Foreword: “Veronica Brady, academic voices and pending hugs” by Aurora García Fernández, Maria Suárez Lafuente

“…We could hardly guess its consequence at the time, but back in November 1988, as White Australia celebrated the bicentenary of settlement and Indigenous Australians mourned two centuries of dispossession and annihilation, the cultural distance between Western Australia and northern Spain began to shrink. …”
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Natural History of Oral HPV Infection among Indigenous South Australians by Xiangqun Ju, Sneha Sethi, Annika Antonsson, Joanne Hedges, Karen Canfell, Megan Smith, Gail Garvey, Richard M. Logan, Lisa M. Jamieson

“…A longitudinal cohort study design, with baseline (2018), 12-month, and 24-month data obtained from Indigenous Australians aged 18+ years in South Australia, was performed. …”
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Indigenous health program evaluation design and methods in Australia: a systematic review of the evidence by Kamalini Lokuge, Katherine Thurber, Bianca Calabria, Meg Davis, Kathryn McMahon, Lauren Sartor, Raymond Lovett, Jill Guthrie, Emily Banks

“…Abstract Objective: Indigenous Australians experience a disproportionately higher burden of disease compared to non‐Indigenous Australians. …”
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Long-term out of pocket expenditure of people with cancer: comparing health service cost and use for indigenous and non-indigenous people with cancer in Australia by Emily Callander, Nicole Bates, Daniel Lindsay, Sarah Larkins, Stephanie M. Topp, Joan Cunningham, Sabe Sabesan, Gail Garvey

“…Abstract Background Indigenous Australians diagnosed with cancer have poorer survival compared to non-Indigenous Australians. …”
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Automated decision-making, digital inclusion and intersectional disabilities by Goggin, Gerard, Soldatić, Karen

“…With a focus on the area of automated decision-making (ADM) in social and welfare services, we reflect upon the controversial 2015–2020 Australian government programme widely known as ‘Robodebt’ that recovers putative debts from support recipients – and we discuss implications for Indigenous Australians with disabilities in particular. We contrast the ‘Robodebt’ programme with explicit digital inclusion policy on disability in Australia, noting that such digital inclusion policy does not specifically acknowledge yet alone address ADM or other aspects of automation. …”
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Association of Built Environmental Features with Rates of Infectious Diseases in Remote Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory, Australia by Amal Chakraborty, Victor Maduabuchi Oguoma, Neil T. Coffee, Peter Markey, Alwin Chong, Margaret Cargo, Mark Daniel

“…The health of Indigenous Australians is far poorer than non-Indigenous Australians, including an excess burden of infectious diseases. …”
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A Kickstart to Life: Australian Football League as a Medium for Promoting Lifeskills in Cape York Indigenous Communities by Maree Dinanthompson, Juanita Sellwood, Felicity Carless

“…The aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of the Kickstart program in meeting its overall objective of enhancing lifeskills of Indigenous Australians through participation in AFL. Evidence collected via interviews with Indigenous youth, parents, teachers and Kickstart stakeholders (including community representatives) suggest mixed meanings surrounding the interpretation of “lifeskills”, and yet improvement in the education, attitudes and lifestyle choices of Indigenous youth in the selected Cape York communities. …”
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New population and life expectancy estimates for the Indigenous population of Australia's Northern Territory, 1966-2011. by Tom Wilson

“…Efforts need to be redoubled to reduce the large gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.…”
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Mapping local and regional governance: reimagining the New South Wales Aboriginal sector by Heidi Norman, Therese Apolonio, Maeve Parker

“…With reference to four case study localities in New South Wales, this paper offers new insights into calls from Indigenous Australians for recognition within the national political discourse. …”
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Comparing Indigenous health status across regions: a numerical example of uncertainty by Joan Cunningham

“…Abstract Objective: To illustrate how regional variation in data quality could explain some or all of the apparent regional differences in the health status of Indigenous Australians. Methods: A series of simple hypothetical numerical examples is provided, with varying assumptions regarding the accuracy of identification of Indigenous deaths. …”
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Mapping, Countermapping, and Country in Trace Balla’s Graphic Novels by Melanie Duckworth

