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Next generation of doctors walk with community in Central Australia
A quiet but powerful shift is happening in the heart of Australia, where medicin...
Nicole Brown 27 Mar 2026
Fast-track ear surgery model transforming access to care in the East Pilbara
A fast-tracked ear surgery model being trialled in Western Australia's East Pilb...
Reece Harley 13 Mar 2026
Trailblazing Aboriginal health practitioner leads the way in diabetes care
James Cook University graduate Josiah Little has become Australia's first male t...
Callan Morse 6 Mar 2026
Scholarship boost for First Nations future leaders in fight against cancer
Hannah Mason knows first-hand how crucial culturally safe care and representatio...
Jarred Cross 2 Mar 2026
Jobe Bonney: bridging the gap for First Nations health
In a bright new building designed to shape the future of health in the Northern...
Nicole Brown 3 Feb 2026
Fracture prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: research uncovers perspectives on bone health

Research from the National Centre for Healthy Ageing's Living Labs Research Program, led by Associate Professor Ayse Zengin from Monash University, has identified unique perspectives and beliefs on bo...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 20, 2026
Nyul Nyul health practitioner awarded WA research scholarship

A Pilbara-based Aboriginal health practitioner has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to undertake further study in Indigenous research. Sharon Lockyer, a proud Nyul Nyul woman from Beagle Bay, is...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jan 20, 2026
Young Indigenous doctors heading back to Country to practice medicine

At only eight years old, Brianna Ozies had already decided she wanted to be a doctor. The proud Djugan woman had firsthand experience of the Indigenous health gap in her hometown of Derby, so she was...

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Brendan Foster Dec 17, 2025
Among the highest rates in the world: Addressing the challenges faced by Indigenous people living with dementia

Rates of dementia in remote and rural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are among the highest recorded globally - and by 2051, the number of First Nations peoples over 50 living with d...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 17, 2025
A decade of achievement: Aboriginal health education program producing the next generation of leaders

In the past decade, a TAFE NSW Aboriginal health training program has seen close to 200 graduates. More than 50 per cent have moved into senior roles at Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organisa...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Dec 8, 2025
NT honours top Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers for 2025

Winners for the 2025 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker and Practitioner Excellence Awards were announced at a ceremony in Darwin on Saturday.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Dec 1, 2025
Professor returns home to strengthen First Nations nursing

James Cook University is celebrating the homecoming of Professor Roianne West, a Kalkadunga and Djunke woman, who joins the University as Professor of Nursing and Midwifery, based on her ancestral Cou...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 7, 2025
Bullinah Aboriginal Health Service's 'rising star' honoured at national awards

Courtney Smith-Garbutt of the Bullinah Aboriginal Health Service was named Rising Star in Rural/Remote Health at the 2025 National Rural and Remote Health Awards on Wednesday evening.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 6, 2025
Exclusive: Noongar medical student Shakayla Walley-Wihongi and team pioneers a new pathway to treat syphilis

23-year-old soon-to-be doctor Shakayla Walley-Wihongi, with a team of scientific powerhouses, has blazed a trail in the treatment of syphilis.

Leanne Dolby Leanne Dolby Oct 29, 2025
NSW Aboriginal Allied Health Cadetship applications open

Eligible students are being encouraged to get their applications in for the 2025 NSW Aboriginal Allied Health Cadetship program. The NSW government program offers successful candidates a paid work pla...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 24, 2025
Bringing passion and purpose to men's health in Mparntwe

A chance encounter with some dear friends after a holiday in Mparntwe/Alice Springs led Queenslander Jacob Murray, a proud Noonuccal and Kombumerri man from the Quandamooka Nation, to a new chapter in...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 11, 2025
Tanja Hirvonen: Women’s Health Week spotlight on a leader in wellbeing

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this publication contains images of people who have passed away. As Jean Hailes Women's Health Week (1–5 September 2025) turns nati...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Sep 1, 2025
'Urgent action' needed to sustain NT’s primary healthcare workforce, advocates warn

Northern Territory Primary Health Network's new 'Health Workforce Needs Assessment 2025 – GP Workforce', a report that outlines "the critical challenges and opportunities" facing primary healthc...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 22, 2025
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