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Yarrabah launches $2.3m community-controlled cancer care program
Yarrabah's new $2. 3 million cancer care program is set to provide culturally sa...
Jackson Clark 14 Apr 2026
Art and creativity tackle taboos in remote communities
Art and creative expression are helping rewrite Indigenous health outcomes in a...
Maeve Bannister 26 Mar 2026
Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services tackling RHD in Yarrabah and beyond with creative new programs
In 2026, Gold Coast public health worker Renee Grosso is proving the most powerf...
Phoebe Blogg 25 Mar 2026
Health, skills and self-determination: Foundation’s first year delivers gains for Aboriginal Territorians
In its first year of operating in Australia, the Santos Foundation has begun lay...
Nicole Brown 18 Dec 2025
EXCLUSIVE: 59 per cent of Indigenous young people experiencing high levels of psychological distress
Warning: this report mentions self-harm. More than half of Indigenous young peop...
Jarred Cross 8 Oct 2025
Goondir Health Services boosted by solar upgrade

Southwest Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health organisation Goondir recently received a donation of solar panels to help power its operations.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Aug 26, 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
State sued over 28 years of racism claim

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...

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Emma Kirk May 21, 2025
Victorian Aboriginal Health Service parts company with Melbourne Storm over 'lack of respect'

The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service has withdrawn its support for Melbourne Storm after the NRL club's decision to cancel its Welcome to Country ceremony at the last moment ahead of this year's An...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson May 10, 2025
Call for all parties to support better health outcomes for Aboriginal Territorians

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...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Apr 24, 2025
Australia’s first Indigenous medical imaging service installs groundbreaking CT in remote WA

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.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jan 30, 2025
Staff housing units boost remote Aboriginal health service

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.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Dec 19, 2024
New community-controlled health commissioning body in Cape and Torres region established

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...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Sep 6, 2024
Hiring more locals could improve remote health care

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.

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Aaron Bunch Aug 29, 2024
New funding and four-year guarantee boosts Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations nationwide

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...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 15, 2024
Yulu-Burri-Ba marks 40 years of advancing Aboriginal health services

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...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler May 14, 2024
Indigenous health experts launch recommendations to tackle diet-related chronic disease

The Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in partnership with Deakin University's Institute for Health Transformation launched the Food Policies for Aboriginal and Torres Strai...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 19, 2024
Mobile barber initiative helps cut through health barriers in Indigenous communities

In a collaborative effort to tackle health issues among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in South-West Queensland, Goondir Health Services and Origin Energy have joined forces.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Feb 16, 2024
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