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About Ric Streatfield

Dr Richard W Streatfield, now retired, had a career working in healthcare in Papua New Guinea and in Queensland. He was Regional Medical Officer, Northern Region, Aboriginal Health Program, for the Queensland State Department of Health from 1979-1991. More recently, he was Deputy Director of Medical Services at the Cairns & Hinterland Health Service District from 2004-2009. View all posts by Ric Streatfield →

10 Oct

Law & Politics

Better ways to close the health gap than the Voice

10/10/2023
By Ric Streatfield
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As a medical student at the time that I voted ‘Yes’ in the 1967 referendum, it was a ‘no-brainer’ to accept the Aboriginal people into ...