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I UnderstandPlease meet Mikayla Budda-Deen, a proud Gomeroi woman, who shares her thoughts on the unique set of skills that First Nations students bring to the medical workforce. The medical student is the latest AIDA member profiled in our series Let’s Yarn!
AIDA welcomes Federal Labor’s pledge of $1 billion support for mental health care Primary Health Care Funding in Budget
Dr Danielle Arabena is a proud Torres Strait Islander medical practitioner and a descendant of the Meriam peoples of the Torres Strait. She has joined AIDA as the Cultural Safety Medical Educator. Dr Danielle brings a wealth of knowledge, passion, and experience to her role at AIDA through her experience as a Senior Medical Educator … Continued
AIDA’s 2024-25 Federal Budget Response
G’day, my name is Brodie Yuttaman Jack Seymour. I am a final-year medical student at Griffith University and currently serve as the Student Director for the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA). I grew up on Kalkadoon Country (Mount Isa) and am a proud member of the Balarnu mob near the Northern Territory border. Maintaining strong … Continued
Dr Alicia Veasey, a proud Torres Strait Islander woman who grew up on the mainland, is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist with a subspeciality fellowship in Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecology, with over twenty years experience working throughout the health system. She works clinically within Northern NSW LHD on Bundjalung Country, Lismore and surrounding area. Alicia is … Continued
AIDA welcomes $8.5 Billion Prioritisation of Primary Health Care Funding
Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association to lead the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) program.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander doctors in training are experiencing racism at double the rate of their non-Indigenous colleagues. Results from the latest Medical Training Survey (MTS) have revealed that this is the experience of 38% of First Nations trainees compared to 17% of non-Indigenous doctors in training, indicating that racism is prevalent in the … Continued
The Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA) welcomes the findings this week of the Northern Territory Coroner, Elisabeth Armitage, into the deaths of four Aboriginal women in the NT as a result of domestic and family violence. The systemic failures of services to protect women must be addressed as an urgent priority. Governments and the service providers they … Continued