Please visit Speech Pathology 2030 website here for more detailed information about how to get involved in this project. Speech Pathology Australia has commissioned a landmark project: Speech Pathology 2030 – making futures happen. The aim of this project is to engage members of the profession in the development of a shared vision for how the […]

This story was first published on the OXFAM website here.  Danielle Dries, 28, is one of many exceptional young Aboriginal people making their mark today. A Kaurna woman (whose traditional country includes Adelaide), she will soon graduate as a doctor. Close the Gap Campaign Lead, Tom Widdup, finds out how — despite continued high levels […]

Clear here to access. The Healthy Mouths, Healthy Lives: Australia’s National Oral Health Plan 2015–2024 has been prepared by the Oral Health Monitoring Group, a subcommittee of the Community Care and Population Health Principal Committee which reports through the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council to the COAG Health Council. Oral health is fundamental to overall health, […]

This article is posted as  part of Australia’s Healthy Weight Week #AHWW By Amanda Lee and Nicole Turner After years of neglect and a notable absence in last week’s Closing the Gap report, nutrition is finally being recognised as integral to closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage. This belated realisation is puzzling, given poor diet […]

Diet is the single most important factor in the chronic disease epidemic facing Aboriginal communities The 2016 Closing the Gap report fails to address nutrition despite its crucial importance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, argues Professor Stephen Simpson. The 2016 Closing the Gap report makes little mention of Australia’s biggest failure in closing […]

View the full report here. Edith Cowan University’s Australian Indigenous Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre has released a comprehensive review of volatile substance use (VSU) among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Professor Neil Drew, Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet Director said ‘It is with great pleasure that I announce that our latest review is now […]

NAIDOC Week celebrations are held annually across Australia to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The 2016 theme, Songlines – The living narrative of our nation – will highlight the importance of Songlines to the existence of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. NAIDOC Week 2016 will run from […]

On 10 February 2016, after attending the Close The Gap – 10th Anniversary Parliamentary Breakfast, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull tabled the 2016 annual report to Parliament on progress in Closing the Gap and delivered his first Closing the Gap statement to the Parliament as Prime Minister. Click here to read the Prime Minister’s Closing The Gap Statement to […]