Protocols for the delivery of social and emotional wellbeing and mental health services in Indigenous communities
Melissa Haswell North Queensland Health Equalities Promotion Unit05 November, 2009 These guidelines have been written to fill a significant gap in resources available to Primary Health Care and Mental Health services.

The geography and demography of Indigenous migration: Insights for policy and planning
Nicholas Biddle Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research 05 November, 2009 The aim of this paper is to consider a number of related aspects of Indigenous migration including the propensity to move, population redistribution, migration patterns and flows, urbanisation and intra-urban migration.

The 2nd National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Family & Community Strengths Conference
LOCATION: The University of Newcastle, Callaghan Campus
ORGANISED BY: The Family Action Centre & SNAICC01 December, 2009 The Family Action Centre and SNAICC invite you to be part of The 2nd National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Family & Community Strengths Conference.
When: 1 - 3 December 2009Where: The University of Newcastle, Callaghan CampusThis conferences' principal sponsor is The Australian Government Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, other sponsor includes The University of Newcastle.
The conference will explore family-centred, strength-based community engagement in relation to:# nurturing cultural identity in childre

MoU moves Qld native title forward - - National Native Title Tribunal
PORTFOLIO: Attorney-General's
URL: http://www.nntt.gov.au/news-and-communications/media-releases/pages/mou_moves_qld_native_title_forward.aspx
SNIPPET: Negotiations on two native title applications from the Bularnu Waluwarra and Wangkayujuru people of north-west Queensland took a step forward today with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with councils in the region. Future discussions, which also involve the applicants' native title service provider (Queensland South Native Title Services), will look at possible benefits for the parties, such as agreements giving councils use of some land for public purposes and protection for cultural heritage sites. The native title applications are the Bularnu Waluwarra and Wangkayujuru People 1, filed on 6 February 1997 for 22,194sq km of land in the Boulia, Cloncurry and Mt Isa local government areas.

Closing the gap for Indigenous families in Queensland
PORTFOLIO: Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
URL: http://www.deewr.gov.au/ministers/ellis/media/releases/pages/article_091104_134949.aspx
SNIPPET: The Federal Minister for Early Childhood Education and Child Care Kate Ellis and Queensland's Premier Anna Bligh today announced ten new Children and Family Centres for Queensland. The ten centres will target the needs of Indigenous families and their young children, but all families will be able to use the centres. Children and Family Centres are a hub for services that help children and their families develop in terms of health, education and social interaction.

TITLE: Minister Welcomes Launch of New Urban Indigenous Health Institute
PORTFOLIO: Health and Ageing
URL: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-ws-ws049.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2009&mth=11
SNIPPET: The Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon, today welcomed the establishment of the new Institute for Urban Indigenous Health in Brisbane. The Minister said the Institute would integrate health planning and servicing within Brisbane and the surrounding regions to meet the health needs of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. strengthening and maintaining key service relationships such as those with the local Indigenous health services, local Divisions of General Practice, private practitioners, allied health service providers and hospitals development, testing and evaluation of `new' models of primary health care delivery to urban Indigenous populations the establishment of a teaching centre in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health through collaboration with the Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Queensland (UQ).

Minister Welcomes Launch of New Urban Indigenous Health Institute
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-ws-ws049.htm
The Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon, has welcomed the establishment of the new Institute for Urban Indigenous Health in Brisbane. Several additions and changes to drugs listed under the Pharmaceutical BenefitsScheme com...

'Sort of like reading a map'
Maree Clarke, Fran Edmonds Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health19 October, 2009 This report highlights the way Aboriginal people in south-east Australia have used their artwork to relate both individual and collective stories about their experiences and understanding of the world.

What do Aboriginal women think is good antenatal care?
Gai Wilson Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health19 October, 2009 This report documents the first phase of the research project entitled Developing a Health Information System to Support Continuous Improvement in Antenatal Care for Aboriginal Women in the Central Australian Region.

Nutrition and preventative health in Indigenous futures
CSIRO and the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health19 October, 2009 This report outlines the issues and outcomes resulting from the 3rd National Indigenous Science and Research Roundtable in August 2009 in Adelaide.

Second languages and Australian schooling
Yvette Slaughter, Joseph Lo Bianco Australian Council for Educational Research05 October, 2009 The case for increased second language learning in Australia is better grounded in the personal benefits to individual learners than in arguments about economic and social benefits according to this review.

