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Dr Tom Calma’s Presentation at 11th National Rural Health Conference

by Robbo on April 8, 2011

I couldn’t make it to the biannual National Rural Health Conference this year.

One of the speakers was Tom Calma. Below is a video of his short presentation (8 mins in) and the slide show titled “Indigenous Health and Closing the Gap”. I urge you to watch it

Indigenous Health and Closing the Gap

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Tagged as: closing the gap, Dr Tom Calma, indigenous health, National Rural Health Conference

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Indigenous News – Education

by Robbo on October 16, 2010

in Indigenous News

Closing the Gap discussion paper on School attendance and retention of Indigenous Australian students http://bit.ly/9vYZ1D

Hermannsburg Indigenous community tackles school truancy with improved community relations and resources http://bit.ly/ctSr7e

Hermannsburg to Harbour: remote kids take in Sydney as a reward for school attendance and performance http://bit.ly/dCJpSM

EVERY Anglican school has a program to help Aboriginal ed or at least improve awareness of the plight of indigenous http://bit.ly/ascX37

Australia targets Aboriginal truancy. A discriminatory program as aimed primarily at Indigenous communities http://bit.ly/9HfZke

Worawa Aboriginal College changed from co-education to all-girls. Only Aboriginal girls school in Australia http://bit.ly/8WXSmV

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Tagged as: aboriginal, Aboriginal news, Anglican, closing the gap, Education, Hermannsburg, Indigenous, Indigenous News, Macfarlane Primary school, truancy, Worawa

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Indigenous News – Health

by Robbo on October 16, 2010

in Indigenous News

NPY Womens Council hold a dialysis forum in APY lands at 30th birthday celebrations. No men, no local health service? http://bit.ly/aiPX4z

Our black health gap: less spent on primary aboriginal health http://bit.ly/b03ls1

GPs can Close the Gap through better ID of Indigenous patients to improve their access to Medicare benefits http://bit.ly/dhTc09

Lowitja Institute & ANU have launched a new publication with recommendations on how GPs can help Close the Gap http://bit.ly/8YL7WX

15,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with low vision and 3,300 who are blind http://bit.ly/d8T9HM

THE NT’s most remote bush health clinic has received a stamp of approval in AGPAL accreditation http://bit.ly/d9C1IX

Community groups organised a free bus to transfer Indigenous to regular medical appointments http://bit.ly/9RwoBx

VICTORIAN Aboriginals are missing out on crucial interventions to manage heart disease or discharge early from hospital http://bit.ly/daozdG

Nation’s psychiatrists have reignited call for a constitutional amendment to recognise Australia’s indigenous people http://bit.ly/cVv8Mf

More than three tonnes of kava has been seized in remote Arnhem Land communities in the past 18 months. http://bit.ly/aACxEk

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Tagged as: Aboriginal news, blindness, closing the gap, dialysis, health, Indigenous News, kava, Lowitja Institute, NPYWC

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Closing The Gap and the new Gillard Cabinet

by Robbo on September 11, 2010

in Indigenous,NT Intervention,policy,Remote health

In the Rudd government Warren Snowdon was the Minister for Indigenous, Rural and Regional Health. Warren Snowdon lived in Alice Springs and had previously lived at Pipalyatjarra on the APY lands. By just living he had a knowledge of the Ministry. The was a Closing the Gap report the Prime Minster had to report on to Parliament and yes a program “Closing the Gap” to try and overcome the disadvantages Indigenous Australians have.

Unfortunately they did continue the Intervention that was started by the previous government and some spin seemed to emanate from Macklin’s office on a number of topics.

A few hours ago Julia Gillard announced her new cabinet (Crikey site, ALP site).

Macklin retains Indigenous Affairs while Mark Arbib becomes the Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development. Trust is essential when dealing with Indigenous people. I wonder how he will be viewed.

Of great concern is there is no portfolio for Indigenous, Rural and Regional Health. It is too big a portfolio to be subsumed into the new Ministry for Regional Australia. Does this mean the focus on Closing the Gap will end. That despite all research showing Indigenous Australians want their own health services that the assimilation into general practice will continue?

Indigenous legal academic and writer Larrissa Behrendt on Twitter seems to think so: