The Stringer went live February 20. Some of our stories from the last week include:
Quality of life for Australians 2nd only to Norway, but for Aboriginal peoples 122nd
March 16th, 2013
Once again the United Nations has ranked Australia second behind Norway in its annual Human Development Index – for public health, social wealth, education, even happiness. But if Aboriginal peoples go stand-alone they would not be part of that 2nd rating – they would be 122nd.
Read more: http://thestringer.com.au/quality-of-life-for-australians-2nd-only-to-no...
Conservationists and the FPC continue to clash over native forest logging
March 15th, 2013
Conservationists have hit back at the Forest Products Commission’s (FPC) claims that for plantation estates to offset native forest logging would take 30 years of investment.
Read more: http://thestringer.com.au/conservationists-and-the-fpc-continue-to-clash...
Agent Orange used as herbicide throughout the Kimberley
March 15th, 2013
“The Government killed my son,” said Njikena Elder Lucy Marshall.
She said, “The truth must be told.”
Her son, Cyril Hunter, died in 1983 from exposure to Agent Orange, the toxic chemical used en masse during the Vietnam War. Mr Hunter had been employed to spray Agent Orange as a herbicide throughout the Kimberley.
He did not last long.
Read more: http://thestringer.com.au/agent-orange-used-as-a-herbicide-throughout-th...
Perth retirees make wheelchairs for kids in need – 337 wheelchairs on their way to Lebanon – Palestine, Iraq, Pakistan next
March 14th, 2013
By Stephanie Dalzell – courtesy of ABC online
Brother Olly Pickett was building wheelchairs for children in a tiny workshop in Cambodia when he came across one of the youngest workers in the group.
Volunteers load 337 children’s wheelchairs into a container going to Lebanon.
The 15-year-old amputee was propped up on his knees, undeterred by the rough concrete floor he was kneeling on.
Read more: http://thestringer.com.au/wheelchairs-for-kids-25000-wheelchairs-donated...
200 homeless programs face shutdown – 1 in 200 Australians are homeless
March 12th, 2013
Nearly 200 homelessness programs throughout Australia are at risk of being closed by the middle of the year if Federal and State funding is not renewed. It is allegedly tough financial times for Governments and difficult to balance budgets but it is even harder for those who are homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless.
Read more: http://thestringer.com.au/200-homeless-programs-face-shutdown-1-in-200-a...
Some of The Stringer’s most widely read stories include:
Katanning’s shame – time to stand up to child sexual abuse
March 1st, 2013
Katanning is a town located 277 km south-east of Perth, Western Australia on the Great Southern Highway in the heart of Noongar Country. Katanning has a population of 4,000 and a history of a culture of silence around child sexual abuses.
Read more: http://thestringer.com.au/katannings-shame-time-to-stand-up-to-child-sex...
Australia’s Aboriginal children – The world’s highest suicide rate
February 27th, 2013
2012’s total spend on Aboriginal communities reached $25 billion yet Australia’s Aboriginal youth suicide rates remain high – cruelly disproportionate to the rest of the Australian population.
This horror is played out the world over for Indigenous peoples but Australia’s Aboriginal peoples are at the top of this tragic list.
Read more: http://thestringer.com.au/australias-aboriginal-children-the-worlds-high...
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