Due to the impacts of COVID-19, the Ochre Day Men’s Health Conference has been cancelled until further notice.The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) Ochre Day Men’s Health Conference provides a national forum for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander male delegates, organisations and communities to share knowledge, design concepts and strengthen relationships that work to directly improve the health outcomes of Aboriginal and ...
Keynote address to Australian pre–World Congress on RHD meetingAdelaide Convention CentreMonday 7 August 2023Good morning, everyone. I am Dawn Casey, a Tagalaka Traditional Owner from North Queensland. Like many of you, I am a visitor in Kaurna country. I acknowledge Kaurna people and their land, their wisdom and resilience. I pay my respects to Kaurna Elders past, present and emerging; and thank them for their continuing efforts in protecting and nurturi...
NACCHO calls on the federal government to work with us to keep our children safeAccording to media reports last night, a four-year-old boy from the community of Ali Curung in the Northern Territory has been taken to Alice Springs for medical care after he was allegedly sexually assaulted on the weekend and police are investigating. The National Aboriginal Community ControlledHealth Organisation (NACCHO) is deeply concerned that some of our children are being se...
Children and Family Services Support Worker CasualSCHADS Award – Social & Community Services Employee Level 3 or 4 dependent on experienceBegaKatungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services is a not-for-profit organisation providing culturally attuned, integrated health and community services on the far south coast of NSW.The Children and Family Suppor...
An event hosted by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) gathered the top 100 influencers in the women’s health sector to share, discuss and dissect the most pressing challenges facing Australian women.
CEO of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) Pat Turner spoke about how health reforms and policies that are not developed in consultation with Aboriginal peoples have a negative impac...
In the context of NACCHO Ochre Day — with its focus on men’s health — we need Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men to continue stepping up across the board and being the warriors they have been for 65,000 years.
If we are to truly transform the health status of our First Australians, we need every Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man to take responsibility and be proud of themselves and their heritage — proud of the oldest continuous...
The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) calls on the Northern Territory and Australian Governments to work with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations on the implementation of recommendations of the Royal Commission and Board of Inquiry into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory released today.
It is clear from the report that the current system of detention in the Northern Territory is failing our childr...
Expressions of interest for appointment as the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People CommissionerThe ACT Government is seeking applications for the inaugural ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Commissioner.The Commissioner will work to protect and promote the rights and interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people in the ACT. This is a newly created, independent, full-...
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