoffrey Shaw OAM
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised the following...
Dechlan Brennan 19 Dec 2025
Aboriginal leaders urge men to confront violence ahead of holiday period

A Northern Territory health alliance says men, families, and community leaders need to unite to prevent violence against women and children over the holiday period.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 10, 2025
NT Aboriginal health leaders mark Diabetes Feet Day with call for greater investment in foot health

The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory and Central Australian Aboriginal Congress have called for greater awareness and investment in foot health to prevent avoidable amputations...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 12, 2025
Mparntwe Culture Care Connect Team wins Award for Excellence in Indigenous Healthcare

The Culture Care Connect Suicide Prevention Team was awarded the 2025 Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healthcare Award at the National Rural and Remote Health Awards held in Canber...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 6, 2025
Experts call for NT alcohol harm reduction measures to be retained

A group of community, health and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations have urged the NT government to retain the Minimum Unit Price (floor price) on alcohol across the Territory.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 11, 2025
Indigenous healthcare heroes among winners at National Rural and Remote Health Awards

Almost 200 rural health professionals and distinguished guests from across Australia gathered at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday night for the second annual National Rural and Remote...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 7, 2024
Central Australia health leader honoured as Menzies Medallion recipient

Dr Donna Ah Chee has been named as the recipient of the 2024 Menzies Medallion. The award is the highest offered by Menzies School of Health Research.

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Tiesha Hewitt Oct 30, 2024
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress: lowering age of criminal responsibility is a step backwards "we can’t risk taking"

Central Australian Aboriginal Congress has urged the Northern Territory government to reconsider its plans to lower the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 12 years to 10 years.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 15, 2024
New Alukura birthing service opens in Mparntwe/Alice Springs

The Central Australian Aboriginal Congress has opened the Alukura Midwifery Group Practice, which will allow women to keep the same midwife all the way through their pregnancy and birth.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 11, 2024
New mobile clinic boosts health outcomes in remote Indigenous communities

Central Australia's Indigenous communities now have access to improved health services through a new 4WD mobile clinic, aimed at enhancing diabetes treatment, education, and management in remote areas...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Apr 10, 2024
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress calls youth curfew "a necessary circuit breaker”

The impact of the two-week youth curfew in Mparntwe/Alice Springs announced by the Northern Territory government on Wednesday continues to reverberate, with the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 28, 2024
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress warns absence of inspectors will spark "new wave" of alcohol-driven harm in Alice Springs

Central Australian Aboriginal Congress warned on Monday that the Northern Territory government's decision to leave Alice Springs bottle shops without full coverage from Police Auxiliary Licensing Insp...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 18, 2024
More emergency nurses for Alice Springs to tackle healthcare workforce shortage

Alice Springs Hospital has started training its second cohort of registered nurses to work in the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit, as the Northern Territory government attempts to tackle...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 20, 2024
New Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opens in Alice Springs

Alice Springs residents will have better access to medical care with the opening of the new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic. Operated by the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (CAAC), the Alice Spring...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 4, 2023
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