Aboriginal Health Promotion

PLEASE NOTE: When reading the word Aboriginal in this page it refers to both Aboriginal and Islander People.

The Aboriginal Health Promotion project is based on the concept of self-determination and project strands acknowledge the importance of the family and strong beginnings as key contributors to overall long term health and well being. The project targets both the parent and child as a means of improving the quality of life and health status of Aboriginal families.

Aboriginal Health works collaboratively with partners, both government and non government organisations, to support program development and implementation and also to provide training, technical and evaluation support to existing programs or groups.

The Formal Apology to Aboriginal People by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 13th February, 2008.

Excerpts from the formal apology to Aboriginal people by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

….We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country.
For the pain, suffering and hurt of these Stolen Generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry.
To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.

For the future we take heart; resolving that this new page in the history of our great continent can now be written.
We today take this first step by acknowledging the past and laying claim to a future that embraces all Australians.
A future where we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to close the gap that lies between us in life expectancy, educational achievement and economic opportunity.
A future where we embrace the possibility of new solutions to enduring problems where old approaches have failed.
A future based on mutual respect, mutual resolve and mutual responsibility.