THE Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) has appointed Wakaya Distinguished Professor Yin Paradies to lead the evaluation and development of the National Scheme’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural safety priorities.
Professor Paradies, a renowned Aboriginal race scholar, will head the review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Cultural Safety Strategy 2020-2025 and shape its next five-year plan, including setting strategic goals for cultural safety within the National Scheme Strategy.
As Australia’s only Professor of Race Relations, his expertise in anti-racism and Indigenous health policy underscores Ahpra’s commitment to eliminating racism in healthcare and embedding cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
“Cultural safety must be defined by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples themselves,” Professor Paradies said.
“This evaluation and strategy development process will centre Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices to ensure regulatory mechanisms effectively address both individual and systemic racism in healthcare.”
The final strategy is expected to be delivered in Feb 2026, with potential to share findings domestically and internationally to advance cultural safety and anti-racism in healthcare regulation.
Ahpra CEO Justin Untersteiner reiterated the commitment to helping eliminate racism from the health system, and said Professor Paradies was an ideal choice to lead the development of the next strategy to put cultural safety at the centre of all health practitioners’ work.
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