Northern Territory Branch

Committee Details

President:      Rosalie Schultz
Treasurer:     Warwick Beever
Secretaries:  Peter Tait and Clive Rosewarne
Committee Member: Michael Fonda

Mission:

To improve the health of all people in the Northern Territory through public health, advocacy and action addressing health inequities.

Issues:

• Alcohol: to support actions aimed to reduce NT per capital alcohol consumption to national average.
• Climate change: for an effective response to climate change (mitigation and adaptation).
• Nuclear Industry: to support public action to remove the nuclear industry from the NT.
• Road safety issues: support strategies to improve road safety in the NT and reduce the level of NT road trauma (fatalities and injury) to the same per capita levels of other Australian jurisdictions.
• Aboriginal health: priority area with particular emphasis in supporting Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations to deliver Comprehensive Primary Health Care services.
• The People's Health Movement (PHM): active engagement with civil society action in support of the PHM goals nationally and  internationally.

Committee Representation:

• People's Alcohol Action Coalition ( Alice Springs community campaign)
• Alice Springs Angela/Pamela Collective (Alice springs community campaign)
• Really caring for Kids Coalition (NT wide health organisations coalition for the review of the NT Child Protection Act)
• Australian Nuclear Free Alliance (National Aboriginal and NGO Alliance)

Meeting Calendar:

First Tuesday of each month 5:15 pm, (unless otherwise notified- usually no meeting in January).

To be connected to the meeting, dial in details can be obtained from meeting minutes, or attend at the Administration Conference Room Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Leichhardt Terrace, Alice Springs.

Resources

Advocacy 2009/2010/2011

Advocacy 2008

Letter to Centralian Advocate "Who will pick up the yellowcake?"                              5 December 2008

Media Release - Misleading claims by ERA on worker radiation exposure                           21 Nov 2008

Submission to the Inquiry into Commonwealth Radioactive Waste Management (Repeal and Consequential Amendment) Bill 2008 (Pdf) - October 2008

Council Election Letter on local issues                                                                                              July 2008 Click here to view the letter

Letter to PM Kevin Rudd - Radioactive Waste Management Election Commitments                               11 June 2008 http://www.phaa.net.au//documents/NGOstatement.doc

Comments on the NT Government Discussion Paper:                                                                        July 2008 NT Climate Change Issues Click here for Discussion paper

Comment on Application for Exploration License 25758                                                                       21 May 2008 Click here for Submission

Comment on Application for Exploration License 25758                                                                May 2008 Click here for letter to Dept of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines

Minutes:

Annual Report:

Branch Forums

The NT Branch Forum provides an area for NT PHAA members to post information, respond to and discuss various articles of interest and to interact with fellow members.

Link to Forums (you will be required to login to access this area)

Events

Links

NT Branch Organisational Members:

• Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance (NT)
• Central Australian Division of Primary Health Care
• General Practice and Primary Health Care (NT)
• Katherine West Health Board
  

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