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NACCHO Sector News: 6 November 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.

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Boiling every drop: families in the Kimberley still fighting for healthy homes

In a remote Kimberley community, a mother describes how she must boil water before her children can drink it.

“Good water, only for adults, not for babies. You have to boil it for babies and kids. And we have this problem, those drains, some are open,” she says.

Her voice is one of more than 200 heard in new research revealing how Aboriginal families across WA’s Kimberley region still battle unsafe drinking water, broken plumbing and overcrowded homes – conditions which fuel preventable skin infections, respiratory illness and poor mental health.

The study, published this year in Health & Place, was led by University of WA researcher Dr Samantha Enkel in partnership with Kimberley Aboriginal health organisations through the SToP (See, Treat, Prevent) Trial, which aimed to halve childhood skin infections across nine remote communities.

Read the full article.

The road to a remote Kimberley community. (Image: Natasha Clark)

The road to a remote Kimberley community. (Image: Natasha Clark)

Bullinah Aboriginal Health Service’s ‘rising star’ honoured at national awards

Courtney Smith-Garbutt of the Bullinah Aboriginal Health Service was named Rising Star in Rural/Remote Health at the 2025 National Rural and Remote Health Awards on Wednesday evening.

Ms Smith-Garbutt is an emerging leader in rural health whose initiative, cultural insight, and dedication are making a significant impact in her Aboriginal community.

As a medical receptionist at Bullinah Aboriginal Health Service, she identified a key gap in diabetes education and took action; securing grant funding, coordinating a multidisciplinary team, and delivering the Bullinah Diabetes Management Education Day.

The event exceeded expectations, engaging 25 participants and providing “culturally relevant, holistic education” on type 2 diabetes, the Award organisers said.

“By addressing barriers and supporting proactive management, these efforts have contributed to better health outcomes for people living with, or at risk of, diabetes in our community,” Ms Smith-Garbutt told Rural Health Pro.

Read the full article.

Courtney Smith-Garbutt. Image: Rural Health Pro.

Courtney Smith-Garbutt. Image: Rural Health Pro.

Moree’s Renaye Madden wins national health award

MOREE dietitian Renaye Madden has won a national health award for co-developing a First Nations-focused, fussy eating resource for children.

Renaye was announced the winner at the Rural Health Pro National Rural and Remote Health Awards at the National Press Club in Canberra last night.

Renaye, a dietitian at Pius X Aboriginal Medical Service in Moree and Associate Lecturer in Allied Health at the Department of Rural Health, was presented the Dedication to Health in a Remote Location Award.

“I’m so lucky to receive this award, and it wouldn’t have happened without the amazing support of the Moree community,” Renaye said.

“Thank-you to everyone who welcomed me, shared their knowledge, and worked alongside me to make this project possible. This recognition belongs to all of us,” she said.

Read the full article

Moree’s Renaye Madden (right) at the Rural Health Pro National Rural and Remote Health Awards on Wednesday night with Department of Rural Health nominees Heidi Lavis and Miriam Grotowski.

Moree’s Renaye Madden (right) at the Rural Health Pro National Rural and Remote Health Awards on Wednesday night with Department of Rural Health nominees Heidi Lavis and Miriam Grotowski.

Pharmacy Guild appoints Linda Burney Chair of newly-established First Nations Pharmacy Network

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is proud to announce the establishment of the First Nations Pharmacy Network. This landmark initiative will strengthen culturally safe and healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The Guild is honoured to welcome The Honourable Linda Burney, a proud Wiradjuri woman and former Minister for Indigenous Australians, as the inaugural Chair of the Network.

The announcement was made at the Guild’s Annual Parliamentary Dinner, held at Parliament House in Canberra before more than 400 political and industry stakeholders. It marks a significant milestone in the Guild’s Community Pharmacy Indigenous Health Strategy, which aims to embed cultural safety, amplify community voices, and improve health outcomes for First Nations communities across Australia.

“We know there can be no Closing the Gap without collaboration,” said Professor Trent Twomey, National President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia.

With the expert guidance of Linda Burney as Chair, we are committed to ensuring culturally safe, accessible, and community-led care remains at the heart of our sector.”

Read the full article.

 

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NACCHO Sector News: 4 November 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.

Aboriginal-led schools program teaches healthy habits for life

‘Our Healthy Kids’, a culturally safe, Aboriginal-led primary school program is supporting Aboriginal young people in NSW to strengthen their knowledge of health and wellbeing and develop lifelong healthy habits.

More than 5,000 children have participated in the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council program, which is being supported by an Aboriginal Affairs NSW ‘Delivering Better Outcomes’ grant.
“Teaching all children about health-related topics from a younger age encourages them to think critically about healthier choices and starts a positive shift for the next generation. It gives them access to information I never received in school, setting them up with knowledge and habits that can shape their futures.”

Read the full article.

‘Our Healthy Kids’ Educator Jarrod said, “Delivered by Aboriginal educators and aligned with the NSW PDHPE curriculum, the program covers eight key areas of health, including physical activity, mental wellbeing, and hygiene, through engaging classroom and outdoor activities, including Indigenous games.”

