The Wire

Hundreds of people will gather in Melbourne this week to discuss health issues facing Aboriginal and Islander communities. But if you could overhear the conversation, you’d be as likely to hear about constitutional reform as anything relating to drugs or doctors. The biennial Congress Lowitja will mull over a broad range of issues, with everything from culture to constitutional recognition on the agenda.

The biennial Congress Lowitja will mull over a broad range of issues, with everything from culture to constitutional recognition on the agenda.Those scheduled to address the congress say that we’ve long moved past the time where mental health, social health and cultural wellbeing were separated from the health of the physical body.