Interview with the Hon. Ken Wyatt: improving Indigenous health outcomes from a political viewpoint

Ken Wyatt

doi:10.1071/phrp2741731

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Interview with the Hon. Ken Wyatt: improving Indigenous health outcomes from a political viewpoint

Ken Wyatt ^A ^*

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^A Minister for Indigenous Health and Minister for Aged Care, Australian Government, Canberra, ACT

^* Correspondence to: Minister.Wyatt@health.gov.au

Public Health Research and Practice 27, e2741731 https://doi.org/10.17061/phrp2741731

Published: 11 October 2017

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Abstract

In 2017, Australia celebrates 50 years since the 1967 referendum, when more than 90% of Australians voted to amend the constitution to allow the national government to create laws for Indigenous people and include them in the census. We spoke with the Honourable Ken Wyatt, the Minister for Indigenous Health and the Minister for Aged Care, about what has occurred over the past 50 years in Indigenous health from a political perspective, and what we have learnt to improve health outcomes in the future.