- Additional $33 million for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care
- Significant drop in incarceration rates possible
- Johnathan Thurston launches Cairns youth program
- Job Alert
Additional $33 million for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care
The Hon. Greg Hunt MP
Minister for Health
The Hon. Ken Wyatt MP
Minister for Indigenous Australians
The Hon. Warren Entsch MP
Federal Member for Leichhardt
The Morrison Government will provide an additional $33 million to strengthen primary health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The funding, to be provided over three years, will help to ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can access culturally appropriate primary health care, when and where they need it.
Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) and other eligible providers will be able to apply for grants, to improve health outcomes in the communities who need it most.
As well as delivering better, more effective health care, the grants will empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities to better manage their own health.
Federal Leichhardt MP Warren Entsch said the Morrison Government is providing this funding to ensure a further step towards closing the gap on health, especially by reducing preventable disease and hospitalisation.
Key stakeholders, including the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation and the Australian Medical Association, were closely involved in developing the revised funding model.
To read the full media release click here.
Significant drop in incarceration rates possible
Incarceration rates can be reduced significantly and quickly if backed by government, and this can be achieved without compromising community health.
Higher targets to reduce the over-representation of First Nations People in Australia’s criminal justice system could be achieved more quickly and safely based on new data, the New South Wales Bar Association said today.
To read the media release click here.
Johnathan Thurston launches Cairns youth program
The JTConnect program, sponsored by the Deadly Choices Indigenous health campain, is being launched by the Johnathan Thurston Academy today. The program is aimed at improving young people’s confidence, courage and self-belief and inspiring Australia’s next generation to pursue the employment and career options which spark their interest. The program will be offered free to schools and open to students aged 15 years and over.
To read more about the JTConnect program click here.
Image source: Johnathan Thurston Academy website.
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