NGOs slam Australia over indigenous health
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The United Nations Conference on Advancing Global Health has come to a close after three days of spirited debate among more than seventeen hundred participants from NGOs around the world. It was the largest UN conference ever held in Australia and, among other issues, focussed attention on the problems in Australia's own back yard - namely, the gap in life expectancy between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. The Northern Territory intervention also came in for scrutiny a week after a United Nations report found it breached Australia's international obligations.
Presenter: Joanna McCarthy
Speakers: Barbara Flick Nicol, aboriginal activist; Justin Mohamad, chair, National Aboriginal Community, Controlled Health Organisation; Sarah Marland, campaign coordinator, Amnesty International
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