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Website Public Health Music is based out of Stockholm, Sweden, as a division of KILEN - Consumer Association of Medicines and Health - a Stockholm based non-governmental organization which has worked in the area of consumer awareness, safety about medicines and health for the last 28 years.
PHM's vision is to use the force of music and arts expression to advocate change in the needs of disadvantaged groups in society, as well as to amplify their reality and convey their message to the general public in effort of creating a stronger and healthier society.
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Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Knowledge Network Welcome to the Australian Indigenous Health Promotion Knowledge Network (AIHKPN)
The Network provides access to the latest information in Indigenous
health including employment, skills and educational development
opportunities; conferences and publications.To become a free Member visit http://www.indigenoushealth.med.usyd.edu.au/
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Media release The new National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples is a company limited by guarantee, based on a model developed by an independent Indigenous steering committee after extensive community consultation.
The Australian Government believes the congress will strengthen its relationships with Indigenous Australians and has committed almost $30 million to the establishment and operation of the new body to 2013.
The Government is committed to resetting its relationship with Indigenous Australians and to working with them in new partnerships based on trust, goodwill and mutual respect.
For more information on the progress of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, including the membership of the new National Executive, visit the Australian Human Rights Commission website.
Date posted: 03 May 2010 at http://www.indigenous.gov.au/Pages/31_nationalcongress.aspx
•National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples media release on announcement of board, Sunday 2 May 2010. PDF- [17kB]
•Details of directors and ethics council members. PDF - [34 kB] |
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Soundbox - Working in Concert There is a news article about the international achievements of choral director, Andre De Quadros at http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1153046.html
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Mental Health: Draft Clinical Practice Guidelines for Consultation beyondblue: the national depression initiative are about to release two DRAFT Clinical Practice Guidelines for public consultation. They are:
Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults
Depression and related disorders – anxiety, bipolar disorder and puerperal psychosis – in the perinatal period.
Music Health professionals who practice in, or have an interest, in mental health are invited to comment on the draft guidelines.
Further details available at http://www.beyondblue.org.au/index.aspx?link_id=6.1245 |
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"Have your say" survey S.A.R.R.A.H
Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health
Have your say: SARRAH Membership and Services Survey
SARRAH is seeking input from rural and remote allied health professionals about our organisation through the completion of a survey.
Established in 1995, SARRAH is a grass roots organisation with a key role in promoting awareness of the role of Allied Health Professionals (AHP's) in contributing to improved health outcomes in rural and remote communities.
SARRAH's mission is 'to advocate for, develop and provide services to enable AHP's who live and work in rural & remote areas of Australia to confidently and competently carry out their professional duties in providing a variety of health services'.
When you complete the survey and submit it by the due date, you will go in the draw to win your choice of either (1) 12 month free SARRAH membership or (2) a 25% discount on registration for the next National SARRAH Conference, to be held in Broome, during October 2010. There are two (2) prizes to be awarded - one to members and one to non-members.
Further details at http://www.sarrah.org.au/site/index.cfm?display=65130 |
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New Songs for Peace This UNESCO-endorsed "New Songs for Peace" project is intended to encourage people to think about peace, talk about peace, and write a new song that we will collect and self-publish in a book. These new songs will promote peace, cultural acceptance and understanding for those who work towards peace throughout the world.
Read more at http://www.newsongsforpeace.org/info.html |
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Pioneers For a Cure Musicians from the four corners of the earth are participating in a new musical project that merges innovation with the fight against cancer. Pioneers For a Cure (www.pioneersforacure.org) is an ongoing effort to unite all nations to reclaim – and revive – the songs of songs with the pioneer spirit by having them recorded by artists who then choose the cancer organization that will benefit from the proceeds of the song downloads, a stellar model of artist-driven grassroots philanthropy.
Read more at http://singout.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/pioneers-for-a-cure/ |
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Social Innovation Camp The first Social Innovation camp will be held in Sydney - March 5-7, 2010.
SI Camp - How it works
Here’s how the Social Innovation Camp works in brief.
- A call for ideas
The Social Innovation Camp starts with a big, open call for ideas. Anyone can enter an idea for a web-based social innovation. You don't need to be technically skilled - you just need to know about a social need that you've either encountered in your personal or professional life where the web might be able to help.
