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Minister Nicola Roxon MP Minister for Health and Ageing
Minister Warren Snowdon MP Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health Services Delivery
May 2010
31 May, 2010Anti-Tobacco workforce announced on ‘World No Tobacco Day’
Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, announced an anti-tobacco workforce will soon roll out in the first 20 of 57 regions around Australia to tackle Indigenous smoking rates.
April 2010
14 April, 2010Indigenous Health Project Officers Placed In General Practices Across Australia
The Australian Government has allocated more than 80 Indigenous Health Project Officers to general practices across the nation to help close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
March 2010
25 March, 2010$4m for Tri-Nation Research to Help Close the Gap in Indigenous Health
The Australian Government has announced three Australian research teams will receive a share of nearly $4 million to improve outcomes in Indigenous health.
10 March 2010
Government on Track to Close the Gap on Infant Mortality
Research that helps map the progress of improving Indigenous child mortality and health and sets targets has been launched by an expert Indigenous health advisory body.
5 March 2010
$10.7 Million to Combat Indigenous Smoking
The Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, has announced 14 sites across the country will benefit from a $10.7 million funding round to promote innovative anti-tobacco campaigns and prevention strategies.
February 2010
19 February, 201083 New Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Outreach Workers to be Placed Around the Nation.
National efforts to close the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation received a boost with the announcement of 83 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Outreach Worker placements across Australia.
17 February, 2010
New National Coordinator to Tackle Indigenous Smoking
High profile leader Mr Tom Calma has been engaged as the inaugural National Coordinator for Tackling Indigenous Smoking.
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January 2010
29 January 2010Aboriginal health workers get a peak national body
The Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, travelled to Ceduna in South Australia to launch a peak national body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers.
27 January 2010
National Grants to get City Doctors Working in the Bush
Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon and Minister for Rural and Regional Health, Warren Snowdon launched a national program that will offer emergency training for up to 150 urban GPs in exchange for their undertaking a locum placement in a rural or regional area.
22 January 2010
Prime Minister Minister for Health Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery $2.5 million to stop strep throat from becoming a killer
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon and Minister for Indigenous Health Warren Snowdon announced the establishment of RHDAustralia, an Australian Government-funded body to help combat a potentially fatal heart disease that affects young Indigenous Australians.
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December 2009
21 December 2009Locum Program to boost Rural and Remote Medical Workforce
A new program will help give rural and remote doctors a break by providing locum services and subsidy assistance.
11 December 2009
Australian Government Funding Supports Local Communities to Take Action on Obesity
Local government areas will receive a funding boost from the Rudd Government to foster healthier lifestyles in their communities, as the release of a sobering report shows risk factors of chronic disease continue to rise.
10 December 2009
New Incentives To Provide Better Health Care To Indigenous Australians
Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon announced a new incentive program to help provide better health care to Indigenous Australians.
04 December 2009
Indigenous Health Services Boosted in Brisbane's South
Indigenous communities living in Brisbane’s south will benefit from a newly refurbished building as part of an upgrade to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (ATSICHS).
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November 2009
14 November 2009Australian Government Supports World Diabetes Day
World Diabetes Day – with the theme ‘Understand diabetes and take control.’
13 November 2009
Minister for Rural and Regional Health Visits Wilpena Pound
The Minister for Rural and Regional Health, Warren Snowdon, has told South Australian doctors that he’s determined to address inequities triggered by a lack of doctors working in the bush.
11 November 2009
Closing the gap in Aboriginal Health a step closer
The Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon said Aboriginal communities moved closer to designing and addressing their own health needs with the launch of a new roadmap in Darwin.
2 November 2009
Minister Welcomes Launch of New Urban Indigenous Health Institute
The Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon, welcomed the establishment of the new Institute for Urban Indigenous Health in Brisbane.
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