Category: Media Release

The Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) is profoundly saddened by the unexpected passing of Mr Assan Sam, a proud Bwgcolman man and final year James Cook University (JCU) medical student. AIDA extends our heartfelt condolences to Assan’s family at this difficult time, and acknowledges with love and respect, the deep grief that this loss will … Continued

AIDA President, Dr Jonathan Newchurch,congratulates the Hon Mark Butler and Senator Malarndirri McCarthy on their reappointments.

AIDA welcomes Federal Labor’s pledge of $1 billion support for mental health care  Primary Health Care Funding in Budget

AIDA’s 2024-25 Federal Budget Response

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, according to the latest Medical Training Survey (MTS).

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

The Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) are proud to be hosting the Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors’ Congress (PRIDoC 2024) and to welcome Indigenous doctors from across the Pacific to gather on Kaurna Country / Adelaide from 2 to 6 December.  The theme of PRIDoC 2024 is Ngadluku Warra, Ngadluku Tapa Purruna, Ngadluku Purruna which translates … Continued