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Indigenous leaders partner with DrinkWise to raise FASD awareness
Indigenous leaders have teamed up with DrinkWise to encourage people to stay alc...
Joseph Guenzler 1 Sep 2025
Parliament hosts call to action on FASD education
Indigenous leaders, health experts, and policymakers have gathered in Canberra t...
Dechlan Brennan 25 Aug 2025
UQ launches first national guidelines for FASD diagnosis
The University of Queensland has released Australia's first national clinical gu...
Joseph Guenzler 14 May 2025
Baker Boy and DrinkWise launch new alcohol education campaign for Indigenous youth
DrinkWise has launched new alcohol education resources featuring Australian musi...
Joseph Guenzler 31 Oct 2024
Peak body calls for better access to foetal alcohol spectrum disorder intervention in the Top End
The peak body for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in the Norther...
Dechlan Brennan 9 Sep 2024
Indigenous healthcare professional, Dr Mark Wenitong, teams up with DrinkWise to urge mothers to abstain from alcohol

A leading Indigenous health practitioner has partnered with DrinkWise to urge women to abstain from drinking in the lead up and during pregnancy, as well as breastfeeding, in the lead up to Internatio...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 4, 2024
Griffith University secures $5 million grant to advance Tracking Cube project

Griffith University's research initiative, aimed at identifying neurodevelopmental disorders in at-risk children and adolescents, has secured a $5 million grant from the Medical Research Future Fund.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Mar 14, 2024
Respect for children's rights and health needs - the key to youth justice reform

I recently attended the CanFASD research network conference in Canada. One of the presenters was talking about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) and, in particular Gene...

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Dr Meg Perkins Nov 17, 2023
We do not need another inquiry into Aboriginal child sexual abuse in Australia

The call for (yet another) Royal Commission into poor outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations is not sensible nor would it deliver any new information about how to prevent and ma...

DrinkWise FASD awareness program in full effect ahead of annual Awareness Day

DrinkWise and medical professionals, including prominent Indigenous Health expert Dr. Mark Wenitong, have collaborated to recommend women avoid alcohol before and during pregnancy, as well as while br...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 6, 2023
Govt invests $18m to address FASD in central Australia

The federal government is investing $18.4 million to help children in central Australia with neurodevelopmental issues. Donna Ah-Chee, chief executive of the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, a...

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Rudi Maxwell Aug 24, 2023
Aboriginal Legal Service WA slams McGowan for claim medical disorders "just an excuse" for young offenders

The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA expressed outrage on Wednesday after comments by WA Premier Mark McGowan claiming medical conditions such as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder are "just an excuse".

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 10, 2023
'Strong Born' campaign to unite First Nations communities to yarn about FASD

The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), supported by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE), launched the Strong Born campaign on Wednesday aimed a...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Feb 22, 2023
The Roebourne foetal alcohol disorder sufferer turning disability into opportunity for local mob

For 43-year-old Ieramagadu (Roebourne) woman Rachel Sampson, her diagnosis of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder opened the door to work and putting smiles on the faces of mob in the Pilbara.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Nov 7, 2022
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