Five photos of the PHAA Award Winners from left to right: Corina Darkie, A/Prof Sophie Dwyer, Dr Joanne Flavel, A/Prof Brahm Marjadi, and A/Prof Christina Pollard

High achievers honoured with 2022 PHAA Awards

From L-R: Corina Darkie, A/Prof Sophie Dwyer, Dr Joanne Flavel, A/Prof Brahm Marjadi, A/Prof Christina Pollard. Helen Tran and BF, … More

An aerial view of the town of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory. Image: Google Earth

How housing affects health on remote Country

The housing crisis is currently a hot-button issue making headlines Australia-wide. But it’s been endemic in Central Australia for decades. … More

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Rather than focusing on the negative, we need a strength-based way to approach First Nations childrens’ health

Jennifer Browne, Deakin University; Jill Gallagher, Indigenous Knowledge; Joleen Ryan, Deakin University; Mark Lock (Ngiyampaa), Deakin University, and Troy Walker, … More

A Q&A with Dr Alana Gall on NAIDOC week, motivations, and public health career so far

Dr Alana Gall, a Pakana woman, PHAA member, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, is conducting crucial … More

Public health research highlighted during NAIDOC Week

Dr Michelle Kennedy and Dr Leanne Coombe PHAA celebrates this year’s NAIDOC Week theme, as outlined on the official NAIDOC … More

Q&A: Indigenous Peoples’ Inclusion in Food Governance

This piece was first published by the Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney. Read the original article. For NAIDOC Week, … More

More Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living longer

Malcolm Baalman, PHAA Senior Policy and Advocacy Adviser Australia’s population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is 25% … More

Scholarship winners share reflections on Preventive Health Conference

Joe Carrello, PHAA NSW Earlier in 2022, the PHAA NSW branch awarded four scholarships for individuals to attend the 2022 PHAA … More

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First Nations mothers are more likely to die during childbirth. More First Nations midwives could close this gap

Pamela McCalman, La Trobe University; Catherine Chamberlain, The University of Melbourne, and Machellee Kosiak, Australian Catholic University While Australia is … More

Long-serving MP Warren Snowdon retires

Malcolm Baalman, PHAA As happens at every federal election, several long-serving Members of Parliament have retired. Two in particular have … More

55 years since the 1967 Referendum, what’s changed?

Malcolm Baalman, PHAA Senior Policy and Advocacy Adviser Today is the 55th anniversary since Australians voted in the 1967 Referendum … More

A person drops their green ballot paper into a ballot box.

So now the real work begins

PHAA CEO, Adj Prof Terry Slevin I suspect a lot of us will have had a pretty good weekend. The … More

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Rural Health Mythbusters

Author’s note [1] Kristen Glenister, Claire Quilliam, Olivia Mitchell, Lucinda Aberdeen, Carol Reid, Brahmaputra Marjadi. In Australia, approximately one third … More

An artwork called 'the Diversity of one working together' by Max Mansell, an Indigenous Tasmanian artist

Reclaiming health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Dr Michelle Kennedy – PHAA Vice-President Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health This continent’s First Peoples were healthy enough to … More

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“Uncomfortable, important and compelling”: Food Sovereignty presentations at Food Futures 2022

Christina Pollard, Melanie Parker, and Food Futures Conference Advisory Committee Over 170 delegates attended the Food Futures Conference 2022, held … More

Composite image features a portrait of Prof Billie Bonevski on the left and the roof of a Flinders University building, taken by Theen Moy

Flinders University adjusts to attract and train next generation of public health leaders

Professor Billie Bonevski – Flinders University Recognising the central role public health plays in the most wicked of the global … More

Hundreds join the rally cry for greater investment in Australia’s public health workforce

Jeremy Lasek – PHAA In one of the biggest demonstrations of support for significant new investment in Australia’s over-stretched public … More

World AIDS day. December 1. Where to next? A red ribbon with 40 years of HIV written on it diagonally.

On World AIDS Day, peak body says elimination can be achieved in Australia by 2025

Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Today, 1 December, is World AIDS Day. After 40 years of trying to control the spread … More

Silhouette of a guard inside a watch tower at Goulburn jail.

Prisons still failing First Nations people, Justice Health conference told

Jeremy Lasek – PHAA Three decades after the landmark Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, a leading expert on … More

Screenshot of a video message by the Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP. The Minister is seated at his desk in his office.

Government promises action and money to counter Indigenous incarceration, Minister tells Justice Health 2021 conference

Jeremy Lasek – PHAA More action at a local level. More partnerships. More targeted funding. Greater research. And real targets … More

A boy pulls a toy on a string beside a sea wall. This photo of Saibai island in the Torres Strait was taken by Brad Marsellos and posted to Flickr.

Is the Australian Government doing enough to counter the impacts of climate change on Torres Strait Islander communities?

Anna Alex – PHAA intern Back in May 2019, a group of Torres Strait Islanders lodged a landmark climate and … More

Associate Professor Michelle Dickson smiles and stands in front of a painting.

PHAA celebrates Michelle Dickson’s teaching contribution and shares her COVID-19 ‘silver linings’

‘For over 30 years, she has made a catalytic contribution to strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, their communities … More

Associate Professor Lisa Whop stands with her arms folded and looks at the camera. Image credit Jamie Kidston, ANU

Henrietta Lacks’ iconic story of inequity, injustice, and disparities in health holds Australian relevance

Dr Mary-Anne Land (PHAA) & Associate Professor Lisa Whop (ANU) As a young mother, Henrietta Lacks and her husband were … More

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An update on the public health vaccination campaign tackling COVID wave in Illawarra

TOBY DAWSON – Vax the Illawarra Campaign Volunteer Background: In September we shared stories about the Vax The Illawarra campaign … More

A man in a hat and dreadlocks smiles as he dries the hair of a small boy. Credit John Christian Fjellestad, Flickr.

10 ways we can better respond to the pandemic in a trauma-informed way

By Christina Heris, Australian National University; Catherine Chamberlain, The University of Melbourne; Cindy Woods, The University of Melbourne; Helen Herrman, The … More