“…I suggest that Balla’s graphic novels decolonize the act of mapping and envision a less invasive, more respectful relationship with Australian landscape, plants, and animals by mapping children’s perspectives in conversation with Indigenous Australians.…”
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Systems, Self, and Sovereignty: Non-Indigenous Practitioners Negotiate Whiteness in Aboriginal Partnerships by Tania L. Searle, Monique Mulholland

“…This study employed qualitative methods and discourse analysis to draw on the experiences of six non-Indigenous Australians employed by the South Australian Government in Aboriginal partnerships and natural resource management. …”
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Suicide in rural Australia: A retrospective study of mental health problems, health-seeking and service utilisation. by Scott J Fitzpatrick, Tonelle Handley, Nic Powell, Donna Read, Kerry J Inder, David Perkins, Bronwyn K Brew

“…This study highlights trends in suicide and examines the prevalence of mental health problems and service utilisation of non-Indigenous Australians by geographic remoteness in rural Australia.…”
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Study Protocol – Diabetes and related conditions in urban Indigenous people in the Darwin, Australia region: aims, methods and participation in the DRUID Study by Weeramanthri Tarun, Dunbar Terry, O'Dea Kerin, Cunningham Joan, Zimmet Paul, Shaw Jonathan

“…Diabetes and related conditions represent an even greater health burden among Indigenous Australians (Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders), but there are critical gaps in knowledge relating to the incidence and prevalence, aetiology, and prevention of diabetes in this group, including a lack of information on the burden of disease among Indigenous people in urban areas. …”
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The relationship between maternal adiposity during pregnancy and fetal kidney development and kidney function in infants: the Gomeroi gaaynggal study by Yu Qi Lee, Eugenie R. Lumbers, Christopher Oldmeadow, Clare E. Collins, Vanessa Johnson, Lyniece Keogh, Kathryn Sutherland, Adrienne Gordon, Roger Smith, Kym M. Rae, Kirsty G. Pringle

“…This is pertinent to Indigenous Australians as they are twice as likely as non‐Indigenous Australians to develop chronic kidney disease (CKD). …”
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Educating Law Students for Rural and Regional Legal Practice: Embedding Place Consciousness in Law Curricula by Amanda Kennedy, Trish Mundy, Jennifer Nielsen, Caroline Hart

“…This article identifies barriers in entering and then completing law school which act to prevent people from low SES backgrounds and Indigenous Australians from entering the legal profession. …”
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Being Indigenous in the Bureaucracy: Narratives of Work and Exit by Julie Lahn

“…A key finding involves their general sense of being underutilised and undervalued— that forms of experience and understanding as Indigenous people go largely unrecognised within government, which in turn constrains their potential to meaningfully contribute to improving government relations with Indigenous Australians or to enhancing the effectiveness of the bureaucracy more broadly. …”
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Mapping Point-of-Purchase Influencers of Food Choice in Australian Remote Indigenous Communities by Joanna Henryks, Julie Brimblecombe

“…Closing the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians relies, in part, on addressing the poor levels of nutrition in remote Indigenous communities (RIC). …”
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Teacher Education, Aboriginal Studies and the New National Curriculum by Clair Andersen

“…This curriculum emphasises recommendations which have been circulating in the sector over many years, to require teacher education institutions to provide their students with an understanding of past and contemporary experiences of Indigenous Australians, as well as the social, economic and health disadvantages that challenge Indigenous communities, and to equip them to integrate Indigenous issues into their future teaching programs. …”
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An exploration of healthcare providers’ experiences and perspectives of Traditional and complementary medicine usage and disclosure by Indigenous cancer patients by A. Gall, K. Anderson, J. Adams, V. Matthews, G. Garvey

“…Alongside conventional cancer treatments, T&CM usage is increasing; with 19% of indigenous Australians with cancer reporting using T&CM. There is limited evidence surrounding T&CM use and disclosure by indigenous patients. …”
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