- Sponsorship opportunities for the 2025 NACCHO Members’ Conference are still available!
- World Immunisation Day ACCHO Video Competition
- Congratulations Danila Dilba Health Service Midwives and deadly Kamika!
- Independent review finds SNAICC’s early years program transforms outcomes for Aboriginal children
- Sector Jobs
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.
Sponsorship opportunities for the 2025 NACCHO Members’ Conference are still available!
Becoming a conference sponsor will expose your business to up to 1,000 individuals + 250 organisations that are focused on delivering positive health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities.
- Contribute to the critical work of closing the health gap
- Gain visibility and recognition
- Amplify the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
- Foster essential partnerships that lead to improved health outcomes across the nation
Learn more here.
World Immunisation Day ACCHO Video Competition
World Immunisation Day’s coming up and that means… ACCHOs, it’s your time to shine! We want to see your most creative, cheeky, and clever ideas to get community rolling up their sleeves.
Create a fun, 90-second video that shows how we can Fab Jab & Roll Up, Show Up, Power Up for a stronger, healthier mob. Sing it, rap it, dance it, yarn it, act it, whatever gets the message out and makes people smile.
We will select a winning ACCHO from each category:
- Best Community Voice
- Best Storytelling/Narrative
- Best Original Song/Performance
- Best Humour/Comedy
- Best Youth-Led Video
- Most Innovative Approach
Winners will receive tickets, flights and accommodation to the 2025 NACCHO Members’ Conference.
Submissions close THIS WEEK, 1 November!
Submit your entry via: immunisations@naccho.org.au
Congratulations Danila Dilba Health Service Midwives and deadly Kamika!
Danila Dilba Health Service is proud to announce that, on Saturday night, deadly Danila Dilba Midwives and AHP Trainee, Kamika Pollard, took out their categories at the Northern Territory Primary Health Network (NT PHN) Health Professional of the Year Awards.
The midwives were awarded the title of Fox Education & Consultancy – RTO 40674’s Primary Healthcare Team of the Year, and Kamika took home the Charles Darwin University Rising Star of the Year Award.
See more here.
Image source: Danila Dilba Health Service
Independent review finds SNAICC’s early years program transforms outcomes for Aboriginal children
The national peak body for Indigenous children and families says an independent review has confirmed a self-determined and culturally safe learning model is a “highly valued and effective initiative”.
An independent Deloitte evaluation of the Early Years Support (EYS) program, run by SNAICC – National Voice for our Children, found the community-controlled intermediary model plays a “critical role in delivering direct, responsive support to services,” which has “contributed to improved service quality, reduced barriers to effective delivery, and alleviated administrative burden”.
This comes despite Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) continuing to face “significant operational and systemic challenges”.
“The strong relationships built by SNAICC Early Years Support have opened the doors for effective policy influence and development – fostered by a more connected ACCO sector,” the report said.
“This has created critical opportunities to work collectively with governments to lift child, family and community outcomes – in an increasingly co-ordinated, cohesive, and culturally strong ACCO service system.”
Read more here.
SNAICC CEO Catherine Liddle says the programs are proven to get the best outcomes for Indigenous children and families (Image: Ian Redfearn/ABC News)
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.
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and we will feature it in the news.