Central Australian Aboriginal Congress' submission to inform the development of a National Obesity Strategy, and how the strategy should include a more specific focus on the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Central Australian Aboriginal Congress' submission to the Senate Inquiry into Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), and a broader strategy to reduce alcohol related harms of all kinds.

Central Australian Aboriginal Congress (Congress) has written this submission highlighting the impact of poverty, inequality and the related harmful consumption of alcohol and other drugs on the health of Aboriginal people, and how the Cashless Card is doing little to remedy this. In this submission...

Central Australian Aboriginal Congress welcomes the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into Expenditure on Children in the Northern Territory and in particular the focus on improving decision-making on the allocation of funding for children’s services.

Too many Aboriginal children in and around Alice Springs grow up in an environment marked by poverty, substance abuse, and lack of responsive care and stimulation, with low levels of formal education and school attendance coupled with economic marginalisation and social exclusion.