‘Our Healthy Kids’ Educator Jarrod said, “Delivered by Aboriginal educators and aligned with the NSW PDHPE curriculum, the program covers eight key areas of health, including physical activity, mental wellbeing, and hygiene, through engaging classroom and outdoor activities, including Indigenous games.”

Strengthening the Visiting Optometrists Scheme: A 50-Year Vision

When an optometrist flies into a small outback airstrip or drives hours across red dirt roads to reach a remote clinic, they’re not just providing an eye test; they’re restoring independence, education, and wellbeing to people who might otherwise go years without care. For fifty years, the Visiting Optometrists Scheme (VOS) has quietly delivered this lifeline across Australia’s most isolated communities, ensuring access to eye care where geography and circumstance might otherwise deny it.

Last week, as National Rural Health Month approached, Optometry Australia (OA) hosted a celebration at Parliament House in Canberra to mark the VOS’s 50th anniversary. Federal parliamentarians, community leaders, sector stakeholders and outreach optometrists gathered to honour a program that, since 1975, has helped prevent avoidable blindness and bridged one of the starkest divides in the nation’s health system: access to vision care.

Read the full article.

Celebrating 50 years of VOS at Parliament House. Image (L-R): Fiona Moore (OQNT Board Director), Theo Charalambous (OA President), Monica Barolits-McCabe (Executive Director, NACCHO), Lose Fonua (CEO, First Nations Eye Health Alliance)

Celebrating 50 years of VOS at Parliament House. Image (L-R): Fiona Moore (OQNT Board Director), Theo Charalambous (OA President), Monica Barolits-McCabe (Executive Director, NACCHO), Lose Fonua (CEO, First Nations Eye Health Alliance)

Radio interview – Triple M Hobart – Womens healthcare access

TUBES (HOST): We are joined by the Federal Labor and Member for Lyons, the Assistant Minister for Women, Health and Aged Care and Indigenous Health –  Rebecca White, good morning.

REBECCA WHITE: Morning Tubes, morning Kaz, thanks for having me on.

TUBES: There’s been a big announcement on November 1 with further changes to the Medicare Benefits Scheme that will give women more contraceptive choice by making it cheaper and easier to access IUDs and contraceptive implants. Rebecca White, tell us why that’s important for Tasmanian women.

REBECCA WHITE: It’s important because women shouldn’t have to jump through hoops to get the health care they need. And I think for so long, women have felt a bit dismissed, not really listened to, and a little bit stigmatised when they want to talk about things like contraception.

So this is a change that is going to make it cheaper and easier for women in Tassie right around the country, to access the contraceptives that they would like to choose, as opposed to what their bank balance can afford.

Listen to the full radio interview.

The Hon Rebecca White MP is the Assistant Minister for Women, Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health

The Hon Rebecca White MP is the Assistant Minister for Women, Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Health

Professor Michael Wear makes history as first winner of Prime Minister’s Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems

The inaugural Prime Minister’s Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems has been awarded to Malgana man, Professor Michael Wear.

Professor Wear is the founder of Tidal Moon, Australia’s first Indigenous-owned and led sea cucumber fishery and marine restoration enterprise, based in Shark Bay (Gutharraguda), Western Australia.

Under Professor Wear’s leadership, Tidal Moon is partnering with scientists to restore one of the largest seagrass meadows at the UNESCO Marine World Heritage Site of Shark Bay.

Drawing on his knowledge of Saltwater Country, culture and science, Professor Wear has developed a commercial fishery model for harvesting sea cucumbers, while also collecting conservation data through culturally directed methods.

Professor Wear told National Indigenous Times Tidal Moon has been working on “a model to scale up seagrass restoration by building human capital through our sea cucumber harvesting, and also the techniques of scaling that sea cucumber business as well”.

“We are bringing staff onshore from our offshore operations, and creating more employment opportunities. We are bringing that western science and Indigenous knowledge together through a larger project now,” he said.

Read the full article.

Professor Michael Wear. Image: supplied.

Professor Michael Wear. Image: supplied.

 

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Email us your story with some images to: NACCHOCommunicationsandMedia@naccho.org.au and we will feature it in the news.

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NACCHO Sector News: 2 October 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.

HAVE YOUR SAY: Shaping the National Peak Body for Family, Domestic & Sexual Violence

NACCHO is calling on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services and sector professionals to have your say in shaping the new National Peak Body for Family, Domestic & Sexual Violence.

The national survey (open until 10 October 2025) is broken up into three parts .

Please click on the links below to have your say in each section:

Your voices have already shaped this journey, we’re building on that foundation to ensure the Peak Body reflects community wisdom, sector expertise and lived realities. Please complete the survey and share it widely.

Find out more and access the survey.

If you have questions or wish to discuss further, you can contact the Coalition Secretariat at secretariat@coalitionofpeaks.org.au.

HAVE YOUR SAY: Shaping the National Peak Body for Family, Domestic & Sexual Violence.

Speech from Chief Medical Officer, Australasian Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference – 16 September 2025

The recent declaration of syphilis as a Communicable Disease Incident of National Significance (CDINS) highlights the growing urgency of addressing its spread across Australia. Unlike previous CDINS declarations for COVID-19, Japanese encephalitis, and mpox, syphilis has shown a steady increase over the past decade, with cases rising by an average of 13% annually since 2011. This declaration enables a nationally coordinated response to a long-standing public health challenge.

