About 100 Aboriginal men recently attended a three-day male health summit hosted by the Sunrise Health Service at the Banatjarl camp south of Katherine.
At the close of the summit last Thursday (July 2), they issued 22 recommendations. These include calls for:
The Federal Government to immediately reinstate the Racial Discrimination Act with full integrity
Health resources specific [...]
March 23, 2009 – 11:03 am
John Greatorex, a Darwin-based academic who has previously worked as a teacher in north-east Arnhem Land for 30 years, has written the following detailed response to the Inside Story article on media reporting of Aboriginal health:
“I remember when the NT Intervention was announced, many families rang asking why the government was sending the army to [...]
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Tagged distance learning, First Nation languages, Fran Kelly, homelands, Indigenous education, Indigenous health, interpreters, NT Intervention, Yolngu
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Following on from previous posts, Professor Kerin O’Dea, director of the Sansom Institute at the University of SA, has some more story tips:
• We need much more sophisticated analysis of the state of Aboriginal health. At present it’s often reported as if the issues are the same for all Indigenous Australians. But some Aboriginal groups [...]
