- Another aboriginal community with an asbestos waste dump within environs http://bit.ly/9gmz
- remote community residents may need special follow-up to see if they have contracted asbestos-related illnesses. http://bit.ly/2DSIK8
- FITZROY Crossing will screen every child 3-10yrs to discover the full extent of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder http://bit.ly/km6h2
- Fitzroy Crossing MP not keen on foetal alcohol spectrum disorder testing http://bit.ly/2o6r6
- Thoracic Society: Respiratory physicians are required in Aboriginal Communities. http://bit.ly/Wwut
- A number of NSW Aboriginal health services launch an oral health partnership http://bit.ly/3yZT3p
- 40,000 CA-MRSA infections per year in Australia due to ‘addiction to antibiotics” Some indigenous groups at risk http://bit.ly/MHzAc
- Federal parliamentary inquiry hears Aboriginal communities sold rotten or out of date food by local store http://bit.ly/F1LRO
The Indigenous News Updates are sourced from news and other articles from around the country that I have posted on Twitter.
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- Australian Hotels Association to work with Kimberley Community for voluntary alcohol ban amongst pregnant women http://bit.ly/crS0x
- Alcohol ban in Fitzroy Crossing showing benefits but bans may be needed for next 20 years http://bit.ly/45QM0J
- Central Australian Aboriginal Congress advocates grog minimum price benchmark to reduce consumption http://bit.ly/2BhB3T
- 133,700 litres of full strength beer sold in 3 months before alcohol restrictions came into force. at Fitzroy Crossing http://bit.ly/1Zfip
- Primary healthcare in the East Arnhem region will come under single regional health board to improve indigenous health http://bit.ly/h1CPA
- Indigenous kids used asbestos as chalk as dangerous waste not cleared up properly out bush . http://bit.ly/DjOAs would that occur in a city
- celebrity vet and his unsung work in indigenous communities. http://bit.ly/2dwVfa One point to clarify. scabies mite on dog is dift to human
- Feelgood piece about the remote Area health Corp. http://bit.ly/zwKXv If remote health funded properly perhaps long term staff easy to find
- Bureau of Statistics: Remote indigenous 8 times more likely to have diabetes than other remote Australians. http://bit.ly/weaNC
- Eight indigenous Australians suicided in the Kimberley region in a 2 month period late last year http://bit.ly/2ZlRE
The Indigenous News Updates are sourced from news and other articles from around the country that I have posted on Twitter.
An updated page with news links related to the death of Mr Ward who died while being transported 400km in a prison transfer vehicle with failed air-conditioning during summer can be found here
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- Documentary of Indigenous women fighting for alcohol restrictions in Fitzroy Crossing premieres at UN in New York http://bit.ly/nCq2
- Burringurrah Aboriginal Corporation placed into receivership due to not following own constitution http://bit.ly/MDABN
- Canadian Indians have 2.5x Native Americans 2x but Australian aboriginals 10x incidence renal disease to population http://bit.ly/Mpo6m
- 85 per cent to 95 per cent of domestic violence and assaults in Leonora and Laverton is alcohol-related. http://bit.ly/dOF3
- “We believe CDEP works in our communities and our homelands.” body fomed to lobby govt on work for dole out bush http://bit.ly/F8A52
- Private ownership of indigenous housing pushed again.No one can explain who has money to purchase pricey homes out bush http://bit.ly/tyMHb
I read a large amount of information each week on indigenous health and affairs. There is no way I can blog about it all. Many of the links I place on Twitter where I can be found as @BiteTheDust.
I will regularly compile these links and place on the blog under the category of Indigenous News Update.
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