NACCHO Sector News: 21 July 2025

The NACCHO Sector News is a platform we use to showcase the important work being done in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, focusing on the work of NACCHO, NACCHO members and NACCHO affiliates.

We also share a curated selection of news stories that are of likely interest to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector, broadly.

Present at the 2025 NACCHO Members’ Conference!

Express your interest in presenting at the 2025 NACCHO Members’ Conference by filling out our EOI Form.

The EOI Form will remain open until 31 July 2025. The Conference Team will be in touch once we have had a chance to consider all the EOI’s.

Complete the form here.

This year’s NACCHO Members’ Conference will take place from Tuesday 9 to Wednesday 10 December 2025 at the Royal Randwick Racecourse, Sydney. The Conference theme is Strength Comes from Community Control. For more information about the conference, go here.

Webinar: Understanding bulk billing changes for GPs and practices

The Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing invites GPs and general practices to attend a webinar on upcoming changes to bulk billing, including:

  • the expansion of bulk billing incentives to all Medicare-eligible Australians.
  • the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP).

From 1 November 2025, these changes will:

  • provide additional funding to GPs and practices that bulk bill their patients.
  • establish the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program which will provide an additional 12.5% incentive payment when GPs and their practice bulk bill all eligible patients for all eligible services.
  • support patients to access the primary care services they need.

The webinar will demonstrate how more than 4,800 practices will be financially better off if they switch to bulk billing, explain how to join BBPIP, and provide time for a Q&A.

Dates and times: Please click on a link below to register for the webinar at your preferred date and time:

  • Monday 4 August at 10.30-11.30 (AEST). Register here.
  • Wednesday 6 August at 16.00-17.00 (AEST). Register here.
  • Friday 8 August at 13.00-14.00 (AEST). Register here.

Which Way? Quit Pack – National Consultation

Which Way? invites you to join this national consultation webinar ahead of the project re-launch of Which Way? Quit Pack across the country in early 2026. At this webinar you will meet the Which Way? team to hear about the successes of the Quit Pack pilot, plans for a national rollout including proposed governance structure and ways your community can get involved.

Date and time

Wednesday, 6 Aug 2025 (12:00 PM – 1:00 PM AEST)

Register here.

Fostering a healthy start to life for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families

An exciting PhD opportunity exists for students interested in research targeting transformation of cycles of intergenerational trauma into cycles of healing and recovery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. The Relighting the Firesticks project is a large Aboriginal-led, MRFF-funded project working to 1) Integrate and evaluate Aboriginal-led trauma-aware, healing-informed health promotion interventions to foster a healthy start to life and 2) Establish tools, resources and infrastructure to progress towards sustainability.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this scholarship. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are automatically eligible for a University of Melbourne PhD scholarship stipend of $52300 for 3.5 years of full-time study. Additionally, all successful applicants will be offered a ‘top-up’ of $15,000 p.a, and will be able to apply for up to $5,000 p.a. for travel and study expenses, provided by the Relighting the Firesticks project funded by the Medical Research Future Fund.

Learn more here.

Sector Jobs – you can see sector job listings on the NACCHO website here.

Advertising Jobs – to advertise a job vacancy click here to go to the NACCHO website current job listings webpage. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find a Post A Job form. You can complete this form with your job vacancy details – it will then be approved for posting and go live on the NACCHO website.