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The Commonwealth Budget at a glance
The Commonwealth government handed down its 2024-2025 Budget on 14 May. How did First Nations health fare in this year’s budget announcements? Sector Leader investigates. Communicable disease control in Indigenous communities, mental health support and suicide prevention were the Albanese Government’s core commitments to First Nations health and wellbeing in the 2024-2025 Federal Budget.
New investment to support wellbeing of First Nations kids and families
The Queensland Government’s Putting Queensland Kids First strategy offers QAIHC Members opportunities to benefit from investments supporting the health, wellbeing and growth of First Nations kids and their families.
More knowledge needed on autoimmune rheumatic disease in First Nations populations
A new review of autoimmune rheumatic disease (AIRD) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
Party pledges to First Nations health
With the Queensland election scheduled for Saturday October 26, Sector Leader contacted all top five political parties in Queensland — the ALP, LNP, Greens, One Nation and Katter’s Australia — seeking their election commitments to First Nation’s health in Queensland.
Mob Health
In Depth
Latest
“Our system punishes vulnerability” – Queensland Commissioner urges alternatives to incarceration
The increasing numbers of Indigenous children in prison is alarming and demands urgent action, according to Queensland's Family and Child Commission (QFCC) commissioner Natalie Lewis.
Interviews
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Two minutes with CRAICCHS Youth Hub Workers Whitney Cobbo and Jonathan Walsh
Meet Whitney Cobbo and Jonathan Walsh, Youth Hub workers at Cherbourg Regional Aboriginal and...
DEADLY ENTERTAINMENT
Deadly Reading
Latest
Compassion (2024) by Julie Janson
From the acclaimed author Julie Janson, Compassion continues the emotional and intense literary exploration of the complex and dangerous lives of Aboriginal women during the 1800s in colonial New South Wales, which Julie began in Benevolence as a counter narrative to colonial history in Australian literature.
Deadly Viewing
Latest
Eddie’s Lil’ Homies (2024) Netflix
Written by AFL legend Eddie Betts and voiced by Hunter Page-Lochard and Miah Madden, this children’s animated series follows eight-year-old Eddie and his two best friends, Lottie and Tal, as they navigate the complex and often fantastical waters of childhood.
Deadly Listening
Latest
Coming out, Blak with Matika Little and Courtney Hagen
Coming Out, Blak focuses on supporting and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community within Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander communities by sharing diverse stories and experiences, and encouraging engagement through its platform and social media.
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Sector Leader Magazine is published by the Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC).
We welcome submissions from our Members, Associates and Affiliates on the great work being undertaken within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Organisation Sector.
If you would like to contribute story ideas for consideration or comment on items in the current issue, please contact our Communications Team at communications@qaihc.com.au. Previous issues can be viewed online at qaihc.com.au
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this publication may contain images or names of people who have passed away.
