Keira Jenkins

1 week ago | au.news.yahoo.com | Keira Jenkins

After four decades of advocacy, traditional owners are celebrating the return of their Country, but say it has been a long time coming. In 1980, the Central Land Council lodged a land claim on behalf of Wakaya and Alyawarre traditional owners in the Northern Territory's Barkly region.

1 week ago | dubbophotonews.com.au | Keira Jenkins

Apr 16 2025 Including cultural medicine in mainstream healthcare may improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, but a lack of understanding is impeding access. While 90 per cent of Indigenous people would like to access cultural medicine, many have difficulty doing so, research from Southern Cross University shows. Research fellow Alana Gall led the study, which found cultural...

1 week ago | au.news.yahoo.com | Keira Jenkins

Including cultural medicine in mainstream healthcare may improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, but a lack of understanding is impeding access. While 90 per cent of Indigenous people would like to access cultural medicine, many have difficulty doing so, research from Southern Cross University shows. Research fellow Alana Gall led the study, which found cultural medicines were largely absent from policy which guides medical practice.

2 weeks ago | nit.com.au | Keira Jenkins |Dechlan Brennan |Joseph Guenzler

With the federal election just weeks away, Indigenous mental health experts are warning Australians not to engage in discriminatory and racist debate on the policies of the major parties. While the broader campaign focus has been on the cost of living and economic issues, Black Dog Institute First Nations strategy director Clinton Schultz says conversations on Indigenous issues will ramp up. And when they do, it's important they don't come at the cost of the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.

2 weeks ago | nit.com.au | Keira Jenkins

Dalara Williams wanted to see people like her in the romcoms she grew up with, so she wrote her own. After studying acting, the roles the Wiradjuri and Gumbaynggirr woman was asked to audition for were often "tragic" and took a specific lens on the lives of Aboriginal people. She realised this came at the cost of them often being left out of stories involving love and friendship at the level she wanted to see.