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Hearing from leaders in Indigenous medical education - plus #LIMEvi Twitter wrap
Melissa SweetAug 16, 2015
Leaders in Indigenous medical education from Australia, Aotearoa, Canada and Hawai’i gathered in Townsville last week, on the country of the Bindal and Wulgurukaba Peoples, for
"Listen to Us": This report deserves a wide readership #JustJustice
Melissa SweetAug 13, 20151 Comment
Summer May Finlay writes: Western Australia is often in the headlines for policies that are harmful for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Forget Vegemite-based policy. Here are some sensible recommendations for reducing alcohol-related harms
Melissa SweetAug 10, 2015
Indigenous Affairs
Learn from "one of the best examples in the world of a comprehensive primary healthcare service"
Melissa SweetAug 2, 2015
Amongst other things, the Third National Aboriginal Health Summit in Darwin last week provided some examples of how the wider primary healthcare sector can learn so much from the Aborig
Federal Ministers urged to avert Aboriginal health tragedy in western Sydney
Melissa SweetJul 26, 2015
(Update, 27 July: A comment from the Federal Department of Health has been added at the bottom of this post Update, 28 July: An open letter from health academics at UTS has been ad
The Health Wrap: Reclaiming #auspol; violence, inequity, resilience and love; defining research
Kellie BissetJul 19, 2015
Celebrate #NAIDOC2015 with a long-read about love
Melissa SweetJul 5, 2015
It’s NAIDOC Week – a time “to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Devastating news for Aboriginal health in western Sydney
Melissa SweetJun 26, 2015
The Australian newspaper
"As a nation, we should be unified in an unwavering commitment to stop Aboriginal deaths in custody"
Melissa SweetJun 22, 2015
Many of the celebrations of the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta as a symbol of liberty and freedom ring very ho