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VET Workforce report - understanding, growing, retaining and developing the VET workforce for care and support sectors.

This report by HumanAbility provides a contemporary understanding of the current VET workforce roles across the care and support sectors. It contains specific data about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders' in the care and support workforce or in education. It offers evidence on demographics, roles, and responsibilities of the care and support VET workforce, pathways into and out of the workforce, and challenges to recruitment, retention, and development.

Article
Commentary: Trauma-informed care in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healthcare: challenges, opportunities and future directions

This Open Access article by Carlin et al. explores the impact of colonisation and intergenerational trauma on the mental health and wellbeing of First Nations peoples, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia.

Added 21 Jan 2026
Toolkit
Journey to dreaming toolkit

This toolkit by the Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW provides information to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and their healthcare workers provide family-centred palliative and end-of-life care for a loved one.

Information Sheet
Support at Home program classifications and funding

This fact sheet from  the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing provides information for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals related to classifications and funding related to Support at Home. 

Guidance
Support at Home program – Booklet for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, families and carers

This booklet by the Department of Health, Disability and Aging  is aimed at older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families and carers. It contains information about the Support at Home program.

Report
What keeps you safe: approaches to promote the safety of older Aboriginal people

This report by SAHMRI aims to produce recommendations for a set of evidence-based resources to assist in promoting and safeguarding the rights and safety of older Aboriginal people.

Added 20 Jan 2026
Webpage
First Nations health workforce

This webpage from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing provides information and resources about the roles and career pathways for the First Nations health workforce.

Report
Gari Yala (Speak the truth)

This UTS Gari Yala (Speak the Truth) report centres the lived work experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, revealing pervasive workplace racism, cultural exclusion and identity strain while offering evidence-based truths for organisations to build culturally safe and inclusive workplaces.

Guidance
Framework for governance of Indigenous data

This framework by the National Indigenous Australians Agency provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people greater agency over how their data are governed within the Australian Public Service (APS) so government held data better reflects their priorities and aspirations.

Article
Factors associated with the high prevalence of dementia in older Aboriginal Australians

This Open Access article by Radford et al. examines the potential risk factors for dementia in the majority urban and regional population, with a representative sample of 336 Aboriginal Australians aged 60 years and older.