Read more at http://www.asix.org.au/sicamp |
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YarraReporter yarraReporter is a training program giving public housing estate residents in the City of Yarra the skills and means to publish stories that matter to them and their community.
This civic journalism project is an initiative of Infoxchange Australia to build skills, capacity, social contribution and leadership amongst residents by modelling cooperative social change in community activities, local news gathering, editing, writing, interviewing and internet-broadcasting.
The work seen on this website is a combination of the trained yarraReporters and the University students that help facilitate the courses and is updated regularly.
See the YarraReporter website at http://www.yarrareporter.org.au/ |
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National Health & Disability Strategy National Arts and Disability Strategy
Arts Minister Peter Garrett and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Bill Shorten commended the Cultural Ministers Council for endorsing the National Arts and Disability Strategy at their national meeting.
“Arts and culture enriches us all – and with one in five Australians experiencing some form of disability, it has been an imperative to include and enable everyone who wishes to engage with such a vital part of Australian life,” said Mr Garrett.
The National Arts and Disability Strategy came out of a consultation process between the Cultural Ministers Council and the arts and disability sector, including organisations and individuals, and with submissions from arts practitioners and arts consumers in the sector.
“We now strongly recommend that state and local governments, venue owners and others review this important document and incorporate it into their future planning and approach,” Mr Garrett said.
“Australians with a disability face barriers to participation, whether physical, financial or social,” said Mr Shorten.
“This strategy sits under a broader national strategic policy push to get people past these barriers and into full participation in the life of the community.”
Partnerships among governments, and between governments and the private and non-profit sectors, are a vital component of the strategy, which guides partners to identify and develop priority projects.
Four priority areas are set out in the National Arts and Disability Strategy: finding ways to address barriers to participation, as audiences or in arts practice; aiding ambition, and helping emerging professional arts practitioners; growing audiences for work created by those with a disability; and empowering people to participate in arts policy development and planning.
The Australian Government provides financial and secretariat support to the Cultural Ministers Council through the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
For copies of the Strategy, including accessible formats, see the Cultural Ministers Council website here or contact the Cultural Ministers Council Secretariat at contact@cmc.gov.au |
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Australia party to UN convention on Protection & Promotion of Diversity of Cultural Expressions Australia has become a party to the United Nations Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, Arts Minister Peter Garrett announced today.
"The Convention is an international treaty that outlines protective measures for cultural goods, services and activities and the importance of access to a rich diversity of cultural expressions from around the world. Importantly, it also aims to strengthen links between culture and economic development," Mr Garrett said.
"The Convention is open to all United Nations members that may wish to become a party and Australia is the 101st member to do so. Under the provisions of the Convention, it will enter into force for Australia three months after Australia officially became a party on 18 September 2009.
"This is an important step in support of our diverse cultural heritage and a vital artistic life for our citizens and fulfils a key Labor election commitment." The Convention emphasises that culture plays an important role in fostering international collaboration. It promotes tolerance and respect for all cultures, and encourages countries to take measures that protect and promote their culture, and allow and encourage a diversity of cultural expressions from around the world.
"Through a comprehensive range of funding programs and policies spread across the full spectrum of cultural, arts and heritage activities, the Australian Government is already taking strong action to protect and encourage cultural diversity within Australia, and to promote international cooperation through dialogue and cultural exchange," Mr Garrett said.
"An International Fund for Cultural Diversity is administered under the Convention, and parties can apply there for funding for projects and activities that further the Convention's aims".
For information about the Convention and its history, see www.arts.gov.au/culturaldiversity and www.unesco.org/culture
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DOC-ART Festival 2009 Creative Doctors Network DOC-ART Festival 2009
FROM magnificent landscape photography to stirring improvised performances, the artistic talents of doctors were on full display on 3 July at the inaugural Doc Art Festival.
Organised by the Creative Doctors Network (CDN), the festival celebrated the work of doctors, showcasing orginal works of art based on the theme of 'nurturing'.
View the winning film entry, Dr Tony C Chu’s Difficult Airway at http://www.medicalobserver.com.au/Arts/Default.aspx (its hillarious)!
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Music Education Dear Players for Life
The transcript is now available of Radio National's Background Briefing on school music education:
http://musicplayforlife.org/school-music-transcript
The program, which aired for the first time last Sunday, comprises 50 stellar minutes in which Stephen Crittenden brilliantly presents the arguments about the importance of music education for EVERY child in school and the facts about the inequities and inadequacies of its provision in Australia.
