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‘Decolonising’ food is aim of new group

WEBBy JULIUS DENNIS "Decolonising" the diet of people in Central Australia, particularly of the Indigenous community, is a promising way to improve health. That …

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Stop spending billions on warfare and put healthcare first

WEBLETTER TO THE EDITOR On 23 March 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for a …

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Territory Alliance government would build a new hospital

WEBClinical Nurse Manager Jeanette Berthelson in the emergency department opened in 2013. By JULIUS DENNIS The Territory Alliance (TA) has today announced …

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Questions about stroke treatment at Alice hospital

WEBUPDATE Wednesday, July 31 A spokesman for the health department has provided the following comment: "We have a town with relatively few stroke patients and …

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Charles Perkins: Australia’s Nelson Mandela

WEBIt could be said nobody had a more positive impact on improving the lives of Aboriginal people in the twentieth century than Charles Nelson Perkins. Born in Alice …

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A troubling snapshot of disadvantage

WEBThere are massive gaps in the quality of health between the most disadvantaged areas of the Northern Territory and those in the nation generally. For …

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Women power gets palliative care facility

WEBA community based palliative service, the Palliative Care NT, Central Australian branch, was formed soon after the death of Ms Byrnes, but patients were …

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Waiting for Covid’s Moment of Truth

WEBBy ERWIN CHLANDA The Covid Moment of Truth in the NT, it could be said, is a heavily infected man or a woman moving around, unknown and uncontrolled, …

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Vaping ‘a crucial tool to reduce inequalities for Indigenous

WEBThe opportunity for vaping to reduce Indigenous smoking was demonstrated recently by its impact on Māori smoking in New Zealand where legislation to legalise …

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New action on pregnant women who drink

WEBALCOHOL WATCH #12 by Russell Guy FOETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER RESEARCH The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) …

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Pine Gap and Five Eyes: what did they know about COVID-19

WEBForeign Minister Marise Payne (at right, the official portrait) has called for such a review, mentioning in particular the role of China and the World Health …

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No cops, no clinics

WEB29 November 2018. The withdrawal of police from several bush communities, including Haast Bluff (pictured), is causing the temporary closure of their health services, …

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Congress makes progress with town, bush jabs

WEBBy ERWIN CHLANDA More than a quarter of Aboriginal clients over 16 and living in the area of the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress have received Covid-19 …

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NT Government dupes Alice on new outpatient unit

WEBIn 2019 the Federal Government announced $25.7m for a new Ambulatory Care Centre at the Alice Springs hospital, essentially an outpatient department. In 2021 …

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Dujuan's moving story and its missing pieces

WEBThe teacher tells Dujuan and his class that this book “isn’t a story, it’s information” meaning “non-fiction or fact” and it’s about “the history of our country”. He …

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Yuendumu: a five decade love story

WEBFences were erected by Yapa. Clothes were washed by Yapa. Yuendumu had a farm which included a piggery, a citrus grove, and a veggie garden. Yapa had role …

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Sitzler, Aboriginal interests in huge dwellings project

WEBThe directors of Melanka Pty Ltd, which will “ deliver” 174 multi-level dwellings in Todd Street, are Michael Sitzler, David Ross and Randle Walker. Mr Sitzler …

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Ryan earning more from govt. jobs than for being Mayor

WEBThe government has just confirmed that Mayor Ryan’s remuneration for his new job with the Department of Health, chairing CAHS, will be the same as his old one, …

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Mantle of mental health care withdrawn

WEBTWO LETTERS TO EDITOR The Abbott Government has cut the funding for an essential mental health program that is delivered by the Royal Flying Doctor Service, …

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