Newsletter date: 27 February 2014
Contents:
* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Robert & Selina Eggington about First Nations youth suicide and incarceration rates
* Perth Indymedia Radio Show: Robert Eggington of the Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation reading a piece that was to be published in 'The West Australian'
* Perth Indymedia Radio Show: Gerry Georgatos on the Aboriginal suicide crisis - from tragic to catastrophic
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Senator Ludlam speaks up on the suicides crisis and for Dumbartung
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities
* LET'S TALK'S TIGA BAYLES INTERVIEWS ROBERT & SELINA EGGINGTON ABOUT FIRST NATIONS YOUTH SUICIDE AND INCARCERATION RATES
- Audio Interview
Indigenous radio station 98.9FM Brisbane:
Let's Talk - Robert & Selina Eggington
http://www.989fm.com.au/category/podcasts/lets-talk/
17 Feb 14: "Robert & Selina from Dumbartung Aboriginal Coorporation speaking about the increasing rates of First Nations youth suicide and incarceration rates and their involvement with ‘Utopia‘ by John Pilger"
Listen to this interview on-line:
http://www.989fm.com.au/podcasts/lets-talk/robert-selina-eggington-4/
* PERTH INDYMEDIA RADIO SHOW: ROBERT EGGINGTON OF THE DUMBARTUNG ABORIGINAL CORPORATION READING A PIECE THAT WAS TO BE PUBLISHED IN 'THE WEST AUSTRALIAN'
- Video and Audio
Perth Indymedia Radio Show: Robert Eggington of the Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation reading a piece that was to be published in 'The West Australian'
http://perthindymedia.org/2014/02/18/robert-eggington-of-the-dumbartung-...
18 Feb 14: "Robert Eggington of the Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation reading a piece that was to be published in ‘The West Australian’. Disgracefully the opinion piece was rejected by the West Australian editors in a blatantly prejudicial decision. This talk was recorded at the Perth Trans Pacific Partnership Forum on the 5/2/2014."
* PERTH INDYMEDIA RADIO SHOW: GERRY GEORGATOS ON THE ABORIGINAL SUICIDE CRISIS - FROM TRAGIC TO CATASTROPHIC
- Audio interview
Perth Indymedia Radio Show: Gerry Georgatos on the Aboriginal suicide crisis - from tragic to catastrophic
http://perthindymedia.org/2014/02/17/gerry-georgatos-on-the-aboriginal-s...
17 Feb 14: "Gerry Georgatos on the Aboriginal suicide crisis - from tragic to catastrophic"
* GERRY GEORGATOS, THE STRINGER: SENATOR LUDLAM SPEAKS UP ON THE SUICIDES CRISIS AND FOR DUMBARTUNG
- Analysis / Opinion
The Stringer: Senator Ludlam speaks up on the suicides crisis and for Dumbartung
http://thestringer.com.au/senator-ludlam-speaks-up-on-the-suicides-crisi...
15 Feb 14: "The suicide crisis ravages at unprecedented levels the communities of First Nations peoples but no longer can ignorance be argued by Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments, that they are not aware of the extensiveness of the crisis. The Stringer, The National Indigenous Times and The National Indigenous Radio Service have brought the crisis to the attention of every relevant Government agency and including the Office of the Prime Minister. Because of our coverage, the Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council has committed to addressing the crisis. Last week, Australian Greens Senator raised the suicide crisis in the Senate." By Gerry Georgatos, a life-long human rights and social justice campaigner, a multi-award winning investigative journalist
* BACKGROUND TO SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM IN ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES:
Last updated: 14 February 2014
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/08/13/background-to-suicide-and-self-harm-i...
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