Holding title and managing land in Cape York: two case studies
Peter Blackwood, Paul Memmott Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies01 October, 2009 This 2008 paper is concerned with the effective design and operation of Prescribed Bodies Corporates, as well as other types of corporate bodies utilized by Indigenous groups in Queensland to hold the different forms of Aboriginal land title obtainable under State and Commonwealth legislation.

The role of spirituality in social and emotional wellbeing initiatives: The Family Wellbeing Program at Yarrabah
Alexandra McEwan Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health02 October, 2009 The relationship between spirituality, religion and health is an emerging area of research worldwide and this paper explores the role that spirituality plays in social and emotional wellbeing for one group of Indigenous Australians.

National Indigenous water planning forum
Sue Jackson CSIRO01 October, 2009 This report focusses on the Indigenous access provisions of the 2004 National Water Initiative (NWI).

The overburden report: Contracting for Indigenous health services
Judith Dwyer Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health02 October, 2009 This project aims to expand our understanding of the problems of funding and regulating primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Commercial water and Indigenous Australians: a scoping study of licence allocations
Bill Arthur, Jon Altman Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research01 October, 2009 The empirical research reported here documents actual allocations of water licences and entitlements to identified Indigenous users on a state-by-state jurisdictional basis.

Voices from the campfires: establishing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs05 October, 2009 In February 2009 the Australian government announced $26.6 million over four years to establish the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation, to be operational from January 2010. This report summarises the views of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about how the foundation should operate.

National Indigenous eye health survey
Hugh Taylor Centre for Eye Research Australia28 September, 2009 The rate of blindness in Indigenous adults is more than six times higher than non-Indigenous Australians.

Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled alcohol and other drugs sector in Queensland
Dennis Gray National Drug Research Institute28 September, 2009 This report makes 23 recommendations in relation to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Alcohol and other Drug Sector in Queensland.

Looking into Indigenous Eye Health
PORTFOLIO: Health and Ageing
URL: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-ws-ws032.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2009&mth=9
SNIPPET: A national report into Indigenous eye health released today shows adult Indigenous Australians suffer higher rates of blindness and other eye related health problems than non-Indigenous Australians. The National Indigenous Eye Health Survey found that 1.9 per cent of Indigenous adults were blind, over six times the rate of non-Indigenous adults. The National Indigenous Eye Health Survey was part of the Australian Government's National Eye Health Initiative, which focuses on improving the eye health of those at greater risk of eye disease and injury including people aged over 40 years, people with diabetes, people with a family history of eye disease and Indigenous Australians.

Closing the Gap - Indigneous Health Project Officers in Divisions of General Practice
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-nr-nr158.htm
The Australian Government has provided $34.7 million over three years to fund 94 full-time equivalent new Indigenous Health Project Officer positions as a part of the COAG National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes.

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Experimental estimates and projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 1991 to 2021
Australian Bureau of Statistics 14 September, 2009 Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) population is projected to reach between 713,300 and 721,100 people in 2021, according to this report.

Recognising and responding to Hepatitis C in Indigenous communities in Victoria
Stephen McNally, Robyne Latham Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society14 September, 2009 While the goal of increasing the number of people on treatment for hepatitis is necessary, there are many other critical issues which need to be addressed if the burden of hepatitis in Indigenous communities throughout Australia is to be reduced.

Indigenous languages - a national approach
Peter Garrett, Jenny Macklin Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts14 September, 2009 The new National Indigenous Languages Policy is aimed at keeping Indigenous languages alive and supporting Indigenous Australians to connect with their language, culture and country.

National Indigenous Health Equality Council Meets with Minister Snowdon
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-ws-ws018.htm
The National Indigenous Health Equality Council, which provides the governmentwith evidence-based advice to close the gap in health between Indigenousand non-Indigenous Australians, met on 10 September with the Minister forIndigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery,Warren Snowdon.Today (10 September) is World Suicide Prevention Day, a day that is aboutbringing togethe...

The Indigenous Resiliency Project: a worked example of community-based participatory research
Julie Mooney-Somers, Lisa Maher New South Wales Public Health Bulletin07 September, 2009 This case study is used to demonstrate how a group of university-based researchers and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services have used Community-based participatory research to work with young Indigenous Australians in relation to bloodborne viruses and sexually transmissible infections.

