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Jaru and Yindjibarndi doctor receives WA Day Award for health leadership
A Jaru and Yindjibarndi doctor has been recognised for his work improving health...
Natasha Clark 4 Jun 2026
Pilbara communities host next generation of rural and remote doctors
A week-long program introducing junior doctors to life and work in remote Wester...
Natasha Clark 11 May 2026
'Our Medicine' returns with focus on First Nations care and community-led healing
An Aboriginal Liaison Officer walks the halls of Armadale Health Service just ou...
Natasha Clark 23 Mar 2026
Nyul Nyul man honoured at WA Rural Health Excellence Awards
A Nyul Nyul man from the Kimberley has been recognised for his contribution to A...
Natasha Clark 17 Mar 2026
Kimberley health leaders acknowledge Pat Turner’s many years of service
Health leaders in Western Australia's Kimberley have acknowledged the retirement...
Natasha Clark 10 Mar 2026
Anindilyakwa women strengthen community enterprise through Bush Medijina rebrand

Anindilyakwa women on Groote Eylandt have launched a new chapter for their community-owned enterprise, Bush Medijina. The 100 per cent Indigenous-owned, women-led social enterprise has unveiled a refr...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 26, 2026
Murdoch University awards Honorary Doctorate to Noongar medicine practitioner Vivienne Hansen

Murdoch University has awarded an Honorary Doctorate to Vivienne Hansen, recognising her lifetime dedication to sharing, teaching, and advocating for Noongar culture, language and knowledge.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 13, 2026
Recording Martu knowledge on Country to support future generations

Martu rangers and language workers from the Kanyirninpa Jukurrpa Aboriginal Corporation have been travelling across Western Australia's Western Desert this month, documenting knowledge about native pl...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Feb 10, 2026
Yuin student makes her own way to paramedicine studies

Proud Yuin woman, Savannah Bolt, has entered her second year of university despite finishing high school without an ATAR. Ms Bolt is now studying a Bachelor of Paramedicine at Charles Darwin Universit...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 28, 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
Language program trials new support for Navajo children with speech delays

First Nations Diné and Acoma Pueblo speech pathologist and researcher, Joshuaa Allison-Burbank, is leading a study which aims to support children experiencing speech delays by working within th...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jan 1, 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
Professor Michael Wear makes history as first winner of Prime Minister’s Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems

The inaugural Prime Minister's Prize for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge Systems has been awarded to Malgana man, Professor Michael Wear.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 3, 2025
Nyunnga Ku Aboriginal Corporation to lead new health and education hub in WA’s Goldfields

A new Indigenous-led hub in Leonora, about 230 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie in WA's northern Goldfields, will bring together health, education and environmental programs over the next three years to...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Oct 23, 2025
Scholar champions te ao Māori at national scientific meeting

The power of Indigenous knowledge was a key focus at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine (NZCPHM) annual scientific meeting, Hui Pūtaiao a-tau, recently held in Rotorua.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 10, 2025
Exhibition celebrates power of Indigenous healing

A secretly developed pill made from an Indigenous medicine helped soldiers avoid seasickness as they landed on the shores of Normandy in 1944.

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Keira Jenkins Oct 6, 2025
Mangarri Man: Terrific terminalias

The leadwood is a member of the Combretaceae family which encompasses over 500 species of trees and shrubs found extensively through tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

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Phil Docherty Sep 9, 2025
Shining a light on trailblazers in Indigenous medicine

Tatum Bond is one of those "lucky people" who truly loves her job. The Ngadjonji woman works in the emergency department at Cairns Base Hospital, and for the Royal Flying Doctors Service in Queensland...

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Keira Jenkins May 30, 2025
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