One of the Labor Government’s key election promises was to give a voice to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Parliament. Now in power, [...]
Australia’s first Aboriginal Nurse Practitioner honoured
Midwife-led continuity of care throughout pregnancy, labour, birth and the early postnatal period achieves substantially better perinatal health outcomes, yet few First Nations women receive [...]
‘Unity and Strength through Caring’: CATSINaM celebrates 25-year anniversary
For Sye Hodgman, a Trawlwoolway Palawa-Pakana nurse, his direct engagement with the Queensland Nurses and Midwives Union’s (QNMU ANMF QLD Branch) First Nations Branch means [...]
As Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign gathers pace, Kate Jones, one of the senior primary healthcare nurses of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Western Operations, says [...]
More Birthing on Country services needed to improve health outcomes for Indigenous mothers and babies
Tuesday, 23 March, marks five years since the tragic murder of South Australian remote area nurse (RAN) Gayle Woodford. It is also the fifth anniversary [...]
The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) has announced the appointment of Professor Roianne West as its new Chief Executive [...]
