The Occupational Therapy Board of Australia launched the new Australian occupational therapy competency standards (AOTCS) 2018 on Monday 21 February 2018. IAHA consulted with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Occupational Therapist Members and submitted comprehensive feedback into these new standards and is pleased that our assertions and recommendations have been taken on board and […]

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers Association (NATSIHWA) has today launched a supportive publication, the National Framework for Determining Scope of Practice for the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker and Health Practitioner workforce. The Framework is designed to support Employers and Managers to work with their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait […]

Download Close the Gap – 10-year review here.  Australian governments must join forces with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations to urgently address the national shame of a widening life expectancy gap for our nation’s First Peoples. The Close the Gap campaign will today release a 10-year review of the Closing the Gap Strategy. Close […]