The Aboriginal Health Council of WA is hopeful the new Minister for Indigenous Health will make closing the gap a priority.
Ken Wyatt was the first Aboriginal Australian elected to the Lower House and has now made history by being the first Aboriginal person appointed to the Commonwealth ministry.
AHCWA Chairperson Michelle Nelson-Cox said the promotion of Mr Wyatt was a good sign that the government was prepared to take Aborig...
The Aboriginal Health Council of WA is pleased to have secured Federal Government
funding to ensure the future of the Carnarvon Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation.
AHCWA is now overseeing the management and finances of CMSAC, after the
organisation fell into financial difficulties and the former CEO was removed.
An investigation into the former CEO Shane Van Styn’s handling of CMSAC’s finances is
still ongoing.
The Aboriginal Health Council of WA is hopeful the new Assistant Health Minister will
make Aboriginal health and closing the gap a priority.
Ken Wyatt was the first Indigenous Australian elected to the Lower House and has now
made history by being the first Indigenous frontbencher in federal parliament.
AHCWA Chairperson Michelle Nelson-Cox said the appointment of Mr Wyatt was a good
sign that the government was prepared to...
The Aboriginal Health Council of WA (AHCWA) says its anti-smoking program for Aboriginal people will have to be cancelled if the Federal Government does not renew its funding.
The program currently receives $1.3 million annually in government funding, but this is due to run out on 31 March 2015.
AHCWA Chairperson Michelle Nelson-Cox said the effects of cancelling the program could be severe.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s support for the withdrawal of government services from Western Australia’s Aboriginal communities is hugely disappointing, according to the Aboriginal Health Council of WA (AHCWA).
AHCWA is the peak body representing 21 Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services across Western Australia at a state and national level.
The Prime Minister was reported today as having labelled life in Aboriginal c...
A forum of more than 200 people in Perth has passed a resolution to reject the Federal Government’s new reporting conditions for Aboriginal health organisations.
The new Terms and Conditions for government grants force Aboriginal Medical Services (AMS) around the country to submit to a set of onerous and unfair conditions.
The Aboriginal Health Council of WA said the Terms and Conditions enabled the Health Department to m...
WA’s peak Aboriginal health organisation is seeking urgent meetings with State Government agencies to explain why funding for Aboriginal health services appears to have been slashed in the state budget.
The Aboriginal Health Council of WA’s analysis of the budget papers has revealed that funding for Aboriginal-run medical services seems to have been halved, from $30 million a year to an average of $16 million a year over 3 ye...
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