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1 week ago | 
nit.com.au | Callan Morse |Dechlan Brennan |Joseph Guenzler
The National Indigenous Health Leadership Alliance has reaffirmed its position on Indigenous affairs ahead of the upcoming federal election and following the publication of key documents, including the Productivity Commission review and Close the Gap Day report.
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nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan |Joseph Guenzler
Western Australian children and young people are being called on to help create an Acknowledgement of Country that reflects their voices by the state's child commissioner. Noongar Woman Tracey Ninyette, the Commissioner for Children and Young People in WA said the aim of the project, in line with this year's theme for Youth Week WA—"Our Threads, This Place, Your Moment"—is to "encourage children and young people to think about their connection to community and each other".
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1 week ago | 
nit.com.au | Joseph Guenzler |Giovanni Torre |Phoebe Blogg
Gamilaroi man Dhinawan Baker has won the 2024 Deadly Funny National Grand Final held on Monday 14 April at Arts Centre Melbourne. The event, part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, was hosted by comedian Mr Kevin Kropinyeri and featured performances by 2024 winners Tyson Walker and Kalah Lovegrove, 2022 winner Ms Janty Blair, and US guest Channel Ali.
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1 week ago | 
nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan |Joseph Guenzler
New and urgent investment in Indigenous-controlled health infrastructure is vital to help close the health gap for First Nations Victorians. A new report developed by Infrastructure Victoria and the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) has found that up to $150 million is needed to deliver new and upgraded facilities to replace dilapidated and unsafe buildings across the state.
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1 week ago | 
nit.com.au | Giovanni Torre |Dechlan Brennan |Callan Morse |Joseph Guenzler
Tylissa Elisara has shed tears of joy at children's reactions to her middle-grade novel about a reclusive hairy-nosed wombat from the 55th burrow of Bushland Avenue, Kangaroo Island. Ms Elisara, who is of Narungga, Kaurna and Adnyamathanha descent, wrote Wurrtoo: The Wombat Who Fell in Love with the Sky for her now-teenage son, Jaxon, to instil a sense of pride in his First Nations heritage. At Jaxon's urging to have it published, she applied for and won a black&write! Writing Fellowship.
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1 week ago | 
nit.com.au | Joseph Guenzler |Dechlan Brennan
Gurindji and Noongar woman Ebony Hill is among the first graduates of Flinders University's paramedicine program in the Northern Territory and is now in her second year of a Doctor of Medicine degree. Ms Hill left school after Year 11 and later became a stay-at-home mother of four. A decade on, she has completed a Bachelor of Paramedicine and is now on track to become a doctor by 2027. As an Indigenous student, she said her motivation stemmed from what she witnessed growing up.
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1 week ago | 
nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan |Joseph Guenzler
The federal government has announced new access to vital On-Country skills training for First Nations communities in Central Australia. On Tuesday, Skills and Training Minister Andrew Giles and Lingiari MP Marion Scrymgour announced another five locations for Remote Training Hubs, along with a $3 million grant to allow the Desert Peoples Centre to deliver Central Australia Remote Mobile Training Units.
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1 week ago | 
nit.com.au | Dechlan Brennan |Joseph Guenzler |Giovanni Torre
More than $25 million will be committed by the federal and NT governments to increase the training capability in essential health care services, with a focus on aged care, birthing, children's healthcare, and mental health care. The announcement on Tuesday to "turbocharge" the Regional and Remote Essential Care Services (RRECS) Centre of Excellence through Charles Darwin University and Batchelor Institute in Central Australia will see $20.1 million invested by the two governments.
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1 week ago | 
nit.com.au | Joseph Guenzler |Dechlan Brennan |Giovanni Torre
Police are calling for public assistance to help locate a missing 14-year-old girl named Naomi. She was last seen in Noarlunga about 8.30pm and later in Adelaide's CBD around 9pm on Monday 24 March. Naomi is described as Aboriginal, 175cm tall, medium build, with brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a black hooded jumper, black shorts and black shoes. She is also known as Sharon.
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1 week ago | 
nit.com.au | Joseph Guenzler |Dechlan Brennan |Giovanni Torre
For many Indigenous people, deciding whether to vote in the upcoming Canadian election remains a complex and personal decision. Chadwick Cowie, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Toronto Scarborough and a member of the Hiawatha First Nation, said the impact of the Indigenous vote is clear, but participation is not guaranteed. "We can impact the vote, it's whether or not we choose to," Mr Cowie said.
