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May 23, 2025
Connie the Clever Cockie presents: PHAA Preventative Health Conference 2025 The latest update from Connie the Clever Cockie on the PHAA Preventive Health Conference 2025. A new paper has been added to the Publications page: Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children: adolescent never smoking and associations with individual, social, and environmental factors. The NBPU TIS’s latest…
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April 30, 2025
Today I’ll be part of the Public Health Association of Australia’s Preventive Health Conference in Canberra on Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country. The conference theme is ‘Prevention is political’ and the session I’m involved in is titled ‘Indigenous Health is Political: Challenging Systems, Building Solutions’. It’s a big conference and it should be a good event…
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April 30, 2025
It has been a privilege to work with the Program Officers and the NBPU TIS team this past month in my role as Acting National Program Manager. The dedication shown by this team continues to highlight all that we’ve achieved. This month, we welcome Tommy Zeaiter to the team as Program Officer for the Northern…
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April 30, 2025
This month, we can’t stop singing along to Nara Dambakwa 🎶—and for good reason! Launched late last week by Bush Fit Mob’s Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) Program, this deadly new track is more than just a song—it’s a message of strength, pride and a smoke-free future for Groote Eylandt and beyond. With the powerful message…
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April 30, 2025
This month the National Best Practice Unit welcomes Tommy Zeaiter. Tommy Zeaiter is the NBPU TIS Program Officer for the Northern Territory. A proud Kokatha, Mirning man, he was born and raised on Kaurna Country. Tommy brings close to 10 years’ experience in Indigenous employment and outcomes, having worked across multiple organisations and states. Prior…
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April 30, 2025
As we count down to World No Tobacco Day on 31 May, it’s the perfect time to start meaningful conversations about smoking and vaping. Across the country, support services are coming together to encourage Australians to reflect on their relationship with tobacco and explore ways to quit for good. Recently, NBPU TIS staff members Astrid…
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April 30, 2025
The Koori Way team, made up of workers from across Victoria, came together for a two day Tackling Indigenous Smoking workshop hosted by the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service. The workshop covered reviewing the action plan and any needed changes, checking progress on targets, and discussing the statewide campaign and plans for the next one. Reflection…
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April 29, 2025
I had the pleasure of visiting Tamworth with Marketing and Communications Manager Astrid Innes on April 8 and 9. As the TIS Program Officer, it was great to deliver TIS training to the incredible teams from the Wellington Aboriginal Corporation Health Service (WACHS) and their partners Tamworth Aboriginal Medical Service and the Regional Enterprise Development…
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April 29, 2025
On Wednesday March 26, Tackling Indigenous Smoking team coordinators and team leaders from Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service and Mawarnkarra Health Service, gathered in Perth on Whadjuk Country for a networking and learning forum facilitated by NBPU Program Officer Onike Williams. The forum was a space for TIS Coordinators from across…
May 23, 2025
NBPU visits Bega Garnbirringu for TIS Training
On Thursday, 22nd May, Maxine and I from the NBPU TIS joined the TIS team from Bega Garnbirringu Health Service in Kalgoorlie, WA, for a one day training session. I had the opportunity to facilitate the training for the day, covering all elements of the Tackling Indigenous Smoking program. It was great to meet with…