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Volunteers from the 1st Signal Regiment clear a path used for cultural awareness activities at Terra Bulla Leumeah on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Story by Captain Miguel Ellis-Fragoso. Photo by Sergeant Anita Gill.

Going bush for a good cause

16/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 369 Views 0 Comments 1st Signal Regiment, Indigenous

Volunteers from the 1st Signal Regiment have gone bush for a good cause. CAPTION: Volunteers from the 1st Signal Regiment

Recruits Marlou Brown, Velma Tsang and Gregory Footscray on the Cairns Esplanade. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron.

ADF People

Course paves way for Indigenous graduates

16/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 231 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, NIDP

Graduates from the Navy Indigenous Development Program (NIDP) put five months of dress and bearing into practice on December 8 at

Commanding Officer No. 383 Squadron Wing Commander Alan Brown, centre right, and RAAF Base Townsville Indigenous liaison officer Flight Lieutenant David Williams with artist Kailin Kyle, centre, Stars Foundation's Emma Ferguson, left, and Jean Murphy. Story by Flying Officer Robert Hodgson.

News Royal Australian Air Force

Art symbolic of connections

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 385 Views 0 Comments Indigenous

Commanding Officer No. 383 Squadron Wing Commander Alan Brown on September 30 was presented an artwork painted for the squadron

Pika Wiya registered nurse Rebecca Simpson conducts a pre-assessment in the Port Augusta town centre before a local receives their COVID-19 vaccination out of the ADF ambulance. Story by Captain Thomas Kaye.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News

Battalion supports Indigenous vaccinations

31/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 304 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

Indigenous health in the Port Augusta region of South Australia has received a welcome shot in the arm thanks to

Malabugilmah resident Latia Williams has her temperature taken by Leading Aircraftman Joel Forster at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination centre.

ADF Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

ADF supports remote vaccination mission

20/10/202120/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 259 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

Early this month, NSW Health, police and ADF personnel travelled to a tiny Aboriginal community two-and-a-half hours’ drive inland from

Corporal Andrew Ball demonstrates lighting a fire with a fero rod on Exercise Emu Walk. Story by Captain Sandra Seman-Bourke.

Australian Army News

Outback survival skills taught and tested

16/10/202116/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 782 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, survival course

Hundreds of kilometres from Perth, deep in the heart of Western Australia’s outback, soldiers from the Pilbara Regiment’s 3rd Squadron have

Ipswich Indigenous community members and children inside a C-17A Globemaster III for a flight from RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flying Officer Lily Lancaster. Photo by Sergeant Peter Borys.

Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force

Connections made high above ground

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 424 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, NAIDOC Week

More than 130 Ipswich Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families had the experience of a lifetime: a

Qualified flying instructor with No. 2 Flying Training School Flight Lieutenant Jonathan Lee and students from Clontarf Academy in front of a Pilatus PC-21 aircraft at RAAF Base Pearce. Story by Flight Lieutenant Steven Barrett.

News Royal Australian Air Force

Students’ flying visit to base a real buzz

08/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 214 Views 0 Comments Indigenous

Students from the Clontarf Academy in Geraldton, Western Australia, were “wide-eyed” when they toured RAAF Base Pearce in early September.

Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer with NSW Police, Uncle John Skinner, with Corporal Ashleigh Shannon, who were part of a remote vaccination team in northern NSW. Story by Flight Lieutenant Eamon Hamilton.

ADF People Health and Wellbeing

Going home on deployment

06/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 453 Views 1 Comment COVID-19, Indigenous

Rolling out COVID-19 vaccinations in her home town has been a career highlight for Yaegl woman and Army air dispatcher,

ADF personnel and other mobile vaccination team members from Bulgarr Ngaru Medical Aboriginal Corporation, Rekindling the Spirit, Bullinah Aboriginal Medical Service, Northern NSW Local Health District, and NSW Police ahead of the Northern NSW tour. Story by Flight Lieutenant Eamon Hamilton.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

Taking vaccines to Indigenous communities

06/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 244 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

Vaccination efforts in rural and remote areas of NSW allowed Defence members to positively engage with local Indigenous communities. CAPTION:

Navy medic Seaman Alana Leonard, from HMAS Penguin, administers a COVID-19 vaccination at the Vaccination Outreach Clinic at the Nyngan Showgrounds, NSW, Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Cameron Martin.

Australian Army Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy

ADF vaccination teams still making a difference

29/09/202102/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 313 Views 0 Comments COVID-19, Indigenous

ADF Vaccination Outreach Teams have administered more than 46,000 COVID-19 vaccines in more than 30 regional and remote NSW communities since late

Indigenous elder David Boye speaks to guests during his enlistment ceremony in Townsville. Story by Captain Lily Charles. Photo by Corporal Brodie Cross.

ADF People

Uncle enlisted to enhance support

17/09/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 199 Views 0 Comments Indigenous

Enhanced mentoring and support for Indigenous soldiers have been the catalyst for the enlistment of an ‘uncle’ at Townsville’s 3rd

Warrant Officer Don Taylor, Uncle Harry Allie, Acting Chief of Air Force Air Vice - Marshal Warren McDonald, Leading Aircraftman Kyle Wetherall, Leading Aircraftwoman Rachael Ellem, Flight Lieutenant Melinda Mitchell and Aunty Agnes Shea. Photo by Corporal Bill Solomou

Australian News Royal Australian Air Force Veterans

RAAF recognises Indigenous service

06/07/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4443 Views 1 Comment Aboriginal, Indigenous, Torres Strait Islander, Torres Strait Islands

Acting Chief of Air Force Air Vice-Marshal Warren McDonald today unveiled a plaque dedicated to the many Indigenous men and

ADF Australian News

New campaign to attract Indigenous recruits

14/03/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3429 Views 0 Comments Indigenous, recruitment, recruits

Defence Recruiting has launch a new marketing campaign to attract more Indigenous people into the ADF. The campaign features Able Seaman