Author: Tania Sheward

Let’s Yarn! With Mikayla Budda-Deen

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Please 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!

Dr Danielle Arabena – Medical Educator

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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

Mr Brodie Seymour – Student Director

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Brodie is a final-year medical student at Griffith University and currently serves as the Student Director for the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA). He grew up on Kalkadoon Country in Mount Isa and is a proud Balarnu man. Staying connected to Country and learning how mob celebrate culture has always been central to who he … Continued

Dr Alicia Veasey – Director

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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

Statement of support: NT domestic violence coronial inquest findings

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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