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The Guardian
Landmark study to examine health benefits of Indigenous connection to country
The Guardian
The health benefits of connections to identity, culture and land for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are to be measured in a study, beginning on Thursday, that will follow them for up to 50 years. It has taken the Australian National ...
Report Exposes Aboriginal Youth Health IssuesPro Bono Australia
Indigenous hearts suffer the most: new Heart Foundation health dataNew Zealand Doctor Online
Rooted in historyThe Asian Age

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The Guardian
Landmark study to examine health benefits of Indigenous connection to country
The Guardian
It has taken the Australian National University research team four and a half years, including two and a half years of consultation with dozens of Indigenous communities, to decide how to measure such long-held anecdotal beliefs in a statistically ...
Report Exposes Aboriginal Youth Health IssuesPro Bono Australia
Indigenous hearts suffer the most: new Heart Foundation health dataNew Zealand Doctor Online
Rooted in historyThe Asian Age

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Pro Bono Australia
Report Exposes Aboriginal Youth Health Issues
Pro Bono Australia
Young Indigenous people are mostly happy and in good health, a report says, but they still face far greater challenges to their physical and mental wellbeing than their non-indigenous counterparts. The report, released by the Australian Institute of ...
Here's how music ranked in this year's Australia Council fundingThe Music Network
Indigenous hearts suffer the most: new Heart Foundation health dataNew Zealand Doctor Online
Lifesaving $34.8 Million Remote Renal Dialysis RolloutMirage News
The Asian Age
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Pro Bono Australia
Report Exposes Aboriginal Youth Health Issues
Pro Bono Australia
Young Indigenous people are mostly happy and in good health, a report says, but they still face far greater challenges to their physical and mental wellbeing than their non-indigenous counterparts. The report, released by the Australian Institute of ...
Indigenous hearts suffer the most: new Heart Foundation health dataNew Zealand Doctor Online

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ABC Local
Remote Aboriginal community combats juvenile crime with volunteer night patrol
ABC Local
A remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia's far north has almost halved its police call-outs after locals took to the streets in a bid to keep an eye on local children. Stretching 200 kilometres north of Broome, the Dampier Peninsula in ...

Indigenous voices on old-school language cards preserved in Miriwoong digitisation project
ABC News
They were created by the Kununurra-based Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language and Culture Centre and recently donated to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). AIATSIS curator Charlotte Craw said the ...

Indigenous voices on old-school language cards preserved in Miriwoong digitisation project
ABC News
They were created by the Kununurra-based Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language and Culture Centre and recently donated to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS). AIATSIS curator Charlotte Craw said the ...

The Cairns Post
Gondwana Indigenous Children's Choir on the hunt for new voices
The Cairns Post
... the guidance of Lauren Hannay, Stephanie Grenning and Patrice Hogan. World renowned children's conductor Lyn Williams OAM, who established the Cairns based ensemble 10 years ago, says her Gondwana Indigenous Children's Choir is always welcoming ...

NEWS.com.au
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NEWS.com.au
... a way of tackling the low attendance rates riddling Indigenous schools, which average around 65 to 75 per cent in remote communities. The former prime minister has been travelling across South Australia in his role as special envoy for Indigenous ...

Avon Valley Advocate
2019 WA Australian of the Year award winners named
Avon Valley Advocate
Part of the Stolen Generation, Frank served in the Australian army from 1962 to 1985, and in the Army Reserves from 1986 to 1999. He saw active duty in Borneo and Vietnam – but on returning home, like other Aboriginal soldiers, was rejected by the RSL.

The Sydney Morning Herald
More heart woes for indigenous Australians
SBS
Heart Foundation equity manager Jane Potter says Australia can't afford to be complacent about the health of its first peoples. "Heart disease is responsible for around one quarter of the gap in life expectancy compared to non-indigenous Australians ...
'I'm devastated': Paul Davis' disease has killed members of his familyThe Sydney Morning Herald

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The Sydney Morning Herald
More heart woes for indigenous Australians
SBS
Although conditions like rheumatic heart disease and their daily impacts don't discriminate, research has found Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are more often affected by health problems than non-indigenous Australians. They die from heart ...
'I'm devastated': Paul Davis' disease has killed members of his familyThe Sydney Morning Herald

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The Sydney Morning Herald
'I'm devastated': Paul Davis' disease has killed members of his family
The Sydney Morning Herald
Paul Davis has never smoked or had high blood pressure and has tried to stay healthy, with his fitness peaking in the '90s while playing five-eighth for the Balmain Tigers. But the 47-year-old now suffers from coronary heart disease as well as kidney ...
More heart woes for indigenous AustraliansDaily Mail

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Indigenous Australians dying from heart disease at far greater rate than non-Indigenous, report shows  ABC News

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are dying from heart disease at twice, and in some regions, triple the rate of non-Indigenous people in the same ...

Landmark study to examine health benefits of Indigenous connection to country  The Guardian

Researchers will follow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for up to 50 years.

Landmark study to examine health benefits of Indigenous connection to country  The Guardian

Researchers will follow Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for up to 50 years.

Indigenous Australians dying from heart disease at far greater rate than non-Indigenous, report shows  ABC News

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are dying from heart disease at twice, and in some regions, triple the rate of non-Indigenous people in the same ...

Most young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people report great health  RACGP

Doug Hendrie. 31/10/2018 4:09:02 PM. Nearly two-thirds of Australia's young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people rate their health as very good or ...

Indigenous Australians dying from heart disease at far greater rate than non-Indigenous, report shows  ABC News

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are dying from heart disease at twice, and in some regions, triple the rate of non-Indigenous people in the same ...

Landmark study to examine health benefits of Indigenous connection to country  The Guardian

The health benefits of connections to identity, culture and land for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are to be measured in a study, beginning on ...