NACCHO Sector News: 1 December 2025

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health News

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.

World AIDS Day 2025: ACCHOs key to ensuring no one is left behind

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people could become the first Indigenous peoples in the world to virtually eliminate HIV transmission – and it’s thanks to the tireless work of our ACCHOs.

The ACCHO sector is vital in maintaining low HIV rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and achieving virtual elimination.

Today, we would like to acknowledge the critical and highly skilled ACCHO sexual health and blood borne virus workforce who hold a safe space for community to talk openly, get tested and treated, without shame.

NACCHO continues to advocate for expanded access to culturally safe health promotion, testing and treatment pathways for all blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections.

Join NACCHO’s COVID-19 Evaluation Report Webinar & Live Q&A

NACCHO’s Covid-19 Evaluation Report: Webinar and live Q&A is being held Wednesday 3 December 2025, 1:00 PM – 1:35 PM AEDT. To register, go here.

Hear from Jason Agostino, Senior Medical Advisor at NACCHO, and George McMahon, Manager at Nous Group, as they unpack findings from the national evaluation of ACCHOs’ COVID-19 response.

  • Learn how flexible funding, local decision-making, and culturally safe communication saved an estimated 2,000 lives.
  • Explore what worked, what didn’t, and recommendations for future emergency preparedness.
  • Understand the role of Elders, cultural knowledge holders, and trusted community leaders in shaping health outcomes.

Registration close Tuesday 2 December 2025.

Grant Opportunity: The Remote Community Laundries Project

The Remote Community Laundries Project grant round is now open for applications on GrantConnect and will close on 13 February 2026. This grant is limited to communities in SA, WA, NT and QLD.

The Remote Community Laundries Project (the Project) will provide funding to establish or upgrade, maintain and operate laundry facilities in remote First Nations communities in northern and central Australia to 30 June 2029.

For more information, go here.

Any questions or queries related to the round can be directed to communitylaundries@niaa.gov.au.

Winners of Aboriginal health excellence awards celebrated in Darwin ceremony

Winners for this year’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker and Practitioner Excellence Awards have been announced at a ceremony in Darwin.

Since 2006, the awards have been held to recognise and acknowledge the contribution Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and practitioners make to their families, communities and the healthcare system across the NT.

The awards also recognise the efforts of the Territory’s future workforce and emerging leaders, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students studying an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) accredited course from within the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Training Package.

Read the full article here.

Minister for Health Steve Edgington with the winners of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker and Practitioner Excellence Awards. Picture: NT government

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.