Wellbeing
Closing the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Australia will remain out of reach without urgent, targeted investment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services i...
The Noongar Family Safety and Wellbeing Council has welcomed the recent announcement of an extension to the Aboriginal Representative Organisations (ARO's) and further investment into Aboriginal Famil...
Warning: The following article contains references to suicide, which may be distressing to some readers. Recently published data indicates the need for culturally safe mental health care for Aborigina...
Employment opportunities for local Indigenous women in New South Wales' Shoalhaven region are set to be supported through the State Government's Regional Development Trust.
Ngarigo woman and clinical psychologist Shai Hipperson is working at the forefront of Australia's emerging medicine-assisted therapy space. Through her Queensland-based practice, Conscious Mind Centre...
A Victorian government investment of more than $6 million to strengthen Aboriginal health and wellbeing has been welcomed by the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO).
Marking three months since the federal government introduced its social media ban for children under 16, the WA Commissioner for Children and Young People released insights on the issue from an online...
An independent federal government evaluation has confirmed Children's Ground is delivering measurable outcomes that support the objectives of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, the organisatio...
First Nations young people across Magandjin/Brisbane and Moreton Bay can now access free, culturally safe mental health support and care at the new Staying Deadly headspace in Deception Bay.
A new study into the clinical effectiveness of a rural Birthing on Country service - compared to mainstream maternity services - has recently revealed First Nations women had significantly more normal...
The Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing Centre is now open in Adelaide, with the purpose of providing community-focused and culturally safe care to First Nations people.
Only four of the 19 Closing the Gap targets are on track and four are moving backwards, with just five years remaining under the current agreement, the federal government says.
Professor Pat Dudgeon, Director of the Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP) at the University of Western Australia, has expressed deep concer...
