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$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
What the world can learn from the Pacific
Many of the challenges Pacific peoples have navigated for generations are now be...
First Nations students graduate West Moreton Health’s Deadly Start program
Nineteen First Nations students in Queensland have developed the skills and expe...
Phoebe Blogg 30 Sep 2026
Too quick to remove, too slow to protect: What South Hedland tells us about WA child protection
I was born and raised in the Pilbara. Before becoming a psychologist, I spent cl...
Dr Tracy Westerman 30 Sep 2026
Paramedics taking lead on mental health callouts welcomed by First Nations health group

A Victorian Government announcement to put health professionals at the forefront of mental health callouts has been welcomed by the state's peak body for Aboriginal health organisations, which says th...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 29, 2026
First Nations perspective, leadership and knowledge critical to supporting young people's mental health

Current systems are not meeting the needs of First Nations people, and lack the cultural understanding and perspectives required to properly ensure mental wellbeing of young people, sector leaders hav...

Wakai Waian Healing moves Universal Aftercare into action across Zenadth Kes

Wakai Waian Healing is set to begin the second phase of its Universal Aftercare project across Zenadth Kes, with an initial focus on improving access to mental health education and regular psychology...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 25, 2026
Cape York study explores community responses to Sorry Business Bubbas

A new study has examined how Cape York families experience and respond to stillbirth, highlighting the importance of culturally appropriate care, family, ceremony and community support.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 24, 2026
Families gather for Welcome Baby to Country ceremony

Just two days after the birth of their son Creedence, Wanyi woman Cassandra and Kamilaroi man Dillon returned to Beaudesert Hospital for a Welcome Baby to Country ceremony on Mununjali Country.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 24, 2026
‘Support what we know works’: AMSANT calls on services sector to back Aboriginal community control

The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory has urged the broader community services sector to put Aboriginal community control into practice by embedding it in their own policies, pro...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 23, 2026
Exclusive: 'Like a ticking time bomb' - Call for greater support to tackle Huntington's disease in Indigenous communities

A serious health condition is quietly causing a major impact in Indigenous communities. Huntington's disease is a genetic, degenerative, fatal neurological condition.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 22, 2026
Indigenous health professionals awarded Ian O'Rourke Scholarships

Three Indigenous health professionals have been named recipients of the 2026 Ian O'Rourke Scholarship, supporting work to improve patient safety and culturally safe care across NSW Health.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 21, 2026
Increasing representation of Indigenous doctors not about numbers, but community wellbeing

Increasing representation in the medicine workforce can't just be about numbers, it's about ensuring their careers are successful ones, for themselves and their communities.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 18, 2026
Jalbu Hub marks first year by opening its doors to more Cairns / Gimuy women

Wuchopperen Health Service's Jalbu Hub has celebrated a year of supporting women and girls across the Cairns / Gimuy community. Since opening in Edmonton on September 15 last year, Jalbu Hub has suppo...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Sep 17, 2026
Indigenous researcher develops culturally safe menstrual health resources

Research led by an Aboriginal general practitioner and PhD student at the University of Western Australia has led to the development of culturally safe Aboriginal women's menstrual health resources.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 17, 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
'Broken by design' - Kimberley report calls for the end of centralised housing maintenance model

A new report from Kimberley Community Legal Services following a year long survey of 166 public housing tenants has revealed widespread failures in the delivery of public housing maintenance across th...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 17, 2026
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