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WA HealthInfoNet post-workshop survey
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet has undertaken a pilot workshop program in WA to help those working in Indigenous health to get the most from our website.
Yamba's Roadshow on tour again
Deadly Awards finalist for outstanding achievement in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, Yamba the honeyant, will be taking his healthy messages on the road again when he and best friend Jacinta Price begin touring their hit stage musical Yamba's Roadshow in Queensland (Qld) and the Northern Territory (NT) next week.
Research reveals concerning nutrition outcomes in remote communities
Some remote Indigenous communities are spending as little as 2.2 per cent of total food expenditure on fruit and just 5.4 per cent on vegetables according to a study by the Menzies School of Health Research, published in the latest issue of the Medical Journal of Australia.
Top restaurants join the National Indigenous Culinary Institute (NICI)
The National Indigenous Culinary Institute (NICI) has garnered the support of a number of top restaurants including Tetsuys's, Aria and Bistro Moncur to join their accredited training program.
Aboriginal Literacy Foundation to give away 80,000 new books
Minimbah Primary School students have become the first in the nation to receive a pack of books encouraging healthy living after hosting the launch of the series last week.
Free HealthInfoNet workshops in Albany, WA - 11-13 March 2013
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet will be in Albany, Western Australia delivering free workshops from the 11th - 13th March 2013.
HealthInfoNet workshops in the South West of WA - Bunbury and Busselton
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet will be in the South West of WA delivering free workshops from the 11th - 15th February 2013.
Clayton garden provides food and medicine
An Aboriginal garden has been created in a corner of Monash University's Clayton campus.
A healthy approach at Waminda
In the Shoalhaven region of the NSW South Coast, the Waminda South Coast Women's Health and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation has introduced a program to improve women's health.
Beswick Nursery a new source of employment and local produce
A revamp of a remote Aboriginal community's plant nursery is providing a new source of employment for young people, as well as fresh local produce for the community store.
Plenty healthy!
Plenty Valley Community Health, in partnership with the local Indigenous community in the Whittlesea area of Victoria, is running a project called Feedin' the mob.
New bush foods in FSANZ database
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has added 14 new Indigenous foods to the nutrition panel calculator (NPC).
Partnership has the right ingredients for Aboriginal health
Aboriginal training organisation Tauondi College, with project partners the Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia and South Australia Health, has set up the Live longer! mobile training van project which aims to help prevent chronic disease in Indigenous communities across South Australia by providing free two-day training courses in healthy eating, nutrition and horticulture.
EON Foundation Director nominated as WA State Finalist in 2013 Australia's Local Hero Award
Caroline de Mori, an Indigenous health advocate and founder of the Edge Of Nowhere (EON) Foundation Inc., has been nominated as a Western Australian (WA) State Finalist for the 2013 Australia's Local Hero Award.
Improved access to healthy food in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities
The Federal Government has announced the expansion of the stores licensing scheme in the Northern Territory.
Stephanie Alexander's most remote kitchen garden school: Rawa Community School
The Stephanie Alexander kitchen garden program has been implemented in a variety of school settings throughout Australia.
Inmates and correctional staff raise funds for Red Dust health promotion programs
More than $80,000 was raised for Indigenous charity group Red Dust Role Models during the recent national Walkabout week.
HealthInfoNet workshops coming to the Gascoyne/Midwest in November
The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet workshops are coming to the Gascoyne/Midwest region in November.
Live Longer! Campaign recent grant recipients announced
The Minister for Indigenous health, Mr Warren Snowdon has announced the latest round of grant recipients for the Local community campaigns to promote better Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health (Live longer! campaign).
New online resource for Australia's Indigenous Healthy Lifestyle Workers
An online portal to support Australia's Healthy Lifestyle Workers was launched this week by the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet.
HealthInfoNet workshops in the Pilbara (now including Newman)
The HealthInfoNet will be in the Pilbara next week delivering free workshops from September 10th to the 17th.
