Maree Meredith appointed Poche SA+NT Director
After acting in the role for over a year, Associate Professor Maree Meredith has this week been appointed Director of Poche SA+NT at Flinders University. With […]
Burns units need to cater for Indigenous kids
Aboriginal liaison workers in burn units, and greater cultural competence by clinicians in health services, are urgently needed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander burns patients […]
Earliest maritime routes mapped from the north
New insights into how people first arrived in Australia have identified the most likely routes travelled by Aboriginal people tens of thousands of years ago. The […]
Bandaid measures for rural-remote health are ‘not cohesive’
Despite 25 years of evidence, “risk-averse governments” have not formulated a cohesive national rural and remote health strategy, according to a new article in the Medical […]
Raising the bar on native title
Flinders law graduate Michael Pagsanjan has become Young SA Lawyer of the Year. Law Society of South Australia president Mr Tim Mellor says Mr Pagsanjan, principal […]
Call for action on rising HIV rates
Rising HIV rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people need urgent national attention, says Matthew Flinders Fellow Associate Professor James Ward. In a Perspective in […]
Indigenous response to health equity
Social inequality health expert Sir Michael Marmot has seen some of the benefits of ‘Aboriginal health in Aboriginal hands’ during a visit to Central Australia this […]