Australian Indigenous

This section contains information on recent conferences. If you are aware of any conferences that would be appropriate for inclusion in this section please contact us.

• 2006 National Homelessness Conference added 25 May 2006
• NSW Aboriginal Health Research Conference added 3 April 2006
• Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference added 13 June 2006

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2006 National Homelessness Conference
1 - 3 March 2006, Sydney, NSW

The Australian Federation of Homelessness Organisations organised the fourth National Homelessness Conference. The theme of the conference was: The great Australian dream? Waking up to homelessness. The conference included a pre-conference Indigenous workshop, a session about Indigenous homelessness and an Indigenous homelessness open space forum.

Presentations relating to Indigenous people and issues included:

• Huggins J. Homelessness: symptoms of deeper malaise
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• Bromilow Y, Hansen J. Homelessness in the bush: intervention and reality, rural and remote Western Australia
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• Nicholson A. Homelessness and children in Australia 2006: a nation's shame
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• Oberin J, Charles L, Christensen K. Pallert Tooree Larr. (Strong black women's camp or home)
• Ahmat T. Act locally, think regionally: empowering Indigenous community housing providers to find solutions to homelessness
• Best R. Out and about in Kurilpa: right to public space

Some presentations are available on the National Homelessness Conference web pages of the Australian Federation of Homelessness Organisations website:
View conference presentations
View conference web pages: National Homelessness Conference
View website: Australian Federation of Homelessness Organisations

NSW Aboriginal Health Research Conference
18 - 19 October 2005, Sydney, New South Wales

This conference was an initiative of the Coalition for Research to Improve Aboriginal Health (CRIAH). The Coalition is a partnership of the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AHMRC) and the Sax Institute, and has the aim to promote and support research that will translate into improved health care for Aboriginal communities.

The objectives of the conference were to:

• showcase Aboriginal health research in New South Wales
• provide opportunities for communities to describe their health and research priorities; and
• provide opportunities for sharing information and establishing collaborations among Aboriginal community members, researchers and policy makers

Presentations included:

• Delaney P, Raphael B. New ways forward in mental health
• Cass A, Preece C. IMPAKT: how might research be translated to improved access and health outcomes for Indigenous Australians with end-stage renal disease?
• Blackwell C, Garvey G. Ethnicity, cigarette smoke and susceptibility to infection
• Stanley F, Wilkes T. A decade of Aboriginal health research in Western Australia: the highs and lows
• Shipp M. Emerging issues for Indigenous adolescents and young people
• McIntyre P, Joseph T. Immunisation programs: an important means of achieving health equity for Aboriginal people
• Eades S. SEARCH: Study of Environment, Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health

The conference program and abstract book, and conference pictures are now available on the NSW Aboriginal Health Research Conference web page of the Sax Institute website:
View conference program and abstract book (PDF - 755KB)
View conference pictures
View conference web page: Aboriginal Health Research Conference
View website: Sax Institute

Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference
14 - 16 November 2005, Wellington, New Zealand

The Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference is an annual forum on road safety policy and practice. The conference is conducted in different States and Territories of Australia and in New Zealand, with rotating responsibility for the conference organisation.

The objectives of the 2005 conference were to:

• present the latest findings from road safety research;
• discuss innovations in road safety, policy development, program management and practice;
• ultimately, reduce road crash trauma by ensuring that decision makers are adequately informed about the likely effectiveness of various road crash countermeasures; and
• provide a venue for discussion of advances in road safety research and practice.

Presentations relating to Indigenous people and issues included:

• Hawkes E. (2005) Open load space project.
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• Hawkes E, Thomson N. (2005) Development of an integrated knowledge resource on Australian Indigenous road safety.
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• Sheehan M, Siskind V, Veitch C, Turner R. (2005) Trip characteristics of rural and remote crashes.
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• Siskind V, Sheehan M. (2005) Methodological challenges in rural road safety case-control studies.
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• Sommsich E. (2005) Overcoming the cultural divide.
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The presentations are available online on the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference Proceedings website.
View 2005 conference presentations
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Last updated: 13 June, 2006