Representative
Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council

• Closing the Gap progress to date
• Key policy developments and initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes

• Reducing the incidence of child sexual abuse
• Reducing disadvantage and dysfunction
• Building up Aboriginal leadership and increasing family and community safety and wellbeing

• Social policy initiatives for improved housing
• Identifying the linkages between improved housing and health outcomes

• How lateral violence is affecting participation and employment opportunities for Aboriginal people
• Embedding equality and adequate support in the health workforce to enable Aboriginal people to progress to meaningful positions
• Priorities for the National Congress of Australia’s First People moving forward

• Supporting Cape York communities’ solutions to live healthy lives, strengthening culture and regain spirit

• The Western Desert dialysis story
• Five Pintupi determinants of health and their implications

• Growing up your children to be ‘Strong and Healthy’ via cultural resources and online tools

• The importance of communicating effectively with local communities to develop trust
• Facilitating better understanding between main stream agencies and communities

• Implementing prevention and supply reduction strategies
• Encouraging a reduction in the demands of drug usage via awareness-raising and community engagement

• Developing a Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) approach to brain injury
• Delivering community education
• Embedding relevance and adaptability via local resources
• Examining the impact on the Cherbourg community

• Promoting initiatives aimed at overcoming the high smoking rates
• Addressing depression and suicide

• Incorporating social determinants into health education
• Providing information and education in a contextually relevant manner
• Engaging communities with health topics

• Building healthier schools though greater community awareness and engagement
• Identifying social development outcomes from key partnership initiatives
• Collaborating with a range of community stakeholders to develop youth resilience in remote areas

• Improving health outcomes for pregnant women in Aboriginal communities
• Utilising narrative and images to engage and educate

• How employment drives choices which influence intergenerational health outcomes
• Goals for the Australian Employment Covenant moving forward

• Gaining buy in across three tiers of government for sustainable public and environmental health development in Indigenous communities
• Achieving accountability and coordination for effective implementation
• Working with community organisations and institutions to alleviate public health risks

• The role of Aboriginal Land Councils in pursuing cultural, social and economic independence for its people
• Addressing disadvantages of poor housing to strengthen community health outcomes
• Driving environmental health initiatives

• Identifying systems that incorporate tenancy support and flexibility
• Unravelling obstructive criteria in service provision and adapting solutions