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Innovative #swab4mob campaign launches to encourage COVID-19 testing and keep Aboriginal Communities safe, healthy and strong

November 24th, 2020

The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW (AH&MRC) have partnered with The National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners (NAATSIHWP) and other Aboriginal organisations to launch #swab4mob; a campaign aimed at urging Aboriginal Communities to protect their families by getting COVID-19 testing if they feel unwell. While there...

AH&MRC Announce New Partnership with Sydney Kings and Sydney Flames

November 20th, 2020

The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW (AH&MRC) is excited to announce a brand new partnership with the National Basketball League (NBL)team, the Sydney Kings and the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) Sydney Flames to deliver the sporting club’s first Indigenous community program, Healthy Deadly Kids (HDK). Healthy Deadly Kids is unique in...

AH&MRC urges the NSW Government to address the mental health needs of Aboriginal people

November 17th, 2020

The AH&MRC calls on the NSW Government to address the mental health and social and emotional wellbeing needs of Aboriginal people across NSW in the upcoming budget. In 2019 – 2020, Aboriginal people in NSW have endured displacement and destruction of their communities due to bushfires, floods, drought, and COVID-19. Aboriginal people experience these traumatic...

AH&MRC’s NAIDOC Week Portrait Series

November 11th, 2020

AH&MRC’s NAIDOC Week Portrait Series celebrates the skills, strength and diversity of Aboriginal people working in the Aboriginal community-controlled healthcare sector The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) NADIOC Portrait Series profiles five Aboriginal people who have each made a significant contribution to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people in NSW. The five nominees were selected based on nominations received from Community members, and people working...

Government must act immediately to transform the justice system for Aboriginal people.

November 6th, 2020

In the past few weeks we have seen the inquest into the death in custody of Nathan Reynolds who died following an asthma attack, the conviction of a police officer for the assault of an 18 year old Aboriginal boy in police custody, and the referral of Dwayne Johnstone’s death to the Director of Public...

AH&MRC supplies hand sanitiser and reusable cloth face masks to NSW Aboriginal Communities

October 20th, 2020

Hospital grade hand sanitiser and reusable, cloth face masks will be distributed to Aboriginal Communities in NSW by the Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council (AH&MRC) through their 47 Member Services. “These protective measures remind Communities to remain vigilant as COVID-19 becomes the new normal, and testing rates drop in NSW. It is especially important...

Government announces $2 billion dollars for ongoing COVID-19 health response

September 22nd, 2020

Last week, the Morrison Government announced an additional $2 billion to extend the COVID-19 health response until 31 March 2021. The additional funding increases the Government’s COVID-19 health response to more than $16.5 billion since March 2020. The extra funding covers Medicare-subsidised telehealth and pathology services, GP-led respiratory clinics, home medicines delivery, extended public and...

Support for National Agreement on Closing the Gap

July 30th, 2020

AH&MRC welcomes the new National Agreement on Closing the Gap as a historic shift to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ life outcomes. The National Agreement signals a turning point in the relationship between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and governments – one that is based on shared decision making on policies and...

Public Health Alert: COVID-19 cases linked to the Crossroads Hotel in Casula, Sydney NSW.

July 13th, 2020

NSW Health have confirmed 13 new COVID-19 cases linked to the Crossroads Hotel located in Casula, a suburb in Sydney’s South West region. There are significant concerns that these cases increase the risk of Community transmission in NSW and we must continue to take the right steps to slow the spread, and keep our Communities...

Message update from NACCHO CEO Pat Turner on COVID-19 advice for Black Lives Matter protesters

June 12th, 2020

“Mass gatherings where people are close together are high-risk for spreading COVID-19,” said Pat Turner, CEO of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation. “It has been recognised that COVID-19 poses a serious risk to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people due to higher levels of chronic conditions especially those aged 50 years and older....

National Sorry Day & Reconciliation Week 2020

May 26th, 2020

On National Sorry Day, May 26, we remember the Stolen Generations whose lives were devastated by past Government policies and practices to forcibly remove Indigenous children them from their families and Communities in the name of assimilation until 1969. This day acknowledges and signals deep regret at the impacts these past policies had and continue...

BHP Vital Resources Fund gives $3.3 million for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations

May 13th, 2020

BHP’s Vital Resources Fund will provide more than $3.3 million (AUD) in funding to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander controlled community health services across Australia, as part of new partnerships established to support communities through the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will support peak Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health councils and Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

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