Recognising the barriers that young Indigenous jobseekers faced in his community of Wodonga, Jon Retford, General Manager of the Wilson Transformer Company decided to take action.
Geraldine Thimble has become the first member of the remote community of Mornington Island in Queensland to gain employment in the Pride in My Home Program with Save the Children, Australia’s leading independent emergency relief and development organisation for children.
Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is another step closer after the Bill for an Act of Recognition passed through the Senate unopposed this week.
We all know about some of the alarming health statistics around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health including that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are two and a half times more likely than non-Indigenous Australians to contract a chronic disease.
This Newslines Radio program looks at the great work that healthy lifestyle workers are doing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities all around the country.
Ensuring mothers and babies get the best care possible is something the Women’s Team at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (ATSICHS) in Mackay, Queensland prides itself on.
On the fifth anniversary of the National Apology last month, The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Recognition Bill passed through the House of Representatives demonstrating the Australian Government’s commitment to build support for constitutional change.
