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Aboriginal oral health partnerships launched |
(Cited from ABC.net.au on Wednesday 8th April 2009)
A consortium of Aboriginal community controlled health organisations from centres including Walgett, Bourke, Orange and Wellington will launch two oral health partnerships today.
The Bila Muuji Aboriginal Health Service will sign a memorandum of understanding with Charles Sturt University to establish a student placement program for dentistry and oral health therapy graduates.
Sandra Meihubers from the Bila Muuji Service says she hopes student placements will give undergraduates a greater understanding of the poor oral health of Indigenous people.
"Students just having that first-hand experience ... it sure beats reading about something in a newspaper or a textbook if you can actually meet people from a community and see first-hand what is actually going on," she said.
The health service has also worked in conjunction with the Greater Western Area Health Service to appoint an oral health promotion coordinator.
Ms Meihubers says many Aboriginal residents suffer from poor oral health.
"It's quite critical in the early ages, we find dental decay rates in the Aboriginal kids sadly are much higher than the rest of the population," she said.
"Generally decay rates in rural areas are higher, but then in the Aboriginal population are higher again than the state average." |
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Redfern program helps Indigenous Youths get ahead |
(Cited ABC Online Indigenous News - Saturday 4th April)
Koori Job Ready is a program set up in inner city Sydney to train young Indigenous people to work in the construction industry.
Since its inception the program has achieved a high success rate in getting young Aborigines work as builders. Trainees come from all over New South Wales and many have had it tough growing up. Many say the program saved them from a life of drugs, alcohol and crime. Many of the participants come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Koori Job Ready has been running since 2007. Since then more than 80 per cent of its graduates have found work - most in the building industry. Participants graduate not only with skills in construction but also knowledge of occupational health and safety, industrial relations and first aid. The program's project manager Rohan Tobler says approximately 50 people apply for each course they run. |
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's "Sorry" Speech - 12 February 2008 |
 On Tuesday 12 February 2008, newly elected Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's historic Aboriginal "apology" motion was tabled in Parliament This is the official transcript of that historic speech."Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history. |
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