- That’s a wrap on the National Yarning Circle 2025!
- Don’t miss this powerful yarn with our CEO, Pat Turner AM
- New program to support healing and recovery from family, domestic and sexual violence in the Big Rivers region
- Galangoor Duwalami Primary Health Care Service CEO Steven Ober receives Order of Australia
- Deadly Choices and Dolphins continue to champion community health in 2025
- Sector Jobs
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.
