Taskforce on Indigenous Health meeting
Members from the Taskforce convened in the AMA’s offices last week with a Welcome to Country and a special guest, Senator Malarndirri McCarthy.
The AMA Taskforce on Indigenous Health met in Canberra on 24 March 2023.
The meeting began with a Welcome to Country from Ngunnawal Traditional Owner Mr Wally Bell on the land outside the AMA offices. Staff and taskforce members gathered to share in this Welcome before declaring the meeting officially open.
The taskforce co-chairs Professor Steve Robson and Dr Simone Raye from the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association (AIDA) were delighted to welcome special guest Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy to speak with the taskforce about her priorities in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
Key themes emerging from the meeting included partnership, collaboration, eliminating racism in the health sector, supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical students, cultural safety training and the importance of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations as a model of self-determination and holistic, culturally safe health service delivery.
The taskforce membership is comprised of medical students, doctors in training and doctors from AIDA, AMA and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO).
