Health Services
In its first year of operating in Australia, the Santos Foundation has begun laying down foundations for change in the Northern Territory, with early investments focused on culturally safe health care...
Warning: this report mentions self-harm. More than half of Indigenous young people are experiencing a high level of psychological distress, according to a nationwide study of youth mental health.
Southwest Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health organisation Goondir recently received a donation of solar panels to help power its operations.
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...
Queensland Health have been hit with a class action over allegations of racial discrimination that claim Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people received inadequate healthcare spanning three deca...
The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service has withdrawn its support for Melbourne Storm after the NRL club's decision to cancel its Welcome to Country ceremony at the last moment ahead of this year's An...
Ten days out from the federal election, the peak body for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in the Northern Territory has called on all political parties to support better health outcome...
The installation of a cutting-edge CT scanner in Western Australia's Goldfields promises to make a crucial difference and fill a gap needed in the remote community.
Wiluna's Ngangganawili Aboriginal Health Service, located in remote Western Australia, will improve care for nearly 1,000 patients with the addition of three staff housing units.
Community leaders from the Cape and Torres region have welcomed the establishment of Cape and Torres Health Commissioning Ltd (CaTHC). The new entity is independent and community-controlled, focused o...
Employing more Indigenous health workers in remote communities could reduce the high staff turnover and improve the quality of care delivered to patients, a study has found.
First Nations health services will have certainty to plan for the medium-term future, as the federal government announced four-year rolling funding agreements from July 1, along with a $300 million fu...
North Stradbroke Island's Indigenous community convened to commemorate four decades of community-run health services on Friday. From its inception at Dunwich Hall on January 19, 1984 the provision of...