Preventable chronic diseases in Aboriginal populations
Department of Health and Families07 September, 2009 The purpose of this paper is to provide background information about chronic diseases in the Aboriginal population in the NT and to stimulate input and comment to assist in the revision of the Preventable Chronic diseases Strategy (PCDS) and implementation plan.

Mutant messages 2: Victoria's Indigenous family violence plan
Kyllie Cripps, Leanne Miller Indigenous Law Bulletin08 September, 2009 This article critiques Victoria's ten year plan, Strong Culture, Strong Peoples, Strong Families: Towards a Safer Future for Indigenous Families and Communities.

Seven Yarns about Living Well in a Koori Community
PORTFOLIO: Health and Ageing
URL: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-ws-ws017.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2009&mth=8
SNIPPET: Indigenous people in East Gippsland will learn more about managing Type 2 diabetes through a new Federal Government funded seven week education program. The Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, today announced a grant of $89,131 for the Bairnsdale Regional Health Service to implement `Seven Yarns about living well in a Koori Community'. The `Seven yarns about living well in a Koori community' program is one of 82 projects funded by the Rudd Government to provide much needed assistance to those Australians dealing with chronic illness.

Factors affecting crime rates in Indigenous communities in NSW
Ruth McCausland, Alison Vivian Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning10 August, 2009 There are notable differences in the Local Court data on crime rates between different Aboriginal communities in NSW.

Northern Territory student attendance 2005 to 2007
Bruce Dunn School for Social and Policy Research 17 August, 2009 This document reports on the student attendance rate for NT DEET schools during 2005 to 2007. It compares the student attendance rate and the average weekly enrolment for all NT DEET students.

A mental health first aid training program for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Len G. Kanowski, Anthony F. Jorm, Laura M. Hart International Journal of Mental Health Systems17 August, 2009 This paper describes the adaptation of the Mental Health First Aid program to create an Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander course and presents an initial evaluation of its uptake and acceptability.

'From little things, big things grow'
11 August, 2009 Interview with Dick Estens, Chairman of the Aboriginal Employment Strategy.

National 'Indigenous Health Roundtable' - Adelaide (Media Release)
http://www.csiro.au/news/National-Indigenous-Health-Roundtable.html
SNIPPET: The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia's national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research agencies in the world. The Marine National Facility -. Director of CSIRO's Preventative Health National Research Flagship, Dr Richard Head, says CSIRO is keen to ensure that the research currently undertaken by the organisation can assist in improving the everyday health of Indigenous Australians.

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Planning for growth: Indigenous population projections, 2006-31
Nicholas Biddle, John Taylor Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research14 July, 2009 Policy development in Indigenous affairs often proceeds with dated estimates of population and with little understanding of the likely impact of changing demographic parameters on future Indigenous population size and composition.

Scoping process issues in negotiating native title agreements
Delwyn Everard Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies13 July, 2009 This paper focuses on the process issues faced by Indigenous claimant groups and their negotiating teams throughout the varied phases of a native title negotiation.

Indigenous health and wellbeing: the importance of country
Cynthia Ganesharajah Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies13 July, 2009 A key aspect to improving Indigenous wellbeing is exploring the relationship between land and wellbeing.

The achievement of Australia's Indigenous students in PISA 2000 – 2006
Lisa De Bortoli, Sue Thomson Australian Council for Educational Research15 July, 2009 A sum

$10.7M Available to Reduce Indigenous Smoking Rates
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-ws-ws08.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2009&mth=7
SNIPPET: The Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon, today encouraged organisations with expertise in smoking prevention and quitting smoking to join a $10.7 million initiative to reduce smoking amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Smoking prevention and quitting training for the Indigenous health workforce. The Indigenous Tobacco Control Initiative is in addition to the $805.5 million Federal Government investment in Indigenous Health through COAG.

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Policing substance abuse in Indigenous communities
Matthew Willis Australian Institute of Criminology06 July, 2009 This report is from a workshop held in 2008 that provided a practical overview of law enforcement responses to substance abuse in Indigenous communities.

