Our Partners
Core Partners
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies is an independent Indigenous-controlled Commonwealth statutory authority devoted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies. It is Australia's premier institution for information and research on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples past and present.
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
One of the oldest and largest Aboriginal health services, Central Australian Aboriginal Congress is based in Alice Springs in the heart of Central Australia’s arid desert region, and has a large number of both urban and remote clients. Since its establishment in 1973, Congress has promoted a broad approach to improving Aboriginal health. Today, Congress is one of the most experienced organisations in the country in Aboriginal health, a national leader in comprehensive primary healthcare, and a strong political advocate for the health of Aboriginal people.
Charles Darwin University (formerly Northern Territory University) is renowned for its research expertise and leadership in tropical and desert knowledge of the Australian and Asia-Pacific region, with particular focus on Indigenous knowledge and addressing problems of importance to the peoples of the region. The university has nine campuses and centres across the Northern Territory. Indigenous students can contact the Indigenous Academic Support Team.
Danila Dilba Biluru Butji Binnilutlum Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation, commonly known as Danila Dilba Health Service or just Danila Dilba, was established in 1991 and has its roots in the Darwin Aboriginal community. Its vision is to provide culturally appropriate comprehensive primary healthcare services of the highest quality to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of the Greater Darwin area.
Department of Health and Ageing
The Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing has national responsibility for funding and policy development for Aboriginal primary healthcare. The government has established the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH) in the department to improve the access of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to comprehensive primary healthcare services. This strategy is based on the principle of working in partnership with the Aboriginal community-controlled health sector.
Department of Health and Community Services Northern Territory
The Northern Territory's Department of Health and Community Services is a principal resource agency, policy maker and provider of governmental interventions across the Northern Territory. The department is committed to provision of health and wellbeing services within a continuum of primary secondary and tertiary interventions. The department has a strategic focus on improving the health and wellbeing status of Aboriginal men, women and children.
Flinders University has broad-based health research strengths, and Aboriginal health is one of its designated areas of research focus. Flinders Aboriginal Health Research Unit coordinates, supports, conducts and grows Aboriginal health research across all Flinders University campuses in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Indigenous students are supported by the Yunggorendi First Nations Centre for Higher Education and Research.
La Trobe University prides itself on being an internationally recognised leader in the provision of high-quality education and training underpinned by a strong research profile. Its School of Public Health has strengths in health services policy and planning and health systems research. Support for Indigenous students can be found through the Office of the Director, Indigenous Education.
Menzies School of Health Research
Menzies School of Health Research aims to improve the health of people of northern and central Australia and regions to the near north through multidisciplinary research, research training and public health education with a focus on Indigenous, remote and tropical health. It is the centre agent for the CRC for Aboriginal Health.
Queensland Institute of Medical Health Research
The Queensland Institute of Medical Research is one of the largest medical research institutes in the southern hemisphere, and is recognised worldwide for the quality of its research. The institute has established an Indigenous Health Research Program, which aims to develop culturally appropriate research projects in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The University of Melbourne is one of Australia’s oldest and most prestigious universities. It has a wide range of research and education expertise in medicine and health. Within its School of Population Health is the Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, which works to bring together the university, the community and policy makers around issues of Koori health. Indigenous students can go to the Centre for Indigenous Education.
The University of Queensland is one of Australia's premier learning and research institutions. Its School of Population Health has expertise in Aboriginal health research and education. It also offers Indigenous students support at the Aboiriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit.
Associate partners
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
The Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education is Australia’s largest Indigenous tertiary education and training centre. Batchelor is the first higher-education institution in Australia to be owned and controlled by Indigenous Australians. Higher education and Vocational Education and Training from Batchelor extends to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people throughout Australia. It comprises campuses, annexes, study centres and spaces in 44 locations throughout the Northern Territory, Queensland and the Torres Strait.
Department of Employment, Education and Training Northern Territory
The Northern Territory's Department of Employment, Education and Training is the government agency with responsibility for employment and education and training.
Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
The Australian Government's Department of Family, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs is the agency that incorporates the Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination and has a focus on providing a whole-of-government approach to the area of Indigenous affairs.
The Telethon Institute of Child Health Research
The Telethon Institute of Child Health Research aims to improve the health of children through the development and application of research into the causes and prevention of ill-health and the maintenance of health. It has expertise in Aboriginal childhood health research.
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