- National Culture Care Connect Summit: Many Hands, One Purpose, Healing Together
- Grants announced to strengthen Victoria’s Aboriginal women’s health workforce
- Edmonton health clinic for vulnerable women opens doors under Wuchopperen banner
- Stay healthy, stay strong, get a 715 health check
- 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.
National Culture Care Connect Summit: Many Hands, One Purpose, Healing Together
Thank you to everyone who came together at the National Culture Care Connect Summit 2025. An even bigger thank you for your ongoing dedication and hard work to keep our mob safe.
Culture Care Connect, integrates suicide prevention and holistic aftercare with cultural sensitivity and community empowerment. We prioritise preserving and celebrating the diverse cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples while providing essential care and support to recipients and providers of our services. Culture is at the heart of the program.
Thank you to the beautiful Larrakia Country for holding this experience.
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Grants announced to strengthen Victoria’s Aboriginal women’s health workforce
Government grants totalling $300,000 will be provided to the Victorian Aboriginal Controlled Health Organisation to deliver a dedicated Aboriginal women’s health workforce initiative.
The announcement was made on Wednesday at the Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Partnership Forum in Ballarat by Victorian Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas. The initiative is designed to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and girls can access culturally safe women’s health care close to home, by strengthening the Indigenous health workforce through training and support.
Under the program, health clinicians employed by Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) will be eligible for one-off grants of up to $5,000. The grants can be used flexibly to upskill in areas of women’s health, with up to 50 clinicians expected to benefit.
“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,” said VACCHO chief executive, Dr Jill Gallagher AO.
“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 the full article here.
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Edmonton health clinic for vulnerable women opens doors under Wuchopperen banner
A new bulk-billed, walk-in health and social wellbeing clinic has launched in Cairns to provide easier access for vulnerable women, backed by a four-year government guarantee.
Joy Savage, the chief executive of Wuchopperen, which is sponsoring the new clinic at Stokes St, Edmonton, said the facility would welcome all women.
The health service primarily geared toward Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients is opening its doors to the wider community, with its latest centre called Jalbu Hub – which translated to “woman”.
Read more here.
Wuchopperen Health Service’s new Jalbu Hub – a women’s health centre – has opened at Edmonton with an $11.5m state government grant. Practice manager Tracy Gray, director of medical services Nicolette Roux, Mulgrave MP Terry James, chief executive Joy Savage, director of health services Lorna Baker and Barron River MP Bree James. Picture: Arun Singh Mann
Stay healthy, stay strong, get a 715 health check
Have you had a 715health check? A 715health check is for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of all ages. It’s when a health worker checks your health to help you stay strong and healthy. You can get one 715health check every year at a local clinic – It’s free.
A 715health check helps you:
- See if you’re healthy and well.
- Learn about health problems early, before they get worse, and get treatment.
- Learn how to be healthy and prevent illness in the future.
Talk to a local health clinic about the 715health check this Women’s Health Week.
For culturally safe health information and resources for First Nations women visit the Jean Hailes for Women’s Health website, here.
This Women’s Health Week also marks the launch of a new digital health checks tool for women around Australia. Created by Jean Hailes for Women’s Health, the tool – called Her Health Check – makes it easy for women to find out which health checks they need and when to get them.
Find our more here.
Sector Jobs – you can see sector job listings on the NACCHO website here.
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