The Weekly Update
Greetings CRANAplus Members,
It’s been another busy week at CRANAplus. The FLEC program was packed in containers and is on the way to its new home in Adelaide. Seven more new staff will start on Monday. Amy Blom and Laura Nelson will be in Adelaide next week to help get FLEC up and running with the new staff. Carole Taylor, Regine Haynes and Libby Bowell will also be in Adelaide to greet and orient the new FLEC team.
Here are our newest team members:
Steve Batten – FLEC Admin Officer – Adelaide
Wendy Bower – Advanced REC – Alice Springs
Karen Clarke – FLEC Admin Manager – Adelaide
Heather Gulliver – MEC for Midwives – working from home
Monica Ostigh – BEC for Aboriginal Health Workers – Adelaide
Sue Orsmond – REC Co-ordinator – working from home
Helen Phipps – Admin Officer – Adelaide
Claire Prophet – FLEC Admin Officer – Adelaide
Julia Stewart – Online FLEC – working from home
Please help make everyone feel welcome and be patient as we get everyone trained and settled into the new positions.
The Adelaide CRANAplus office can be reached at:
Phone: 08 8408 8200 or Fax: 08 8408 2222
We are hard at work finalising the conference agenda and will post it on the website as soon as it is finished. Work is progressing on the next edition of the Outback Flyer; it should be in your mailbox before conference.
Last Tuesday, we saw the launch of the new centre for Quality Improvement in Indigenous Primary Health Care. The One21seventy Centre will support primary health care centres to deliver high quality care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. CRANAplus President Christopher Cliffe is the newly appointed Executive Director. The full media release is available on our website.
Enjoy reading this week’s Friday Flyer and if you have any suggestions or items you believe would be of interest to our members, please contact the team.
Don’t forget to check out the ‘Employment’ area of the website this week.
Cheers,
Anne-Marie
Business Manager, CRANAplus
back to top Conferences and Meetings
Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses (CATSIN)
16 - 18 September 2009
The Sebel & Citigate Albert Park Melbourne, SA
This conference will be dedicated to former patron of CATSIN Sadie Canning MBE. The conference theme is "We can do it- Yes we can!". Keynote address:Tom Calma"Closing the Indigenous health inequality gap by 2030"
Consultation on Drug and Alcohol Issues Darwin
3 September 2009
Darwin, NT
Dr John Herron, Chairman of the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) and Associate Professor Ted Wilkes, Chair of the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee (NIDAC), are inviting people working in the alcohol and other drugs (AOD) sector to express their opinions and share their experiences regarding NT drug and alcohol issues and ways to address them.
13th Annual NT Chronic Diseases Network Conference
10 - 11 September 2009
Darwin, NT
The theme of the 13th Annual Chronic Diseases Network Conference is 'Prevention is the Best Medicine', which reflects the growing recognition that chronic diseases and their underlying factors are preventable.
Chronic diseases not only result in death and disease, they are also a large economic burden on the community and the health system. 70% of the difference in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians can be attributed to chronic diseases.
Changing faces: Dental Hygenists Association of Australia Symposium 2009
11 - 12 September 2009
Adelaide, SA
The Dental Hygenists Association of Australia are holding their 2009 Symposium in Adelaide. The focus is on 'changing faces' and the role that dental hygienists' play in providing dental hygiene care across the life span.
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Nursing Scholarships Focus on Aged Care
A popular Australian Government scholarship scheme aimed at increasing the number of registered nurses in aged care has today been extended for further applications. Click on the title for more information.
back to top Articles of Interest
The news stories shown below are collected from a variety of electronic sources. To read the entire story, just click on the headline and you’ll be linked to the story from its original source.
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The United Nations says Australia is breaching its international human rights obligations by continuing the Northern Territory intervention.
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The regional partnership agreement, a first for northern New South Wales, will help employ up to 400 trained indigenous workers.
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A new national indigenous representative body could hold its first congress by October next year if the Rudd Government adopts the proposal put to it by Aboriginal Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma.
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A Hunter Valley local Aboriginal land council says bureaucratic red-tape has thwarted multi-million dollar land sales, preventing Indigenous people from getting ahead.
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The New South Wales Ombudsman will consider whether the Department of Community Services (DOCS) followed correct procedure in removing dozens of children from their families in Lightning Ridge in the state's west.
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The Australian Nursing Federation says the $6,000 cash incentive to attract nurses back into the workforce is struggling because it is too narrow and badly timed.
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Mental health groups say there is no way of knowing whether the increase in spending on mental health care services in Australia is having a positive effect on the patients.
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The Federal Government has pledged another $46 million to fund Indigenous ranger programs across Cape York, in far north Queensland, for the next four years.
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The Australian College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP) has urged Peter Dutton the Shadow Minister for Health to support the Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill that is currently before the federal Parliament.
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“News that the Federal Opposition is preparing to oppose legislation allowing greater numbers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people broader access to health and midwifery care is very frustrating”, said Sally Goold, Executive Director of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses.
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Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and two related Bills must be passed.
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Today’s report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare showing Australia is now in the top 10 countries with the highest rates of Type 1 diabetes in children is very concerning.
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Queensland’s boast of being the smart state and national efforts to close the Indigenous health gap will get a boost this week with the launch of a new centre to support primary health care centres to deliver high quality care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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The Northern Territory Health Minister, Kon Vatskalis, says senior doctors from Darwin may have to be asked to temporarily work in the Katherine Hospital because several medical staff are about to leave.
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A foundation that supports people with Machado Josephs Disease says a new agreement will help give more support to people with the illness on Groote Eylandt.
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Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol later in life may prevent the development of dementia, according to new research by the Australian National University. The study of 10,000 people worldwide found light to moderate drinkers were 26 per cent less likely to develop any form of dementia than non-drinkers.
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The role of the humble shed in improving men's health is being explored at a national conference in Hobart.
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New research has found that the breast cancer mortality rate is at its lowest level since the national screening program began in 1991.
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A new study has found Australians made 12 million visits to GPs between 2007 and 2008 for mental health problems. The figures, from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, has found general practitioners are often the first port of call for people with mental health concerns.
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Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin said traditional owners were vital partners in caring for Indigenous owned land and land with significant cultural value which contain many of our rarest and most threatened ecosystems.
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