Read the speech by the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd AO, at the Australasian Sexual and Reproductive Health Conference in Adelaide about his declaration of syphilis as a Communicable Disease Incident of National Significance.

Outback nurse transforms remote diabetes care with cans, rocks and bush tucker

When Rishoniy Caine arrived in a tiny outback NSW town with one general store, no gym and the task of fixing its diabetes problem, she decided to do things a differently.

The Bundjalung woman knew from her experience as a nurse in remote Kimberly and Cape York communities the difficulties residents faced buying healthy food.

“If you can imagine the nearest town is 1,000 kilometres away, it can be very challenging to get fresh food. It’s almost non-existent,” she said. “Also a lettuce might be $16 and two litres of milk $12, while a can of coke is $2, a pie is cheap.”

She incorporated what she learnt from elders about bush foods and traditional medicine into a pilot program in a rural NSW town that faces similar issues — Collarenebri, about 75 kilometres from Walgett in the state’s north-west.

Cooking and gardening lessons are provided alongside medical treatment and, instead of weights, participants are encouraged to lift cans.

Read the full story.

Kellie Henderson (left) has lost 30 kilograms and tamed her diabetes with Rishoniy Caine's simple approach. (ABC Western Plains: Zaarkacha Marlan)

Kellie Henderson (left) has lost 30 kilograms and tamed her diabetes with Rishoniy Caine’s simple approach. (ABC Western Plains: Zaarkacha Marlan)

A new First Nations voice to guide Australia’s public health sector

The Public Health Association of Australia has announced they will be establishing an Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islander voice to help guide their work after a near unanimous vote by their members. Nearly two years after the failed referendum saw a First Nations voice to parliament shot down, NGOs like the PHAA and state governments have chosen to follow the wishes of the majority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander communities in Australia who voted for this special representation.

Listen to the podcast or read the transcript.

Young Aboriginal girl gets a check up at the doctor’s surgery

Young Aboriginal girl gets a check up at the doctor’s surgery Source: Getty / LOUISE BEAUMONT\

Healing land and spirit through Noongar knowledge and regenerative land management

In Western Australia’s Wheatbelt, a region long shaped by industrial farming practices, a new model of regenerative agriculture is taking root. At Yaraguia farm, Ballardong Noongar man Oral McGuire is healing Country, reconnecting First Nations knowledge of caring for Country with modern land management to restore ecosystems and produce food that benefits both the land and the community.

Out in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia, something is happening … It’s a movement to heal Country – and community.

“And you can see the soil, how degraded it is.”

For generations, acres of land in the Wheatbelt was stripped by clearing, cropping and overgrazing. Ballardong Noongar man Oral McGuire says settlement and colonisation left scars on both soil and spirit.

“All of these activities are very extractive activities that for 170 odd years this little piece of land here, the whole landscape through this region, has suffered that abuse from, you know, settlement colonisation.”

Today, Mr McGuire works as a regenerative land manager, guided not by commodity farming, but by cultural law.

“Slow burning, or our cool burning that we do as Noongars, and we do it to replenish country. The season we are in now is the right season for us to be doing it.”

Fire, water, native plants – all are central to reviving ecosystems that once thrived here.

“So they are indicators that the soil, the balance and the health of the soil is returning, because they haven’t been here.”

Listen to the podcast or read the full story

Ballardong Noongar man Oral McGuire Source: SBS News / Christopher Tan

Ballardong Noongar man Oral McGuire Source: SBS News / Christopher Tan

 

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

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Email us your story with some images to: NACCHOCommunicationsandMedia@naccho.org.au and we will feature it in the news.

Email us your story with some images to: NACCHOCommunicationsandMedia@naccho.org.au
and we will feature it in the news.

NACCHO Sector News: 30 May 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.

Shining a light on trailblazers in Indigenous medicine

Tatum Bond is one of those “lucky people” who truly loves her job.

The Ngadjonji woman works in the emergency department at Cairns Base Hospital, and for the Royal Flying Doctors Service in Queensland.

Dr Bond is one of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical professionals featured in the documentary series Our Medicine.

The series shines a spotlight on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander frontline workers across hospitals, ambulance services, traditional healing and other medical services who are working to improve health outcomes in their communities.

Dr Bond said, while she was initially nervous to be part of the six-part series, she hopes she can show others they can also achieve their dreams.

“The main reason I said yes is because this whole thing is empowering younger generations to come and do these jobs,” she said.

Read more here.

Watch ‘Our Medicine’ on SBS Demand here.

Dr Tatum Bond is one of the Indigenous medical professionals featured in the series Our Medicine. (Sbs/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP

Reconciliation Week: Significant strides made in the South West but ‘long way to go’ still

A Noongar woman with more than 25 years experience in the First Nations health sector says there’s still “a long way to go” in the South West on the path towards reconciliation, despite significant improvements over the years.

Auntie Elsie Penny, OAM, has worked at the South West Aboriginal Medical Service since 1997, and is the cultural practice lead at Kwaba Bidi.

Despite the strides made in recent years, this Reconciliation Week Ms Penny said there was more to be done.