ACT Labor plan to phase out sugary drinks in primary schools
ACT Labor is promising extra cash for schools that phase out sugary drinks if it is re-elected to government in October.
Top Sydney chefs join to mentor Indigenous trainee chefs
A group of top chefs have decided to do something constructive to address Indigenous unemployment - they have assembled the National Indigenous Culinary Institute apprenticeship scheme.
HealthInfoNet workshops in the Pilbara
There are still places available to participate in upcoming Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (AIH) workshops in the Pillbara region of Western Australia (WA).
Community walks encourage good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle
Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi's Healthy community healthy life project is encouraging physical activity, good nutrition, and the importance of health checks though a series of walks around communities.
NT grant funding for environmental and food gardening projects
Environmental health, sustainable housing, composting, edible gardens and climate change are the focus of some of the projects that have just won government funding in the Northern Territory (NT).
HealthInfoNet workshops in the Kimberley
The HealthInfoNet will be in the Kimberley next week delivering free workshops from August 6th to the 17th.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) conducting largest survey of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has commenced the largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health survey to improve knowledge of the health issues affecting Indigenous Australians.
Don Burke to join Indigenous garden box project launch
Gardening guru, Don Burke attended the launch of the Indigenous garden box project with the Gold Coast Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Bush delicacies on the menu
A taste of reconciliation was about showing people they could cook and enjoy their own bush food as well as talk about reconciliation around the table, says National Reconciliation Week organiser Donna Moodie.
Fruit restores hearing for the Aboriginal children of Baryulgil
A fruit-based nutrition program in an Aboriginal community has provided a cure to chronic suppurative otitis media, a disease that causes deafness.
Healthy eating on the menu in north west
It is hoped the success of a healthy food program at Walgett and Lightning Ridge will encourage more businesses to make healthy changes to their menus.
New cookbook a recipe for better Indigenous health
A group of Indigenous women in far north Queensland are hoping to help close the health gap by teaching locals how to cook with traditional ingredients and techniques.
Bush tucker at Mundulla primary school
The students at Mundulla primary school decided they needed to do something to brighten up the front of their school.
Fruit could help protect against cancer
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is hoping to further study the traditional bush fruit gubinge after laboratory tests indicated it may help protect the human body against cancer.
Healthy living week one - Lajamanu
After a nine hour road trip through some of the most beautiful remote country, which features abundant wildlife with everything from brolgas to death adders, the Red Dust team made its way to Lajamanu.
Report highlights food supply worries in APY lands
A report has confirmed many people in the remote Aboriginal lands of South Australia continue to struggle with high food prices.
South Hedland Primary School celebrates Close the Gap Day
South Hedland Primary School, located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia (WA), held a whole school celebration for Harmony Day and Close the Gap Day on 21 March 2012.
Expansion of EON's 'edible gardens' in remote WA communities
The EON Thriving communities project has been awarded over $1.6 million under the Royalties for regions action agenda.
Musician and health ambassador Jimmy Little passes away
Dr Jimmy Little, the first Indigenous performer to top Australia's pop music charts, and an ambassador for Indigenous health, has died at the age of 75.
Outback water bubbler trials target soft drinks
A federal government department will trial water bubblers in five central Australian communities in an effort to reduce soft drink consumption.
Midnight basketball program helps reduce youth crime in Kempsey
The New South Wales town of Kempsey has implemented a social inclusion program for its youth to help reduce substance use and criminal activity.
HealthInfoNet workshops: helping to 'close the gap' in Indigenous health
To increase access to its web resource and build the capacity of the frontline health workforce - and to assist the health workforce in 'closing the gap' in Indigenous health - the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet will deliver a program of free workshops across Western Australia (WA) over 18 months from April 2012.
Nation-wide grants announced for research into preventive health
Almost $4 million in research funding has been allocated nation-wide to 13 new projects that will investigate ways to prevent the harm caused by obesity, tobacco and harmful use of alcohol.
