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This week, 27 May to 3 June, is National Reconciliation Week, and the theme, 'All In', invites all Australians to walk together, every single day, wholeheartedly, to reconciliation. In 1967, a successful Referendum was held in which Australians voted to include...
When a First Nations woman enters the ACT’s maternity ward in the not too distant future, she may automatically be greeted by someone who practices in a culturally safe way. Karel Williams That is the aim of Birthing with Country, a proposed community-led model...
Working in rural and remote health demands courage, reflection, and a deep commitment to equity. It also places clinicians in a unique position to witness both the strengths and the challenges experienced by the communities they serve. With this in mind, Dallas...
The huge success of the Hep B PAST project in the Northern Territory is what happens when the model of care is designed with communities rather than for them. Aboriginal Health Workforce course. In less than a decade, Hep B PAST has tripled liver cancer survival rates...
A new report, spurred by the continuing failure of successive Australian governments to close the health gap, puts Aboriginal-led primary healthcare organisations squarely at the centre of real and lasting change. The team behind the 'Decolonise now' report. But it...
Renal nurse, Nick Corsair, has been named Nurse/Midwife of the Year at the 2025 Western Australian Rural Health Excellence Awards – proudly sponsored by CRANAplus. Under his leadership, kidney transplants in the Kimberley region have surged, rising from just one in...
Citizen science is at the heart of a new research project helping remote desert communities prepare for, and respond to, increasingly extreme weather. The project draws on Aboriginal people's traditional knowledge and lived experience of environmental change, as well...
Clare Burke, an endorsed midwife and CRANAplus facilitator, has spent the past year working in the remote community of Galiwin’ku where she has been welcomed as family. She shares how deep connection has strengthened the care she provides women and babies. Clare’s...
As a CRANAplus Board Member and Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner, Naomi Zaro was honoured to represent our organisation at a joint breakfast event hosted by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner Board of Australia...
Stories have the power to heal, connect, and transform healthcare delivery. This truth resonated throughout the fourth biennial First Nations Health Communication Symposium in Alice Springs this August. CRANAplus Clinical Education Manager Shannan Lewis shares...
CRANAplus Member and Fellow, Lyn Byers, writes about the importance of sexual health education in the remote setting, and shares her tips for broaching the subject. Lyn Byers. Over 50% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population across Australia is young –...
Naomi Zaro, descendant of the Meriam (Dauareb) people of the Torres Strait, uses her platform as a re-elected CRANAplus Board Member to be a voice for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners who play a valuable role in rural and remote health...