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Both the colonial encapsulation and post-colonial recognition of North Queensland's Aboriginal population have been achieved through legislative demarcation. This paper explores the way such demarcation has extended the influence of the state within local Aboriginal life-worlds, focusing on the State of Queensland's Aboriginals Protection and Restriction of the Sale of Opium Act 1897 and the Commonwealth's Native Title Act 1993. Drawing on ethnographic and historical material from Central Cape York Peninsula, and recent anthropological theorization of the state, I argue that anthropologists need to seriously consider Aboriginal claims about what Michel-Roiph Trouillot calls 'state effects'. But careful examination of these claims suggests that the state no longer simply imposes its projects on fundamentally distinct Aboriginal life-worlds. Not only is the state now deeply engaged within these life-worlds, it is also deeply interwoven into post-colonial Aboriginal subjectivities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To meet changing health service demands, it is critical that speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are working to full scope, considering extended scope models when appropriate, and incorporating delegation models. One such extended scope role for SLPs is medication administration in specialist clinic settings. This paper outlines the process undertaken by SLPs in a particular service to obtain rights for the administration of Co- Phenylcaine Forte nasal spray during nasendoscopy and examines the outcomes of its use within a prospective cohort study. Data from the first 100 patients involved in Co-Phenylcaine Forte nasal spray administration within a single Queensland health facility was collected in relation to outcomes and clinician confidence. The results of the trial revealed administration was performed with 95% of attending patients, clinician confidence with administering was high, and there was only one mild adverse event. This pilot trial suggests independent SLP administration of CoPhenylcaine Forte nasal spray during nasendoscopy is safe when used in a supported environment, and following appropriate training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]