- Bigger and better Mala’la health clinic
- New funding to strengthen Aboriginal women’s health workforce
- 10 years of the AMS Redfern Paediatric Clinic
- QAIHC Members Conference 2025: Registrations now open!
- 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.
Bigger and better Mala’la health clinic
Works are now in full swing for the expansion of the Mala’la health clinic in Maningrida. Expected to be complete by early 2026, this development will deliver more clinical rooms, a dedicated space for rheumatic heart disease, sealed parking and a staff training room. These improvements will give residents better access to the care they need.
Maningrida is the Northern Territory’s largest remote community, home to around 3,500 people living in the town and surrounding homelands. Mala’la clinic is also one of the NT’s busiest with more than 80,000 recorded client contacts in 2025. As the community continues to grow, so too does its health needs.
This expansion is a much needed investment in the future of health care in Maningrida.
Learn more here.
Digital rendering of the Mala’la health clinic building expansion due for completion in early 2026.
New funding to strengthen Aboriginal women’s health workforce
A new grant program will support up to 50 Aboriginal health clinicians to upskill in women’s health, as part of a broader push to improve culturally safe care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls across Victoria.
Victorian Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas announced the $300,000 initiative at the Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Partnership Forum in Ballarat on Wednesday last week. The program will provide one-off grants of up to $5,000 for clinicians working in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs).
The grants aim to strengthen the Aboriginal women’s health workforce by helping clinicians build skills in sexual, reproductive and general women’s health care.
The program is being delivered through the Victorian Aboriginal Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO).
VACCHO chief executive Dr Jill Gallagher said the investment would embed cultural safety and self-determination into care for First Nations women.
“Aboriginal women know what our communities need and these grants will help to build and strengthen the Aboriginal women’s health workforce embedding cultural safety and better care,” Dr Gallagher said.
“Self-determination in Aboriginal women’s health care is the only way we can ensure we keep our mothers, aunties, sisters and daughters safe, healthy and thriving for generations to come.”
Read more here.
Image source: VACCHO
10 years of the AMS Redfern Paediatric Clinic
Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern celebrated 10 years of the AMS Redfern Paediatric Clinic. Community Paediatrician Dr Terry Yoong says the aim of the specialist service is to make a positive difference for children and families.
“The main thing we do is connect with families, we find out what their story is and get to know them, to provide strategies, we try to make life easier – we want the best opportunities for our kids.”
LaVerne Bellear, CEO AMS Redfern, says the specialist service, offered in partnership with Sydney Local Health District, has built trust over time, which has seen our children flourish.
“Being able to have babies diagnosed at an early stage and have early interventions allows them to thrive later in life.”
Learn more here.
Image source: AMS Redfern
QAIHC Members Conference 2025: Registrations now open!
Registrations are now open for the QAIHC Members Conference 2025. Held in Gimuy/Cairns the conference theme is ‘Led by culture, driven by purpose.’
Conference Details:
- 21-22 October 2025
- Cairns Convention Centre
- AGM 20 October (Member CEOs/Board only)
Register here.
Image source: QAIHC
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