The Healing Foundation
February 13 each year marks the anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations, who suffered trauma because of past government policies of forced child removal.
Many of these removals occurred as the result of laws and policies aimed at assimilating the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population into the predominately white community.
Stolen Generations survivors are some of Australia’s most vulnerable people and many have kept their stories and experiences secret for many years, even decades.
One such story comes from Stolen Generations survivor Aunty Julie Black, a 64-year-old Barkindji woman, who was taken from her mother shortly after birth.
Climate change resilience actions, in step with India
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A well-equipped Australia is working with major economies to transfer technologies supporting lower global emissions
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A well-equipped Australia is working with major economies to transfer technologies supporting lower global emissions
Last year tested the strength of our communities and the resilience of our countries. It was a year dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic. And yet, for Australians, it also started with the most devastating bushfires in our history.
For all its challenges, 2020 demonstrated the importance of innovation, resources and leadership to protect and support our communities and countries.
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Australian Dental Research Foundation grants and scholarships now open
As a profession, dentistry is based on a body of knowledge that can only be reliably acquired through high quality research. Australian dental academics, researchers and clinicians have a strong history and reputation in clinical, epidemiological and population oral health research.
The evolution of dentistry is directly related to advancements made through research.
Can we imagine dentistry today without high speed drills, fluoride, dental implants, cone beam CT, enamel remineralisation or advanced aesthetic dental materials. All of these came about as a result of dental research? Research has the capacity to impact on all areas of dentistry leading to improved delivery of care for our patients, reduction of risk factors and the burden of oral disease on individuals, the broader health system and the economy.
Water is critical to the economy, our environment and the wellbeing of all Australians.
Our national water policy has served us well, but it is 17 years old. According to a Productivity Commission report released today, it has reached its use-by date and it will now struggle in the face of our future challenges of increased population, increased community demands and the likely effects of climate change.
Commissioner Dr Jane Doolan said, “It is time for our Governments to once again lead the way on developing a new national water policy and agree a pathway to meet these challenges.”
“We can expect an estimated additional 11 million people living in capital cities by 2050, and climate change is likely to mean significant reductions in water availability for most of the country and an increase in the frequency and severity of droughts and floods across the nation.”