“We are getting there, we’ve still got a long way to go,” she said.

“On a personal level, having worked in Aboriginal health for over 30 years in Bunbury, I can see there’s been some good achievements.

“The opening of the South West Aboriginal Medical Service and other Aboriginal-controlled organisations which are doing their part towards reconciliation and closing the gap by delivering services that are important for our people and making a difference.”

Read the full article here.

Auntie Elsie Penny OAM. Credit: Sean Van Der Wielen

VACCHO community garden activity day

Last week, VACCHO’s Healthy Communities team joined GEGAC’s Community Garden Activity Day for a deadly day of learning, sharing, and connecting with Community.

The garden came alive with the energy of kinder kids, secondary school students, Elders, Community members, and staff as they planted seeds, prepared and shared food, got creative, and told stories together.

Grants were awarded to ACCOs to support the creation or expansion of health promotion and food initiatives for children and young people in their Communities.

These projects are all about Communities leading the way, creating gardens, sharing knowledge, and growing healthy futures, in line with the FoodPATH Project recommendations.

Image source: VACCHO.

Reconciliation News

This edition of Reconciliation News is about champions – champions of music, of advocacy, of culture, of education, of economic self-determination. Their legacies and ongoing work embody the spirit of the National Reconciliation Week 2025 theme: Bridging Now to Next.

Features:

  • Reconciliation Australia reflects on Corroboree 2000
  • Yorta Yorta man Ian Hamm on policy and the fundamental importance of the economy to progress
  • Shane Howard on his song Solid Rock – its genesis, its message and its enduring success
  • The impact of Reconciliation Action Plans in 2024
  • Island Stars’ cultural and economic leadership in Zenadth Kes (the Torres Strait Islands)
  • How Djarindjin’s award-winning Indigenous governance demonstrates the power of true economic self-determination.

Read it here.

Image source: Reconciliation Australia.

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.

NACCHO Sector News: 9 May 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.

Community-led solutions key as new data reveals Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people suffer one of the highest rates of diabetes in the world

Almost one in six (15.5 per cent) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults have diabetes and one in four (25.7 per cent) have abnormally high total cholesterol levels, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

“One in six adults with diabetes, and that being higher in remote areas is shocking,” says Dr Jason Agostino, NACCHO Senior Medical Advisor.

“They’re some of the highest rates of diabetes in the world and three times higher than non-Indigenous Australians.”

Early detection is critical – “With new treatments available, people with diabetes can live long, healthy lives, but the first step is to visit your local clinic for a health check to understand your risk.”

NACCHO is committed to strengthening the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce to tackle chronic diseases like diabetes.

“Through the First Nations Traineeship Program, we are on track to train 500 new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners.

“Improving access to Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services is also key to reducing diabetes rates.”

You can read the National Indigenous Times article here, the Australia article here, and the AAP article here.

Image source: NACCHO

Labor’s win an opportunity to accelerate action on health outcomes in the NT

The peak body for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in the Northern Territory has welcomed Labor’s win in the federal election, calling it an opportunity to “accelerate action” on closing the gap challenges.

On Thursday, the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT) congratulated Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on his election win, saying they “look forward to continuing to work” with the Government to “strengthen First Nations health outcomes as a matter of priority”.

The latest data for the NT showed life expectancy for First Nations women has gone backwards, as well as targets around employment, birthweight, early childhood education, child development, and youth engagement.

There has also been a regression in the targets around adult incarceration and youth detention, whilst the target to increase the rate of babies born at a healthy weight is also unlikely to be met.

“This election result presents an opportunity to accelerate action on those challenges,” AMSANT said.

Read more here.

Image: Josh Bean/Unsplash.

Positive reforms to GlassesSA for Mob

The DHS Concessions Department recently made further significant reforms to the GlassesSA subsidised spectacle scheme in keeping with their ongoing commitment to increasing access to free or low-cost glasses for Aboriginal people in South Australia.

In 2020, GlassesSA had made prescription glasses free for Aboriginal subsidy applicants but there were still Centrelink eligibility limitations, and many instances where remote area applications were being rejected based on a technicality.

Too many people with poor vision were missing the simple fix of glasses, so AHCSA’s Eye Health Project Officer (EHPO) took steps to work with DHS to fully understand these issues with the Scheme and their ground level impacts and the urgent need for a solution.

These efforts included:

  • Raising at meetings of the SA Aboriginal Eye Health Working Group (SAAEHWG), of which GlassesSA hold membership;
  • Setting up independent meetings between EHPO & the Department of Human Services (DHS), and bringing in key outreach optometrists.
  • AHCSA collaborating with DHS to modify the Aboriginal-specific GlassesSA promotional material
  • EHPO travelled throughout SA with the new posters/flyers to conduct a statewide GlassesSA promotional ‘roadshow’, to promote the Scheme to a lot more locations, seek feedback from GlassesSA participating providers along the way, and report all the feedback and findings to GlassesSA at the end.

Read more here.

Image source: AHCSA

Wuchopperen launches positive push for Flu vaccinations

Wuchopperen Health Service in Cairns has launched its “YES! I’m Ready for Flu Season” campaign, promoting flu vaccinations through empowering, community-driven messaging.

