Newsletter date: 29 October 2013
Contents:
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Robert & Selina Eggington about Dumbartung having convened the Aboriginal Suicide Crisis Summit
* The Wire: Suicide crisis - Indigenous People [Featuring Gerry Georgatos - university researcher and journalist]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Beagle Bay to State Parliament - Farrer speaks out on suicides
* The Stringer: Government to address Aboriginal suicides
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Time on Country instead of in prisons
* Tracker: Mental health bill goes to WA parliament
* Tracker: My way to fix gap: Wyatt
* Greens MLC Robin Chapple: Reduction in number of Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers Appalling
* LET'S TALK'S TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS SELINA & ROBERT EGGINGTON ABOUT DUMBARTUNG HAVING CONVENED THE ABORIGINAL SUICIDE CRISIS SUMMIT
- Audio Interview
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Robert & Selina Eggington
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
23 Oct 13: "Robert & Selina Eggington, Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation"
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/robert-selina-eggington-3/
- Related Audio Interview
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Robert & Selina Eggington
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
16 Apr 13: "Robert & Selina, Directors of Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation"
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/robert-selina-eggington-2/
* THE WIRE: SUICIDE CRISIS - INDIGENOUS PEOPLE [FEATURING GERRY GEORGATOS - UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER AND JOURNALIST]
- Audio Interview
The Wire: Suicide crisis - Indigenous People
Produced by Graham Backhaus
http://www.thewire.org.au/storyDetail.aspx?ID=10972
25 Oct 13: "Young Aboriginal people have the highest rate of suicide in the world. One in twenty-four Aboriginal and islander people die by their own hand and in some Aboriginal communities the rate is up to 100 time the national average. ...
Featured in story: Mr Gerry Georgatos - university researcher and journalist"
* GERRY GEORGATOS, THE STRINGER: BEAGLE BAY TO STATE PARLIAMENT - FARRER SPEAKS OUT ON SUICIDES
- Analysis / Opinion
The Stringer: Beagle Bay to State Parliament - Farrer speaks out on suicides
http://thestringer.com.au/beagle-bay-to-state-parliament-farrer-speaks-o...
25 Oct 13: "Recently, the Kimberley’s suicide-riddled Beagle Bay community hosted a 'March for Life' march where a carved baton was handed to the region’s State parliamentarian, Kija woman Josie Farrer. The call for help in saving lives was taken by Ms Farrer to State Parliament. The Kimberley is enduring a prevalence of spates of Aboriginal youth suicides, the highest in the nation. Last week, Ms Farrer read out to the Legislative Assembly, "We, the members of the community of the Kimberley say that Western Australian Aboriginal communities, have the highest suicide rates not just in the nation but in the world. ... "" By Gerry Georgatos, a life-long human rights and social justice campaigner, a multi-award winning investigative journalist
* THE STRINGER: GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS ABORIGINAL SUICIDES
- Analysis / Opinion
The Stringer: Government to address Aboriginal suicides
http://thestringer.com.au/government-to-address-aboriginal-suicides/
22 Oct 13: "The Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council headed by Warren Mundine has committed to including suicide prevention as part of its mandate – after Mr Mundine read our coverage on the extent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicides, which many have described as a suicide epidemic; a racialised one. Mr Mundine at first committed to a three month review, but today extended that to six months."
"National Indigenous Radio Service : Warren Mundine announces he will include Aboriginal suicides in the Indigenous Advisory Council’s mandate, which advises the Prime Minister"
* BACKGROUND TO SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM IN ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES:
Last updated: 23 October 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/13/background-to-suicide-and-self-harm-i...
* GERRY GEORGATOS, THE STRINGER: TIME ON COUNTRY INSTEAD OF IN PRISONS
- Analysis / Opinion
The Stringer: Time on Country instead of in prisons
http://thestringer.com.au/time-on-country-instead-of-in-prisons/
25 Oct 13: "Imprisonment rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are not just a national shame but an international disgrace for a nation that is the world’s second wealthiest nation per capita. ... Western Australia’s Nyungah Land and Culture worker, Iva Jackson-Hayward said that the policy of "mandatory imprisonment for what amount to minor offences should be thrown out the window" and instead Aboriginal youth should be sent onto Country with Elders, community leaders and support people. "The young need to engage with our Elders, with our culture workers, see that their identity matters, ... "" By Gerry Georgatos, a life-long human rights and social justice campaigner, a multi-award winning investigative journalist
* TRACKER: MENTAL HEALTH BILL GOES TO WA PARLIAMENT
- News
Tracker: Mental health bill goes to WA parliament
http://tracker.org.au/2013/10/mental-health-bill-goes-to-wa-parliament/
24 Oct 13: "WA: A mental health bill has been introduced to the West Australian parliament that will provide stricter rules for the use of electro-convulsive therapy and allow Aboriginal elders to be involved in treating indigenous patients. ... She [Mental Health Minister Helen Morton] said it was also important that the bill allowed for traditional healers and elders to be involved in the treatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing mental illness." AAP
* TRACKER: MY WAY TO FIX GAP: WYATT
- News
newsTracker: My way to fix gap: Wyatt
http://tracker.org.au/2013/10/my-way-to-fix-gap-wyatt/
28 Oct 13: "NATIONAL: Now is the time for the Abbott government to act on closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia, says the country’s first Aboriginal MP in federal parliament. Western Australia’s Liberal Member for Hasluck, Ken Wyatt, says that despite the $3.5 billion in funding that goes towards trying to close the gap, outcomes are very poor. "It doesn’t matter how much money you pump into Aboriginal affairs if you don’t have community engagement," he said as he delivered the annual oration for the Menzies school of health research in Darwin on Saturday." AAP
* GREENS MLC ROBIN CHAPPLE: REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF ABORIGINAL AND ISLANDER EDUCATION OFFICERS APPALLING
- News
Greens MLC Robin Chapple: Reduction in number of Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers Appalling
http://www.robinchapple.com/reduction-number-aboriginal-and-islander-edu...
16 Oct 13: "Greens Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Robin Chapple MLC is appalled at the State Government’s decision to reduce the number of Aboriginal and Islander Education Officers (AIEOs) in schools around Western Australia. "With all the talk of ‘closing the gap’ and ‘overcoming Indigenous disadvantage’, I would have expected to see a more concerted effort and more resources go into educating Aboriginal and Islander children, not less," Mr Chapple said."
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