The Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference Identity | Knowledge | Strength 8, 9 & 10 November 2016, Melbourne  The Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference 2016 will celebrate, share and strengthen Indigenous knowledges and bring together Indigenous people from around Australia and the world. Underpinned by a strong cultural framework, the […]

To find out, check out the Healthy Communities: Potentially preventable hospitalisations in 2013–14 released 10 December 2015. Australia has high rates of potentially preventable hospitalisations in some local areas. The latest report from the National Health Performance Authority looks at the variation in rates across Primary Health Network areas and focuses on five conditions that contribute most to potentially preventable hospitalisations. […]

The Bronchiectasis Toolbox, which can be found at  www.bronchiectasis.com.au is a multidisciplinary educational website for health professionals providing an online resource for the management of people with bronchiectasis. The website, developed by specialists at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne including physiotherapists, respiratory physicians, radiologists, dietitians and lung function scientists, includes videos of airway clearance techniques […]

Publication author(s): Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Release date: 6th December 2015 Publication abstract: This 2014 report reviews the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander alcohol, tobacco and other drug treatment service sector. This review was conducted as part of a wider review of alcohol and other drug prevention and treatment services. The report […]

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Mick Gooda, launched his Social Justice and Native Title Report 2015 on 4 December 2015 in Sydney. Click here to watch the launch. The report calls for action on the over-representation of Indigenous children and young people in the child protection system, and for greater support for Aboriginal […]

The Allied Health Rural Generalist Training Positions (AHRGTP) initiative commenced in January 2014 with the implementation of eleven supernumerary, development-focussed positions in rural and remote health services.  The AHRGTP is funded by the Allied Health Professions’ Office of Queensland (AHPOQ) and implemented and managed at a local level by Hospital and Health Services (HHSs). AHRGTP […]

Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic kidney disease—Australian facts is a series of 5 reports by the National Centre for Monitoring Vascular Diseases at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare that describe the combined burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). This report on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people presents […]