Closing the Gap | Indymedia Australia

* NACCHO: Aboriginal controlled health services can close the gap in employment
* Eduardo Jordan, The Wire: Are we really closing the gap? [Featuring Greg Craven and Justin Mohamed]
* NACCHO: Fears Tony Abbott will widen Indigenous health gap
* The Stringer: Who do we believe? Different findings, Reform Council & Close the Gap
* Marie McInerney, Croakey: Latest 'close the gap' update on Indigenous health underlines alarm over #Budget2014 cuts
* Michael McKenna, The Australian: Health overhaul closes the gap

Geography:

Australia

Northern Territory

Queensland

WGAR News: This budget could devastate Indigenous Australians: Mick Gooda, ABC The Drum

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 22/05/2014 - 9:56am

Newsletter date: 22 May 2014

Contents:

* Mick Gooda, ABC The Drum: This budget could devastate Indigenous Australians

* Joint Press Release - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders call for scrapping of co-payments
* Joline Samawi, The Wire: Aboriginal leaders upset over co-payments [Featuring Jill Gallagher and Justin Mohamed]
* NIRS: Call to give Aboriginal Medical Centres a Co-payment break
* NIRS: GP co-payment 'removes safety net to health'

Geography:

Canberra

Australia

Western Australia

WGAR News: Good housing keeps people out of gaol: The Wire [Featuring Shane Duffy, CEO, NATSILS]

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 25/02/2014 - 10:05am

Newsletter date: 26 February 2014

Contents:

* Annie Hastwell, The Wire: Good housing keeps people out of gaol [Featuring Shane Duffy, CEO, NATSILS]
* Dylan Clarke, SBS Living Black Radio: Youth Initiatives for Justice Reinvestment [Featuring Kaleesha Morris]

* Deaths in Custody Watch Committee WA: Australian prisoner numbers reach 30,000 for the first time - over 27% of them are Aboriginal
* Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT): ALS calls for Justice Targets to be incorporated into Closing the Gap

Geography:

WGAR News: Closing the Gap: we know what works, so why don't we do it?: Eva Cox, The Conversation

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 24/02/2014 - 4:25pm

Newsletter date: 25 February 2014

Contents:

* Eva Cox, The Conversation: Closing the Gap: we know what works, so why don't we do it?
* SNAICC News: Disappointing sense of deja vu on closing the gap - Article by Angela Webb in The Australian 13 February 2014
* Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT): ALS calls for Justice Targets to be incorporated into Closing the Gap
* CAAMA Radio: Working together… [Featuring Barbara Shaw discussing the National Apology and Closing the Gap report]

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WGAR News: Closing the gap that scars Australia: stop our mob from dying prematurely: The Guardian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 13/02/2014 - 11:00am

Newsletter date: 13 February 2014

Contents:

* Mick Gooda and Kirstie Parker, The Guardian: Closing the gap that scars Australia: stop our mob from dying prematurely
* The Wire: Meaningful engagement with Aboriginal communities is key
* The Wire: State cuts to Indigenous Education at odds with Closing the Gap
* NACCHO Press Release CTG report: Investment in Aboriginal community controlled health key to closing the gap
* NACCHO member news: Apunipima Cape York Health Council welcomes the Close the Gap Report and continued investment into Aboriginal health services

Geography:

Australia

WGAR News: 'Close the Gap' - failed: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 22/11/2013 - 12:57pm

Newsletter date: 23 November 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 'Close the Gap' - failed
* The Wire: Slowly, closing the gap [Featuring Jack Bulman and Associate Professor Gracelyn Smallwood]
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Policy change needed to close the gap
* SNAICC News: COAG report - Lessons for federal reform
* NACCHO AGM Perth 2013 health news: Aboriginal life expectancy increases to Close the Gap
* ABC The World Today: Positive news from efforts to 'close the gap'

Geography:

Australia

WGAR News: A call for better support and wider use of Aboriginal and TSI Health Workers: Croakey

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 12/09/2013 - 12:32pm

Newsletter date: 14 September 2013

Contents:

* Larissa Nicholson, The Canberra Times: Canberra health service leaves scarcely room to protest

* Belinda Mason, The Guardian: Unfinished Business: portraying disability in Indigenous Australia [Photographic Essay]

* Melissa Sweet, Croakey - the Crikey health blog: A call for better support and wider use of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers [Closing the Gap]
* Amy McQuire, Tracker: Indigenous health: "We can’t stop now" [Closing the Gap]

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WGAR News: MJA's first issue for July has a focus on Indigenous health: Medical Journal of Australia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 18/07/2013 - 7:30pm

Newsletter date: 17 July 2013

Contents:

* Medical Journal of Australia (MJA): Volume 199, Issue 1 - 8 July, 2013
* Ruth Armstrong, MJA: A time and a place
* Tammy M Kimpton, MJA: Partnership and leadership: key to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
* Sandra J Eades and Fiona J Stanley, MJA: Improving the health of First Nations children in Australia
* Melissa A Sweet, MJA: Social media: new links for Indigenous health
* Sarah L Blunden and Danny Camfferman, MJA: Can sleep contribute to "closing the gap" for Indigenous children?

Geography:

Australia