Moving away from fear-based approaches, the campaign focuses on protecting health and culture through positive choices. It features trusted Wuchopperen staff members, helping build confidence through familiar faces.

“A flu vaccination each year helps to keep our community and ourselves healthy,” said Dr. Nicci Roux, Director of Medical Services.

“It protects us against the flu virus going around this year, and is especially important protection for our elders, pregnant women, and young kids.”

Read more here.

Image source: Wuchopperen Health Service

Registrations for SNAICC’25 are now open!

The SNAICC National Conference will be held at the Brisbane Convention & Entertainment Centre in Meanjin/Brisbane from 7-9 October 2025.  The theme this year is Our Culture. Keep it Strong. We Belong, highlighting the strength and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. This event is one of the largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander conferences in the country with over 2000 delegates from more than 400 organisations.

SNAICC’25 gives community organisations, policy makers, researchers, educators, front line support workers, government representatives and students the opportunity to gather and share knowledge and experience while renewing commitment to building systems and practices that support children and families to thrive.

Register now (Early Bird rates available until 30 May).

Image source: SNAICC

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.

NACCHO Sector News: 1 May 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.

That’s a wrap on the National Yarning Circle 2025!

Over two powerful days on Kaurna Country, we’ve come together to honour Elders, strengthen culture-led aged care, and weave the wisdom of community into the future of care.

From dementia care grounded in culture, to navigating aged care reforms and measuring what matters, voices from across the country shared truth, strategy, and strength.

Workshops like “What’s Strong, Not What’s Wrong” reframed ageing through a cultural and strengths-based lens.

Culture Weave sessions brought generations together in quiet reflection and connection.

Together, we’re not just talking aged care, we’re leading it. The Elder Care Support Program is proof that when community leads, everyone is better cared for.

Thank you to every Elder, connector, carer and voice in the room. Onward, together.

Learn more about the National Yarning Circle here.

Learn more about the Elder Care Support program here.

Image source: NACCHO.

Don’t miss this powerful yarn with our CEO, Pat Turner AM

From a lifetime of public service to leading the Coalition of Peaks and NACCHO, Pat Turner has been at the forefront of the fight for First Nations justice. Tune in to Living Black with Karla Grant Monday 5 May, 8:30pm on NITV, as she reflects on her journey, shares her hopes for the 2025 Federal Election, and calls for change led by our people.

Image source: Coalition of Peaks.

New program to support healing and recovery from family, domestic and sexual violence in the Big Rivers region

Katherine West Health Board, in partnership with Wurli-Wurlinjang Health Service, Sunrise Health Service and NT Health, will soon accept referrals to their pilot program to support women and children across the Big Rivers region to heal and recover from family, domestic and sexual violence.

The pilot program has been funded and commissioned by Northern Territory Primary Health Network with funding received from the federal Department of Health and Aged Care.

The three Aboriginal community-controlled health services in the region, together with NT Health, have a long history and wide-ranging experience providing culturally safe health care and social and emotional wellbeing services to the Big Rivers communities.

Read the National Indigenous Times article here.

NT PHN chief executive Gill Yearsley. Image: NT News.

If you or someone you know is experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, domestic, family, or sexual violence, call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732, chat online via www.1800RESPECT.org.au, or text 0458 737 732.

If you are concerned about your behaviour or use of violence, you can contact the Men’s Referral Service on 1300 766 491 or visit  http://www.ntv.org.au

Feeling worried or no good? No shame, no judgement, safe place to yarn. Speak to a 13YARN Crisis Supporter, call 13 92 76. This service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Galangoor Duwalami Primary Health Care Service CEO Steven Ober receives Order of Australia

Galangoor Duwalami Primary Health Care Service was proud to see CEO Stevan Ober receive his Order of Australia medal at this week’s Investiture at Government House. Stevan has worked tirelessly for the community and the health sector, following in the footsteps of his Mum.

Image source: Galangoor Duwalami Primary Health Care Service

Deadly Choices and Dolphins continue to champion community health in 2025

Deadly Choices, an initiative of the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health’s (IUIH), empowers Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to eat nutritious food, be physically active, quit smoking or vaping and connect with their local Community Controlled Health Service (CCHS) for a regular 715 Health Check. A 715 Health Check is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific health check which identifies key areas of risk.

In particular, the Dolphins partnership supports Deadly Choices’ Moreton Bay and North Brisbane footprint through the Moreton Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (Moreton ATSICHS).

In 2025, the partnership will again promote the highly anticipated Deadly Choices x Dolphins health check shirts, featuring three new exclusive designs. The shirts are utilised as an impactful incentive to encourage community members to complete a 715 Health Check at their local CCHS and take home a free and exclusive shirt.

Read more here.

Image source: Deadly Choices

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.

NACCHO Sector News: 22 April 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.

What is Closing the Gap?

Australia has one of the highest life expectancies in the world. On average, Australians live to see their 83rd birthday. But for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, life expectancy is about eight years less. Closing the Gap is a national agreement designed to change that. By improving the health and wellbeing of First Nations, they can enjoy the same quality of life and opportunities as non-Indigenous Australians.

According to the latest Productivity Commission report, there’s been some progress. Eleven out of 19 targets have seen improvement. But only five are currently on track.

