The Hon Warren Snowdon MP, Minister for Indigenous Health
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15 March 2013
New Murri Clinic Delivers More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services
Indigenous residents of the Acacia Ridge area of South Brisbane are enjoying better access to community health services with the opening of a revamped health clinic at the Murri School.
01 March 2013
Positive Results in the AIHW Healthy for Life Report
Improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health have been detailed in the latest Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report into maternal health, child health and chronic disease management.
06 February 2013
Progress on the Rollout of Low Aromatic Fuel
New legislation to regulate the use of regular unleaded petrol in certain areas of Australia as a measure to prevent petrol sniffing was passed in the House of Representatives on 6 February 2013.
03 December 2012
New Supplier Adds Reach to Low Aromatic Fuel Rollout
A new supplier of low aromatic fuel has agreed to begin production of a new product from mid-2013 to assist the Australian Government’s efforts to stamp out petrol sniffing in regional and remote communities.
29 November 2012
Aboriginal Kids Health in the Territory Improving
A new report has found the dental and hearing health of Aboriginal children in the Northern Territory is steadily improving as a result of health checks.
22 November 2012
Continuing Progress on Adopting Low Aromatic Fuel
The Australian Government supports the Low Aromatic Fuel Bill 2012, as a further tool to ensure Opal Fuel is rolled out to all areas where petrol sniffing continues to devastate lives.
14 November 2012
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan Consultation in South Australia
Nation-wide consultations with local community and service organisations continue this week (November 14-15) in South Australia to hear first-hand about the broad health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Australia.
06 November 2012
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men's Sheds Share in New Funding
Twenty-six Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men’s Sheds and groups, located in every mainland state and the Northern Territory, have won grants for their local community activities in a special $125,000 round funded by the Australian Government.
31 October 2012
New Grants Build on the Work at 58 Men’s Sheds
More than fifty Men’s Sheds across Australia will receive funding from the Australian Government to upgrade their facilities or buy new equipment and tools, in the latest round of grants announced on 31 October.
28 September 2012
Celebrations as Katungul Returns to Community Hands
Aboriginal people on the New South Wales South Coast have welcomed the return of Katungul Aboriginal Corporation to community control.