Tag: Uluru Statement
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Health sector backs ‘Yes’ vote
Malcolm Baalman, PHAA Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor Health sector organisations have decisively taken positions backing changes to the Australian Constitution at the referendum on 14 October to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and create an advisory Voice institution to represent them to government. PHAA, medical associations including…
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The Voice, the Referendum and public health
Adj Prof Terry Slevin, PHAA CEO This week I had the privilege to participate in a forum hosted by the Allies for Uluru, a coalition of civil society organisations that support the implementation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, starting with the establishment of a First Nations Voice to…
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Self-determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders is working during COVID-19 crisis
Australian Public Health Conference 2020 Plenary 1 – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Facilitator – Summer May Finlay, Vice President Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, PHAA The CEO of Indigenous Allied Health Australia, Donna Murray, spoke on the opening day of the conference about the importance of self-determination…