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VACCHO calls for community-led health investment ahead of Victorian election
The peak body for Indigenous-led health organisations in Victoria has called for...
Dechlan Brennan 1 Jun 2026
Indigenous health leaders welcome wins in Victorian Budget, but note it 'falls short in several key areas'
The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) says...
Giovanni Torre 5 May 2026
VACCHO marks 30 years of Aboriginal community-controlled health leadership in Victoria
The peak body for Victorian Indigenous community-controlled health organisations...
Dechlan Brennan 16 Apr 2026
Aged care reforms failing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, sector warns
The Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council is urging governments to t...
Giovanni Torre 24 Mar 2026
A decade of achievement: Aboriginal health education program producing the next generation of leaders
In the past decade, a TAFE NSW Aboriginal health training program has seen close...
Jarred Cross 8 Dec 2025
Indigenous leadership making an impact in push to eliminate cervical cancer

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and the community-controlled health sector are being recognised on World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day, Monday, for their leadership in Australia's progre...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 17, 2025
Peak bodies call for immediate action as Indigenous suicide rate hits new high

Warning: This story contains information about suicide and distressing statistics. Please read with care and reach out for support if needed.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Nov 14, 2025
Analysis: A hospital tried to make care fairer for Indigenous patients - the backlash says everything

When St Vincent's Hospital in Naarm introduced a policy ensuring Indigenous patients were triaged within 30 minutes of arrival, the results were immediate.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 6, 2025
$10 million Moorundi health hub 23 years in the making

The wellbeing of the Ngarrindjeri people was given a major long-term boost on Friday with the long-awaited opening of a multi-million-dollar health centre for the community in Murray Bridge on Ngarrin...

David Prestipino David Prestipino Aug 22, 2025
Aboriginal-led organisations honoured for suicide prevention work

This report discusses suicide, mental health, and suicide prevention. Waterlily Healing Indigenous Corporation and Perfectly Imperfect Consulting, based on Larrakia Country in Darwin, have received th...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 21, 2025
Additional Closing the Gap funding targets Indigenous health infrastructure

More than $500 million is being invested into Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations through the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 21, 2025
Young mob encouraged to FLIP THE VAPE and breathe easy

A mob-led health campaign is blazing a trail to encourage Aboriginal youth in Victoria to ditch vaping. Led by The Koori Way, a Victorian statewide anti-tobacco and anti-vaping health promotion initia...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 19, 2025
On World Hepatitis Day, experts urge nationwide action for First Nations hepatitis

On World Hepatitis Day this week NACCHO and Hepatitis Australia called for urgent national action, as Australia approaches its 2030 target to eliminate Hepatitis B and C.

Alexandra Giorgianni Alexandra Giorgianni Jul 29, 2025
Indigenous health body calls for greater investment in community-led diabetes care

The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) has used Diabetes Awareness Week to call for urgent and sustained investment in community-led solutions to tackle diabetes in...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 16, 2025
WA government must invest in closing the health gap, back Aboriginal-led services

Aboriginal health leaders at this year's West Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Sector Conference in Boorloo/Perth have raised concerns about the lack of investment in implementing the...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 7, 2025
Voice, Treaty, Truth key to closing health gap: GPs body takes a stand on NAIDOC Week

Indigenous representation, leadership, community-controlled organisations, and cultural and practical knowledge are critical to achieving health equity, the Royal Australian College of General Practit...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jul 7, 2025
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacist Scholarship recipients announced

Five outstanding students have been selected as recipients of the 2025 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacist Scholarship. Delivered by the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Or...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jun 25, 2025
NACCHO welcomes ministerial appointments amid push to Close the Gap

The national peak body for Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organisations has welcomed Labor's ministerial appointments, including the reappointment of Senator Malarndirri McCarthy as Minister f...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 16, 2025
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