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GPs peak body welcomes federal investment in Indigenous health, urges nationwide action to confront racism
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has welcomed investments a...
Giovanni Torre 12 Feb 2026
Four years on from Canadian Indigenous woman's death in waiting room, family still waits for inquest
This article contains the names of Indigenous people who have died. Four years a...
Giovanni Torre 23 Dec 2025
Analysis: A hospital tried to make care fairer for Indigenous patients - the backlash says everything
When St Vincent's Hospital in Naarm introduced a policy ensuring Indigenous pati...
Dechlan Brennan 6 Nov 2025
VACCHO condemns 'race-baiting' over Melbourne hospital's Indigenous care policy
The peak body for Victoria's Indigenous community-controlled organisations says...
Dechlan Brennan 30 Oct 2025
Indigenous woman was sedated four times by medics before overdose death, inquest told
A mother of three seeking treatment for schizophrenia was sedated four times by...
Abe Maddison 20 Oct 2025
New report from GP peak body reveals racism a major issue in healthcare

Almost one third of GPs witnessed racism towards patients in the health system in the past year, according to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' 2025 Health of the Nation report.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 6, 2025
Inquest findings on the death of Kamilaroi-Dunghutti man Ricky Hampson Jnr to be delivered Tuesday

The coronial inquest findings on the death of 36-year-old Kamilaroi-Dunghutti man Ricky 'Dougie' Hampson Jr will be delivered on Tuesday, three years after he died in agony from perforated stomach ulc...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 16, 2024
"I won’t let my brother be a statistic" - Family of ‘Dougie’ Hampson tells inquest of the impact his death has had on their lives

An emotional courtroom has heard from family and friends of Ricky 'Dougie' Hampson Jr, with his eldest daughter telling the inquest there was "nothing in the world he wouldn't have done for us.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 7, 2024
Indigenous man could have lived "a normal life" if diagnosed correctly, inquest told

An Indigenous man who died in the aftermath of being misdiagnosed at Dubbo hospital would have had a good chance of living "a normal life" had he been diagnosed correctly, an inquest has heard.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Mar 4, 2024
Indigenous man was "scared" of hospitals before fatal misdiagnosis, inquest told

An Indigenous man who died after being misdiagnosed with a drug-induced syndrome had previously told a relative he was "really scared" of going to hospitals, an inquest has heard.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Feb 29, 2024
Young Indigenous person's death in hospital bathroom was preventable, inquest told

An inquest into the death of a young Indigenous person in a hospital bathroom has heard the patient's death was preventable. The inquiry has heard the young mental health patient who died sniffing deo...

N
Neve Brissenden Sep 22, 2023
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