Campaign stalwarts, Richard Letts (MCA), Ian Harvey (AMA), Jane Law (primary principal) and Mandy Stefanakis (music educator) and Deborah Nicolson (The Song Room) are interviewed, together with long-time advocate, Richard Gill and academic, Robert Walker.
The issues raised in the program are fundamental to the core purpose of Music. Play for Life, which is to encourage a musically active life: whoever you are, wherever you are and whatever your stage of life.
Most people are not music insiders. Most people want music mandated in ALL Australian schools. Most people are gobsmacked when they realise the lack of music that's actually being provided in our schools. Most teachers and principals would love to be able to offer more, but there's a lack of political will in Australia, compared to many other nations.
Be an advocate for music: send this transcript to anyone with kids, forward it to your local Member of Parliament, run pertinent excerpts in your school newsletter, send it on to community musicians in your neighbourhood, if you know bastions of commerce and industry - pass on the transcript, or summarise it and gee them up to use their influence with State and Federal politicians!
Tina Broad, Campaign Director
'Music. Play for Life'
Tel: 02 44 54 3887
Fax: 02 44 54 3882
Mob: 0439 022 257
www.musicplayforlife.org
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Reconciliation Action Plan Queensland Government Reconciliation Action Plan 2009 – 2012 (RAP) is a 3 year action plan to foster reconciliation across the state. This is the first whole of government reconciliation action plan in Australia.
The RAP builds on the Council of Australian Government's Closing the Gap commitments. It signals to the wider community that the Queensland Government is getting on with the job of working in partnership to make a difference to the life outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Queenslanders.
The RAP, which has been fully supported by Reconciliation Australia and Reconciliation Queensland Incorporated, examines reconciliation in 4 areas - relationships, respect, opportunities and accountability. It also sets out practical targets.
All Queensland agencies will be active players in delivering on the RAP, including reporting annually on their progress.
There is a role for the private sector and wider community too.
Reconciliation – it's everyone's business.
http://www.reconciliation.qld.gov.au/documents/reconciliation-action-plan.pdf Queensland Government Reconciliation Action Plan 2009-2012 (PDF 1MB)
http://www.reconciliation.qld.gov.au/documents/reconciliation-action-plan.doc
Queensland Government Reconciliation Action Plan 2009-2012 (Word 215 KB) |
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Black History month Find outabout Black History Month at website: www.ourbrisbane.com/blackhistorymonth |
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Submissions of projects to A& TSI Healing Foundation Hi folks from The Breakfast Circle, the Indigenous Family Violence Forum 2009 and friends and colleagues…
Please see below an invitation and strong encouragement for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their advocates to make submissions to the Healing Foundation Development Team established by the Commonwealth. It is critical that the Team receive submissions which advocate for healing responses which respect traditional healing lest western models prevail and another opportunity to pass on traditional ways is lost….
Thanks Monique at ANTaR for setting out so clearly the providence of this request.
If you or you colleagues or friends can be involved, please see the link below and / or encourage others to do so.
Submissions close 31 July.
Further information at: http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/indigenous/progserv/engagement/HealingFoundationDevelopmentTeam/Pages/default.aspx |
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New Arts Page for Doctors on website of Medical Observer Dear All,
As an organisation dedicated to mobilising the world of healthcare in the service of the performing arts, ASPAH is delighted to be involved with the new Arts Page on the website of the national medical broadsheet paper, Medical Observer. While it principally showcases the creative endeavours of doctors around the country, this permanent part of the site will, we hope, act as a venue for discussing the place of healthcare in the artistic life of Australia in the broadest possible sense. ASPAH's presence on the page, and our ongoing dialogue with the papers editor, Kellie Bissett, will hopefully give performing arts healthcare a national profile amongst doctors it never has before.
And it is also just a very good read.
The page, which is being launched with a dedicated edition of the paper this week, can be found at www.medicalobserver.com.au/arts.
Take a look!