There are some encouraging signs: more babies are being born at a healthy weight, and more young people are finishing Year 12 or an equivalent qualification.

But some areas, like suicide rates and adult incarceration, are going backwards.

“We need to stick at it,” Pat Turner NACCHO CEO and Coalition of Peaks Lead Convenor says.

“Closing the Gap is not about statistics. It’s about real lives and strong families and brighter futures… It’s about reassuring that our children grow up to be healthy and proud and connected to their culture”.

Read the full article here.

Pat Turner speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Source: AAP / LUKAS COCH/AAPIMAGE

Working together for healthy homes

Earlier this month, Minum Barreng: Indigenous Eye Health Unit (IEHU) partnered with Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation to co-host the “Working together for healthy homes” workshop in Tennant Creek.

IEHU welcomed Community members, representatives from NACCHO, Katherine West Health Board, and Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Aboriginal Corporation, and other key stakeholders to discuss actions for improving healthy homes across the region over the next 12-24 months.

Image source: IEHU

New research highlights rural diabetes gaps

New research is sounding the alarm on the urgent need to improve diabetes care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, particularly in rural and remote areas.

The study, supported by the Australian General Practice Research Foundation and Diabetes Australia, analysed health data to understand outcomes for more than 5000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients across 427 general practices between 2011 and 2022.

Despite strong engagement in general practice, the study revealed rural patients are continuing to experience increased risk of complications, such as heart disease and kidney failure, due to blood sugar and cholesterol levels.

The research team stresses that blood pressure, weight management, and support for rural health services must now become national priorities.

In response, the team is developing a digital tool to support culturally safe care planning, helping GPs and patients set realistic, personalised health goals.

Read more here.

The team is developing a new digital tool to support culturally safe care planning and help GPs and patients work together on realistic, personalised health goals.

Food insecurity prompts store upgrade for remote community

Residents in the Northern Territory town of Alpurrurulam will see their local store receive an upgrade as part of the federal government’s food security upgrade policy.

The independently owned Warte Alparayetye Store will receive $915,000 in funding to expand its refrigeration facilities and dry and frozen food storage to help the community during the wet season.

The government previously announced a $9.6 million Store Efficiency and Resilience Package to give more than 15 remote stores funding.

Earlier this month, it was announced that Gunbalanya’s Adjumarllarl Store, 300 kilometres east of Darwin and 60 kilometres northeast of Jabiru, will receive over $341,000 for the purchase of a freezer and refrigeration units. They will also be able to upgrade their point of sale.

Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians, Malarndirri McCarthy, said the package is “not just building resilience, it’s an investment in the health and wellbeing of First Nations people, and part of our broader commitment to Closing the Gap”.

Read the full article here.

Lingiari MP Marion Scrymgour (left) and Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy.

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

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NACCHO Sector News: 19 March 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.

Webinar: Launch of the Australian Clinical Guidelines on HTLV-1 for Aboriginal Primary Health Care Settings

This webinar will launch the Australian Clinical Guidelines on HTLV-1 for Aboriginal Primary Health Care Settings. These guidelines are a comprehensive, culturally safe and evidence-based guide to the prevention, testing, diagnosis, management and care of Human T-lymphotropic virus subtype 1 (HTLV-1).

Date, Time & Venue

  • Monday, 24 March 2025 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm (AEDT)
  • Online via Teams

Target Audience

  • All healthcare workers, particularly those working in the Northern Territory, APY Lands and NG lands.

Register here.

Webinar: Launch of the Australian Clinical Guidelines on HTLV-1 for Aboriginal Primary Health Care Settings

2025 NACCHO Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacist Scholarship

Apply now for the 2025 NACCHO Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacist Scholarship!

The scholarship program aims to build the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pharmacist workforce and to raise the profile of the beneficial role that pharmacy and pharmacists can play in supporting appropriate and culturally safe care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Each recipient will receive up to $10,000 per annum to contribute to university expenses. The scholarship also includes support and mentorship from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals and organisations to ensure ongoing integration and connection with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled health sector.

Applications close 24 March 2025.

For questions or further information, please contact Harrison Milne on 0481257904 or harrison.milne@naccho.org.au.

*Proudly supported by a grant from Sanofi

A new culturally rich app for Anangu mothers

The Tjitjiku Mai (children’s food) app features a food database including bush food and food found in community stores. The app also has an interactive recipes library with step-by-step videos, meditations and children’s songs all presented in Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra and English.

The app offers accessible, culturally relevant health resources and a step toward improving health outcomes for Aboriginal families living in the NPY lands.

Learn more here.

Image source: NPY Women’s Council

Cultural Centre honouring the life and legacy of Lowitja O’Donoghue to open in Canberra

A new centre commemorating the life of Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue AC CBE DSG will open in Canberra on Wednesday at the Australian National University.

The Yankunytjatjara woman and one of Australia’s most respected and prominent Aboriginal leaders passed away peacefully at the age of 91 on Kaurna Country, Adelaide, last year.

Her life will be celebrated with the opening of the Lowitja O’Donoghue Cultural Centre.

Deb Edwards, Dr O’Donoghue’s niece and Head of the Lowitja O’Donoghue Foundation said the family were “very proud”.

