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Moombaki scholarship supports First Nations medical students
Curtin University has launched a new scholarship aimed at supporting more Aborig...
Jackson Clark 17 Aug 2026
Pacific-led research puts Indigenous health at centre of precision medicine
Pacific researchers, clinicians and community leaders have gathered in Sāmoa to...
Joseph Guenzler 11 Aug 2026
Akeyulerre Healing Centre earns global recognition with architecture grounded in Arrernte knowledge
An Aboriginal-led healing centre in the heart of Mparntwe / Alice Springs has be...
Nicole Brown 23 Jul 2026
Gomeroi artist honours LifeFlight through artwork
Emerging contemporary Indigenous artist and Gomeroi woman Melinda Luscombe refle...
Joseph Guenzler 14 Jul 2026
Indigenous family celebrates powerful medical legacy
Proud Dharawal and Wiradjuri woman Dr Tatum Maybir has helped create a powerful...
Jackson Clark 11 Jun 2026
First Nations cancer nurse appointed to support Broken Hill patients

A new cancer care nursing position has been established in far western NSW to provide additional support to First Nations patients and their families.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jun 10, 2026
Jaru and Yindjibarndi doctor receives WA Day Award for health leadership

A Jaru and Yindjibarndi doctor has been recognised for his work improving health care for some of Western Australia's most vulnerable people.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jun 4, 2026
Pilbara communities host next generation of rural and remote doctors

A week-long program introducing junior doctors to life and work in remote Western Australia has wrapped up in the Pilbara, as health organisations continue efforts to address workforce shortages acros...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark May 11, 2026
'Our Medicine' returns with focus on First Nations care and community-led healing

An Aboriginal Liaison Officer walks the halls of Armadale Health Service just outside Boorloo/Perth in season two of NITV's Our Medicine, her infectious laugh carrying beyond the rooms she visits.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 23, 2026
Nyul Nyul man honoured at WA Rural Health Excellence Awards

A Nyul Nyul man from the Kimberley has been recognised for his contribution to Aboriginal health at this year's WA Rural Health Excellence Awards.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 17, 2026
Kimberley health leaders acknowledge Pat Turner’s many years of service

Health leaders in Western Australia's Kimberley have acknowledged the retirement of long-serving National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) chief executive Pat Turner.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Mar 10, 2026
Anindilyakwa women strengthen community enterprise through Bush Medijina rebrand

Anindilyakwa women on Groote Eylandt have launched a new chapter for their community-owned enterprise, Bush Medijina. The 100 per cent Indigenous-owned, women-led social enterprise has unveiled a refr...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 26, 2026
Murdoch University awards Honorary Doctorate to Noongar medicine practitioner Vivienne Hansen

Murdoch University has awarded an Honorary Doctorate to Vivienne Hansen, recognising her lifetime dedication to sharing, teaching, and advocating for Noongar culture, language and knowledge.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 13, 2026
Recording Martu knowledge on Country to support future generations

Martu rangers and language workers from the Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa Aboriginal Corporation have been travelling across Western Australia's Western Desert this month, documenting knowledge about native pl...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Feb 10, 2026
Yuin student makes her own way to paramedicine studies

Proud Yuin woman, Savannah Bolt, has entered her second year of university despite finishing high school without an ATAR. Ms Bolt is now studying a Bachelor of Paramedicine at Charles Darwin Universit...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 28, 2026
Nyul Nyul health practitioner awarded WA research scholarship

A Pilbara-based Aboriginal health practitioner has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to undertake further study in Indigenous research. Sharon Lockyer, a proud Nyul Nyul woman from Beagle Bay, is...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jan 20, 2026
Language program trials new support for Navajo children with speech delays

First Nations Diné and Acoma Pueblo speech pathologist and researcher, Joshuaa Allison-Burbank, is leading a study which aims to support children experiencing speech delays by working within th...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 1, 2026
Young Indigenous doctors heading back to Country to practice medicine

At only eight years old, Brianna Ozies had already decided she wanted to be a doctor. The proud Djugan woman had firsthand experience of the Indigenous health gap in her hometown of Derby, so she was...

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