NT and regional WA wise up to weight loss
Nutritionists in the Northern Territory and regional Western Australia are amongst those urging locals to take up the 'one change at a time' challenge, the theme for 2012's Australia Healthy Weight Week.
Healthy Lifestyle Worker toolkit launched
The Director of the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, Professor Neil Thomson, today attended the Canberra launch of a new Healthy Lifestyle Worker toolkit to help tackle chronic disease in Indigenous communities.
New Indigenous exercise and nutrition programs
The Australian Government has today announced the recipients of the third round of its Healthy communities initiative funding.
Stronger Futures legislation proposed today
The Government will today introduce its Stronger futures legislation into Parliament.
Aboriginal community foodies recognised in SA health awards
The hard work and commitment to community demonstrated by the team that runs the Aboriginal community foodies program was recognised at the 2011 South Australia (SA) Health Awards this week.
Sports stars talk fitness at the Deadlys
Indigenous sports stars at this year's Deadly Awards were keen to talk about how sport and physical activity has opened the doors to a positive and healthy life.
Recognition for NT horticulture and landcare project
A horticulture project from the Roper Gulf Shire Council has received major recognition, winning the Local Government Landcare Partnership Award at the 2011 Northern Territory (NT) Landcare Awards.
Next steps for Australia's first national food plan
Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, announced on 27 October 2011, the next steps for developing Australia's first National food plan which will ensure that the government's policy settings are right for Australia over the short, medium and long-term.
Australian Capital Territory gets $1.2 million funding to improve health outcomes
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Chief Minister and Minister for Health, Katy Gallagher, announced on 23 October 2011, funding of $1.2 million through the ACT health promotions grant program to promote good health and prevent chronic disease.
APY health plan push
The women of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjata (APY) Lands are pressing ahead with a voluntary healthy food scheme which the SA Government has declined to support.
New health promotion resource to help close the gap
A comprehensive health promotion pack to combat the risk factors for chronic disease and help close the gap in life expectancy, is now available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
APY residents become the fresh food people
A new program aimed at reducing prices for fresh food is underway in two remote communities in outback South Australia.
Nutrition website launched for Indigenous kids
The Jimmy Little Foundation (JLF) has launched a new interactive website called Thumbs up! to promote healthy eating to Indigenous children in the Northern Territory.
Phase 2 funding available for local community campaigns
Phase 2 funding for programs to promote better Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health opened on 13 June 2011 as part of the Get active eat good tucker live longer national program.
VicHealth Food for all 2005-2010: program evaluation report launched
VicHealth has launched the Food For All 2005-2010: Program Evaluation Report.
NT Indigenous business network launched
The Northern Territory (NT) Indigenous Business Network was launched in May 2011, and aims to provide a representative voice for Indigenous owned and operated businesses at a Territory, State, Federal and International level.
New booklet promotes a healthier future for Aboriginal Victorians
Minister for Health David Davis has launched a new booklet to help health services tackle chronic disease among Aboriginal Victorians and promote healthy living.
Report finds stores licensing delivers healthier food to remote Indigenous communities
An independent report has found stores licensing in the Northern Territory has helped people in remote communities to have better access to healthy, affordable food.
Fresh from Cherbourg
Queensland Local Government Minister Desley Boyle, members of the Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council, Elders and residents recently inspected Cherbourg Fresh, a new enterprise that is supplying fresh produce to markets as far away as Sydney.
New website available to promote self management of diabetes among Indigenous people
A new website is available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and health workers to promote self management of type 2 diabetes.
Report of remote stores inquiry tabled in Parliament
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs has tabled the report of its inquiry into remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community stores entitled Everybody's Business: Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Community Stores.
Jimmy Little memorial service and concert, May 3rd
A state memorial service and a celebration concert in honour of the late James Oswald Little AO (Jimmy Little) will take place on Thursday 3 May at the Sydney Opera House.
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