“…Her incredible legacy, and lifelong dedication to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, is now reflected through the naming of the Cultural Centre, where community can gather together, enthused with a feeling of unity, connection and culture, as Dr O’Donoghue always encouraged.”

Read more here.

A cultural centre honouring the late Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue will open in Canberra on Wednesday. (Image: Leanne King/Lowitja Institute)

Video series: Climate-ready and culturally appropriate remote housing

This three-part video series tells the story of Wilya Janta, in language, so that remote communities can see how homes could and should be built for culture and climate.

The idea for Wilya Janta was born from a need to resolve the Territory’s remote housing crisis, where unsuitable, overheated, and overcrowded housing is making communities sick.

Watch the first video, featured in Pintupi-Luritja with English subtitles here.

Image source: Wilya Janta

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.

Governance Workshops for ACCHOs: Melbourne, VIC

ACCHOs…Free Governance Workshops are coming your way in 2025! Melbourne you’re up first: Wednesday 26 March & Thursday 27 March.

To register, go here.

NACCHO’s Governance Workshops are designed for people working in member ACCHOs and run by legal and other experts in the field.

The workshops cover:

  • Principles of good governance.
  • Managing conflicts of interest.
  • Managing risk (e.g. contract execution, etc.).
  • Delegation of powers.
  • Finance for Boards.
  • Structure and role of boards and sub-committees; and
  • Governance documents.

Sector News newsletter: 11 March 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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are paying the price for government inactivity

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are paying the price for government inactivity, the peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people has said.

The latest data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) revealed only one-third of Indigenous children are developmentally on track, governments across the country have continued to exacerbate the levels of children in custody, and Indigenous children in child protection continue to rise.

SNAICC Chief Executive, Catherine Liddle, said Australian governments needed to uphold their end of the National Agreement to Closing the Gap.

​To read the full article, go here.

SNAICC chief executive Catherine Liddle. Image by Ian Redfearn, ABC News.

SNAICC Chief Executive Catherine Liddle. Image by Ian Redfearn, ABC News.

National strategy outlines seven areas for improving food security in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote communities, increasing access to traditional foods offers wide-ranging health benefits as well as economic opportunities, according to a new national strategy released this week.

The National Strategy for Food Security in Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities 2025 – 2035 says traditional foods have long been identified as critical food sources, and are beneficial for chronic disease prevention and management, as well as general health and wellbeing.

However, restricted access to traditional foods and limited varieties of healthy food in remote stores have undermined the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote communities, says the strategy.

​For more information, go here.

Caring for Country and traditional foods are integral to food security. Photo on Bwgcolman Country, Palm Island, by Mitchell Ward.

Caring for Country and traditional foods are integral to food security. Photo on Bwgcolman Country, Palm Island, by Mitchell Ward.

Free, dedicated care at new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s health clinic

A new Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s health clinic will open in the north this year, providing free and culturally safe care for women across the city.

First Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing (FPHW) will run the clinic from its Thomastown and Frankston sites from mid-2025, offering screening, diagnosis, and treatment for conditions including pelvic pain, endometriosis, menopause and contraception.

The clinic aims to improve healthcare by working with services across Victoria to provide referrals and education, ensuring location is not a barrier to care.

For more information, go here.

Mary-Anne Thomas Minister for Health, Bronwyn Halfpenny Member for Thomastown, Karinda Taylor CEO of FPHW and Colleen Kelly, Chair of FPHW. From www.northern.starweekly.com.au.

Mary-Anne Thomas Minister for Health, Bronwyn Halfpenny Member for Thomastown, Karinda Taylor CEO of FPHW and Colleen Kelly, Chair of FPHW. From http://www.northern.starweekly.com.au.

These Tiwi cousins are fostering resilience, one per cent at a time

Dante Rodrigues was tired of seeing young men fall through the “holes in the system”, noticing his peers go down a “wrong path” or not having anywhere to turn to for support.

The 23-year-old and his cousin Jahdai Vigona took matters into their own hands by getting a few mates together armed with boxing gloves and pads at a local park in Darwin.

“We’d see a lot of our peers go through things that probably could have been avoided … like unsafe relationships, drug and alcohol problems, crime, all those things,” Mr Rodrigues told AAP.

“We decided to build a program for people just like us, that were starting to go off on a bit of a wrong path and just needed some guidance and assistance.”

To read more, go here.

If you are feeling stressed, not sleeping well or have increased anxiety and depression, you can seek immediate help, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from:
13 Yarn (13 92 76)
Brother-to-brother (1800 435 799)
Lifeline (13 11 14 + online chat)
Kids Helpline (1800 55 1800 + webchat)

Other support lines:
MensLine Australia (1300 78 99 78)
Suicide callback service (1300 659 467)
Beyond Blue (1300 22 4636)
Qlife – anonymous LGBTIQ support (1800 184 527 + webchat)

To read more, go here.

One Per Cent program cofounder Dante Rodrigues speaks at the Indigenous Suicide Prevention Forum. Credit to Handout and Aventedge Events.