Cheers
Dr Paul Duff
Secretary
The Australian Society for Performing Arts Healthcare
c/o Woy Woy General Practice
26-30 Railway St
Woy Woy 2256
ph. 61 2 43444466
www.aspah.org.au
secretary@aspah.org.au
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"Oodgeroo, bloodline to country" by Sam Watson Oodgeroo, bloodline to country <http://www.laboite.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=65>
by Sam Watson
La Boite Theatre, Kelvin Grove
She was Oodgeroo, Custodian of Minjerribah and senior lore woman of the Noonuccal people. In November 1974, a BOAC aircraft was hijacked in Dubai by Palestinian terrorists. The aircraft was flown to Tunisia and held on the tarmac for three days. Kath Walker, member of the steering committee for the 2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture meeting in Nigeria, and later to be Oodgeroo Noonuccal, was on that plane.
Walker pleaded with the hijackers on behalf of the passengers, particularly a German banker who had been targeted for execution. Despite Walker's efforts, the German was shot and his body dumped on the tarmac. This traumatic event, and her regret at her inability to save the man's life, stayed with Kath Walker throughout her life.
Oodgeroo’s way was negotiation, but her son's was armed struggle. In Brisbane in 1971, along with Sam Watson the author of this startling new play, Denis Walker co-founded the Australian Black Panthers, based on the radical and often violent American civil rights organisation.
This new production, created with the involvement of Oodgeroo's family, weaves her family and cultural life with her time on the Tunisian tarmac to tell the previously untold story of the tensions that tore at the fabric of one of Australia’s most prominent families.
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'Spirit of Australia' fund raising award - project for Royal Flying Doctors We're looking for people with a wander lust spirit to make tracks into the real centre of
Australia. People who love history and enjoy adventure. Folk who enjoy travel and want to
share the experience and take part in the re-enactment of a flag raising ceremony that took
place twenty-one years ago when the Royal Geographical Society of Australia and the South
Australian Army Survey Corp found the real centre of our nation. They left a Permanent
Survey Mark (PSM) and flag pole smack bang in the middle of Australia. In September 2009
we plan to leave our mark and add to Australia's history.
My name is Elsie Denham, a resident of North Ipswich. I volunteered to become an entrant
in the Royal Flying Doctor Service 2008 Spirit of Queensland Awards to help raise vital
funds and awareness for an organisation that has served our nation for 80 years through good
and bad times, yet they still provide their services free to everyone who needs transportation
and medical assistance. According to Readers Digest 2007 Survey, Royal Flying Doctor
Service is the most trusted charity."
Part of my fundraising plan is to invite 10 4WD's to come on an organised 21 day, fun filled
tag-along Expedition, or for those that don't fancy driving, we have a modern air conditioned
Coach Camping Safari Venture, with lots of inclusions added into the low price of $2999 to
make this an adventure you won't want to miss.
If you would like further information my contact details are
Email:elsiedenham@yahoo.com.au or phone 0448 212 265
With only seven weeks before the Finals for the RFDS 2008 Spirit of Queensland Awards, I
am hopeful of boosting the fundraising up. To this date we have raised $20,400.40.
You may also be interested in attending some of the events I'll be fundraising at in the month
of October, the first is the Amberley Air Show 4&5th, The Goondiwindi Pigdog & Hunters
Show 11&12th, The Oakey Fly-In Family Fun Day18&19th. Tickets are now available for
gala luncheon at Ipswich Civic Hall on 31stOct 2008, where the first official Mayoral Portrait
presentation and Auction will take place to raise funds for RFDS.
Maybe members, friends and family would be interested in purchasing ticket for our fabulous
Christmas raffle.
1st prize is a Traditional hand crafted rocking horse value $1500.00
2nd prize is 5 nights for 2 adults at Koala Cove Luxury Holiday Apartments Burleigh Heads
Gold Coast value $1000.00
3rd prize is a Standing Doll, Early Period hand made costume value $200
Tickets $2 ea, Books of $10, $20, $40 & $50 are available.
Payment details: cheque or money order made to the Royal Flying Doctor Service
Closes 16 Dec 2008
Drawn 19 December 2008
Winner notified by phone.
Tickets available from: Elsie Denham Ipswich 0448 212 265 or
email:elsiedenham@yahoo.com.au or from CWA Groups:
Ipswich 38160552, Rosewood 54641746, Walloon 54645452, Glenore Grove 54658427
Lowood 54261514, Harrisville54671246 & Glamorgan Vale 33895690 |
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