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At the Garma Festival last July, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled his proposal for a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous Voice. 

South Australia will hold a special parliamentary sitting to pass legislation allowing for an Indigenous voice to state ...

Northern Territory internal police data leaked last week showed a significant drop in domestic violence calls and alcohol-related violence in Alice Springs after the reintroduction of stricter alcohol laws in January.

Aims: This paper describes the investments made, approaches taken and lessons learnt by three rural Australian academic health departments engaged in the delivery of the Health Career Academy Program (HCAP). The program seeks to address the under-representation of rural, remote and Aboriginal populations within Australia's health workforce. Context: Significant resources are directed towards rural practice exposure for metropolitan health students to address workforce shortages. Fewer resou...

At its peak in 2030, Rio’s Mongolian operation will be the world’s fourth-biggest source of copper, churning out half a million tonnes a year.

Are you growing tired of the endless debate over establishing an Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Voice to parliament in our constitution?

Prominent Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has called for welfare payments to be contingent on school attendance by Aboriginal kids in the face of plummeting participation rates.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ (hereafter respectfully referred to as Indigenous Australians) experiences of health care are shaped by historical, social and cultural factors, with cultural security critical to effective care provision and engagement between services and community. Positive patient experiences are associated with better health outcomes. Consequently, it is an accreditation requirement that primary health care (PHC) services must formally gather and respond to p...

Issue addressed: Aboriginal people experience higher rates of chronic disease than other Australians, largely due to modifiable risk factors. This study aimed to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility and preliminary impact of a pilot text-message program on improving the health of Aboriginal people with, or at risk of, chronic disease. Methods: A before and after study using a convenience sample of Aboriginal Australian adults determined the impact of a 6-month healthy lifestyle text-message i...

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