One Per Cent program cofounder Dante Rodrigues speaks at the Indigenous Suicide Prevention Forum. Credit to Handout and Aventedge Events.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health legend Alma Thorpe awarded Honorary Doctorate

Victoria University has awarded an Honorary Doctorate to Alma Thorpe, Aboriginal Elder, activist, ‘barefoot doctor’ and health leader, in recognition of her exceptional contribution to health and activism in Australia.

The highest honour conferred by the University, the Honorary Doctorate recognises Dr Thorpe’s lifetime of work and her ongoing impact to Aboriginal self-determination.

Presenting the award in front of 200 other health graduates at the graduation ceremony, VU Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adam Shoemaker, said Dr Thorpe has been the backbone and strength of the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service.

To read more, go here.

Dr Alma Thorpe. Image by Victoria University.

Dr Alma Thorpe. Image by Victoria University.

 

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.

 

Governance Workshops for ACCHOs: Melbourne, VIC

ACCHOs…Free Governance Workshops are coming your way in 2025! Melbourne you’re up first: Wednesday 26 March & Thursday 27 March.

To register, go here.

NACCHO’s Governance Workshops are designed for people working in member ACCHOs and run by legal and other experts in the field.

The workshops cover:

  • Principles of good governance.
  • Managing conflicts of interest.
  • Managing risk (e.g. contract execution, etc.).
  • Delegation of powers.
  • Finance for Boards.
  • Structure and role of boards and sub-committees; and
  • Governance documents.

NACCHO Sector News: 5 March 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.

New National Strategy aims to stop remote community food insecurity at its source

A 10-year National Strategy to improve food security in remote First Nations communities as well as increasing access to affordable and nutritious food has been released by the federal government.

To be launched on Wednesday in Maningrida in West Arnhem Land, the strategy is the first nationally coordinated approach to address food insecurity and improve health outcomes for remote Indigenous communities.

Minister for Indigenous Australians Malarndirri McCarthy said the Strategy will “support and grow community-led solutions to food insecurity and ensure governments are working together to address this critical issue”.

The Strategy was developed in partnership with state and territory governments, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community-Controlled Health Organisations, and Indigenous communities.

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) chief executive Pat Turner said the new Strategy was a “vital step” towards ensuring all remote communities didn’t have to live with the reality of food insecurity.

“Food security is not just about access – it’s about equity, affordability, and building a strong workforce that supports long-term solutions,” she said.

​ To read the full article, go here.

Colleen Kelly (Board Chair), Bronwyn Halfpenny MP, Karinda Taylor (CEO) and Mary-Anne Thomas MP at the announcement this week (Image: nit.com.au)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kids to continue kicking goals

A program that uses football (soccer) to create a fairer playing field for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children by supporting improved health and education outcomes has been granted $5.5 million by the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) to continue its engagement in rural and remote communities.

Established in 2012 by Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation, Moriarty Foundation, John Moriarty Football is an award-winning program that uses football to positively engage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people, aged 2 to 18. The program has powerful impacts on health, education, and well-being.

Moriarty Foundation Co-Founders Ros Moriarty and Yanyuwa man John Moriarty AM and the Board welcomed the funding as it will enable JMF to continue its life-changing work amongst Indigenous children and is an acknowledgement that JMF is positively impacting 14 of 17 Closing the Gap targets.

​For more information, go here.

Credit: Moriarty Foundation

Strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health: The need for targeted asthma and allergy care

New research from the University of Queensland reinforces the importance of culturally responsive healthcare, finding that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are twice as likely to present to emergency departments with asthma and allergy-related illnesses compared to other Australians.

The study, which examined over 800,000 emergency department visits across Central Queensland between 2018 and 2023, highlights the resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in seeking urgent medical care for conditions like asthma, anaphylaxis, and atopic dermatitis.

For more information, go here.

First Nations people are twice as likely to present to an emergency department with asthma and other allergy-related illnesses compared to other Australians. Credit: Adobe Photoshop/engrafx – stock.adobe.com

Residential Rehab for People with Children – CLOSES Wed 12.3.25 – NSW

People with dependent children were identified as a priority population group in a Special Commission of Inquiry. This addresses a service gap for this population through a service that provides an opportunity for:

  • people (regardless of gender) with children who have not been able to achieve or maintain their treatment goals in non-residential settings to undertake residential rehabilitation treatment
  • children to remain with their parents in a supportive environment
  • families with holistic, non-judgemental, empathic, trauma-informed & family-inclusive care
  • treatment for clients that incorporate positive parenting and relationship strengthening between clients & their children
  • the safe transition of clients into the community or appropriate services following the completion of the residential rehabilitation program

Eligibility: NGOs that are already providing AOD residential rehabilitation for people (couples and/or single people regardless of gender) with children.

Location: NSW

Closes: Wednesday 12 March 2025

Agency: NSW Health

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Kimberley groups secure rights to P!nk anthem for anti-abuse campaign

Kimberley Community Legal Services and Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre have secured the right to use P!nk’s ‘What About Us’ in the US Without Abuse campaign.

The campaign was launched in December, led by Kimberley Community Legal Services in partnership with Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre.

US Without Abuse, produced by Wunan Media, incorporates powerful storytelling tailored to resonate deeply with local audiences to debunk the normalisation of abuse in the Kimberley community.

To read more, go here.

Image: US Without Abuse.

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.