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  • Indigenous Diabetes program launched by Sydney Southwest Area Health Service http://bit.ly/5Xkjwa
  • DoHA to launch a new Web site to provide resource for chronic disease in indigenous Australians http://bit.ly/7r421K
  • Disseminating best-evidence healthcare to Indigenous healthcare settings & programs in Australia: identifying the gaps http://bit.ly/4yo06e
  • The Halls Creek Herald fighting alcohol bans portraying it as unfair, unjust and racist http://bit.ly/67deRZ
  • Outcomes from the National Indigenous Health Equality Summit Canberra, March 18–20, 2008 http://bit.ly/61y4pc

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Indigenous News Update

by Robbo on March 29, 2009

in Indigenous News

  • Communicable Disease rates of indigenous and non-indigenous in Australia compared http://bit.ly/3MYopF
  • FORTESCUE Metals chief has slammed the Australian Hotel Association for its attitude towards alcohol at Halls Creek. http://bit.ly/H2Yv2
  • twice as many Aboriginal people as non-Aboriginal people renting with 62% of indigenous people renting http://bit.ly/XpWj0
  • Digital Conversion of TV : troubling times for remote communities when changeover occurs in 2013 http://bit.ly/48FjeE
  • Aboriginal Death in custody: grandmother calls for better police training http://bit.ly/awO6
  • Good citizen’ would restore Racial Discrimination Act http://bit.ly/ST6GR
  • NT Aboriginal Leaders call on Australian Govt to stop ‘bribing’ communities http://bit.ly/eVvW
  • public service changes will not affect Indigenous Affairs and the Cape York welfare reform trials. http://bit.ly/XVetg

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.

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  • Australia’s indigenous population suffers higher infant mortality rate & lower life expectancy than in NZ, Can & US http://bit.ly/1ELZBU
  • 30 percent of births in Halls Creek would be Foetal Alcohol Syndrome disorder (mainly indigenous) – Lateline transcript http://bit.ly/VNBmg
  • LICENSEES in Halls Creek will have to explain why alcohol should not be banned. – about bloody time http://bit.ly/n19D
  • Indigenous Implementation Board has stated that forced liquor bans, alone is doomed to fail. http://bit.ly/1uELa
  • Study of Aboriginal people has found that three times as many smoke as the rate in the wider community. – not surprised http://bit.ly/JzOVM

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.

If you like this post and what else you see on the blog please subscribe by RSS feed (the orange button) or by email. Visit my subscription page.

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