2 May 2022 | NACCHO Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health News [Video]

• Congress concerned about end of APAs
• Mala’la Community Wellness Program awarded
• Rapid antigen tests (RAT) information kit
• Mob encouraged to get protected for winter
• Top 3 questions – Flu season
• First youth contact with health services critical
• Kidney Health Australia professional webinar
• New funding for Hep C awareness campaigns
• New process for job advertising
• Save the Date – FASD Forum 2022

Image in feature tile from ABC News website.

In a media release today Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (Congress) added its voice to a growing chorus of concerns about the forthcoming end to Alcohol Protected Areas (APAs). As it stands, the sunset clause in s118 of the Australian Government’s Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Act 2012 will take effect on 16 July 2022. At a stroke, many NT communities, town camps and Community Living Areas will lose their legal protection from alcohol abuse.

The ‘rivers of grog’ will once again flow through our communities. The effects on the broader community through increased crime, antisocial behaviour and …