Bridges and barriers: addressing Indigenous incarceration and health
National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee02 July, 2009 Despite the investment by governments to reduce incarceration, Indigenous Australians have continued to fill our correction systems at alarmingly disproportionate rates, making up almost one quarter of Australian’s prison population and over half of Indigenous juveniles in corrective institutions.

Indigenous education and social policy development in NSW
Tessa Keenan Nura Gili Indigenous Programs09 July, 2009 This paper discusses the historical context of the NSW Aboriginal Education Consultative Group and the NSW Aboriginal Education Policy, and emphasises the need for culturally inclusive policies with relevant policy implementation strategies.

Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators 2009
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision Productivity Commission06 July, 2009 Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage 2009 is the fourth report in a series commissioned by heads of Australian governments in 2002, to provide regular reporting against key indicators of Indigenous disadvantage.

Beyond guarding ground - the case for a national Indigenous cultural authority
Terri Janke Australia Council for the Arts06 July, 2009 Over the past 20 years Indigenous Australians have called for greater recognition of Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights.

Indigenous Population Projections, 2006-31
Nicholas Biddle, John Taylor Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research08 July, 2009 This paper models the national and regional population impacts of a continuation of existing mortality and fertility regimes compared to a situation where these converge. The effects of inter-regional migration are also considered.

Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee Paper Welcomed
PORTFOLIO: Health and Ageing
URL: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ministers/publishing.nsf/Content/mr-yr09-ws-ws003.htm?OpenDocument&yr=2009&mth=6
SNIPPET: A report calling for new efforts to improve Indigenous health, and thereby reduce Indigenous incarceration was launched today by the Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon, and the Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O'Connor. The paper, Bridges and Barriers: Addressing Indigenous Incarceration and Health was prepared by the expert National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee (NIDAC), which is a sub-committee of the Australian National Council on Drugs. Mr O'Connor said this report is very valuable in drawing attention to the significant rates of Indigenous incarceration in Australia.

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The Gunditjmara land justice story
Jessica K. Weir Native Title Research Unit22 June, 2009 In March 2007, celebrations were held on Gunditjmara country in south-western Victoria to celebrate a native title consent determination -- a determination that is reached through the consent of all parties, rather than litigation.

Indigenous families and children: coordination and provision of services
Saul Flaxman, Kristy Muir, Ioana Oprea Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs24 June, 2009 This paper examines service provision, service coordination, Indigenous families and children in Communities for Children sites, identifies factors that facilitate or hinder service provision and outcomes, and considers sustainability issues.

To recruit and retain: overseas trained doctors working in rural Indigenous areas
23 June, 2009 Between mid-1990s to 2004, there has been an eighty per cent increase in overseas trained doctors working in rural areas, compared with an eight percent increase for Australian trained doctors.

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Using The Le@rning Federation digital curriculum resources to enhance the education of Indigenous students
David McRae The Le@rning Federation 18 June, 2009
This report on a recent forum in Melbourne that brought together teachers of Indigenous students, Aboriginal education unit representatives and contact liaison officers from the states and territories, discusses the use of digital curriculum resources.

Commonwealth Indigenous budget bulletin - June 2009
Lesley Russell Macroeconomics.com.au15 June, 2009 The Indigenous Budget Bulletin is prepared by the Macroeconomics health team to help engender public debate and scrutiny of Indigenous budget policy.

Location and segregation: The distribution of the Indigenous population across Australia's urban centres
Nicholas Biddle Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research15 June, 2009 This paper focuses on which cities and large towns Indigenous Australians live in, how the Indigenous population is distributed by neighbourhood within these cities and towns, and what the characteristics of the neighbourhoods are in which Indigenous Australians are concentrated.

Improving the patient journey: achieving positive outcomes for remote Aboriginal cardiac patients
Moncia Lawrence Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health17 June, 2009 Aboriginal patients from remote areas have special needs when interacting with health systems, and these needs must be met for safe care practices and optimal health outcomes to be achieved.

The Reconciliation Barometer and the Indigenous imaginary
Tim Rowse Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy12 June, 2009 This paper discusses the findings of a recently released study to ‘measure the progress of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians’ by Reconciliation Australia.

Broader native title settlements and the meaning of the term 'traditional owners'
David Edelman National Native Title Tribunal17 June, 2009 This paper summarise the various meanings which have been applied to the notion of traditional ownership, based on a review of the published literature on the subject.