Western Australia

WGAR News: Let's Talk's Amy McQuire & Karen Dorante talk with Professor Pat Dudgeon on World Suicide Prevention Day & R U OK Day

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 11/09/2015 - 9:52pm

Newsletter date: 12 September 2015

Contents:

* Event: World Suicide Prevention Day http://wspd.org.au/ was on Thursday 10 September. It is also RUOK? Day in Australia.

* Audio Interview: Let's Talk's Amy McQuire & Karen Dorante talk with Professor Pat Dudgeon on World Suicide Prevention Day & R U OK Day

* Bio: Prof Pat Dudgeon - National Mental Health Commission

Geography: 
Australia
New South Wales
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Professor Pat Dudgeon is from the Bardi people of the Kimberley area in Western Australia
Professor Pat Dudgeon - Let's Talk - 98.9 FM
Amy McQuire - Let's Talk - 98.9 FM
Karen Dorante - Let's Talk - 98.9 FM
Amy McQuire & Karen Dorante - Let's Talk - 98.9 FM
Let's Talk's Amy McQuire & Karen Dorante talk with Professor Pat Dudgeon on World Suicide Prevention Day & R U OK Day
Prof Pat Dudgeon - National Mental Health Commission
World Suicide Prevention Day is on Thursday 10 September. It is also RUOK? Day in Australia
Audio Podcasts - Let's Talk - 98.9 FM
Jennifer Hoar - Central Western Daily
'We're losing about seven people a week': rise in suicide in Central West
Lifeline Central West executive director Alex Ferguson - Central Western Daily
WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities

WGAR News: Statement from Taiwan Nuclear Free Movement to Walkatjurra Walkabout: Coalition of Taitung Communities Against Nuclear Waste - Green Citizen's Action Alliance

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 10/09/2015 - 2:07pm

Newsletter date: 10 September 2015

Contents:

* Homepage of 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country': http://walkingforcountry.com/

* Statement from Taiwan Nuclear Free Movement to Walkatjurra Walkabout

* Update: Walkatjurra Walkabout Crew: Update from week three walking for a nuclear free future on the red-earth country of the Northern Goldfields

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Coalition of Taitung Communities Against Nuclear Waste - Green Citizen's Action Alliance
Statement from Taiwan Nuclear Free Movement to Walkatjurra Walkabout
Update from week three walking for a nuclear free future on the red-earth country of the Northern Goldfields - Walkatjurra Walkabout Crew
'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country'
Walkatjurra Walkabout - Week three on the road
Marcus Atkinson - Walkatjurra Walkabout
Marcus Atkinson - Walkatjurra Walkabout Crew
16th August - 19th September 2015 - 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country' - Wiluna to Leonora
Wiluna to Leonora Walk
Walkatjurra Walkabout is a celebration of Wangkatja country
connections between protecting Country and stopping uranium mining
Can You Help Sponsor a Walker - Walkatjurra Walkabout
The Walkatjurra Ranger Program
WANFA - Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance
Footprints for Peace - Australia
ANAWA - Anti Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia
CCWA - Conservation Council of Western Australia

WGAR News: Aboriginal suicide rates soar: featuring Prof Pat Dudgeon, UWA psychologist: Sally McGlew, Community Newspaper Group

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 08/09/2015 - 5:09pm

Newsletter date: 8 September 2015

Contents:

* Upcoming Event: World Suicide Prevention Day http://wspd.org.au/ is on Thursday 10 September. It is also RUOK? Day in Australia.

* News Analysis: Sally McGlew, Community Newspaper Group: Aboriginal suicide rates soar [featuring Prof Pat Dudgeon, UWA psychologist, Uni of Western Australia]

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
World Suicide Prevention Day is on Thursday 10 September. It is also RUOK? Day in Australia
Sally McGlew - Midland Reporter - Community Newspaper Group
Prof Pat Dudgeon - UWA psychologist - Community Newspaper Group
Prof Pat Dudgeon - UWA psychologist - Uni of Western Australia
Aboriginal suicide rates soar
WA Health Minister Helen Morton - Community Newspaper Group
Elder's call to arms in bush
Tjalaminu 'TJ' Mia - calling for action on youth suicide - Community Newspaper Group
Elder's call to arms in bush - Tjalaminu 'TJ' Mia - Community Newspaper Group
WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities

WGAR News: Calls for greater action to prevent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide: University News, University of Western Australia Media Statement

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 05/09/2015 - 5:24pm

Newsletter date: 6 September 2015

Contents:

* Media Statement: University News, University of Western Australia: Calls for greater action to prevent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide [featuring Prof Pat Dudgeon, Prof Tom Calma, Adele Cox - a Bunuba Gija woman from the Kimberley & Gerry Georgatos]

* News Analysis: Cowra Community News: Indigenous suicide needs action now - academic [featuring Prof Tom Calma]

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Calls for greater action to prevent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide
Uni News - University of Western Australia Media Statements
ATSISPEP - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project
Professor Pat Dudgeon - A leading researcher in the field of Indigenous Mental Health at The University of Western Australia
Professor Pat Dudgeon & Professor Tom Calma joint heads of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP)
University of Canberra Chancellor Professor Tom Calma
Adele Cox - a Bunuba Gija woman from the Kimberley who has dedicated 18 years to suicide prevention is senior community consultant with the ATSISPEP project
Gerry Georgatos - ATSISPEP community consultant
Prof Tom Calma - Cowra Community News
Indigenous suicide needs action now - academic
Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer
'It is not like me to cry…' - no more lies - our children should not see suicide as the solution

WGAR News: Walkatjurra Walkabout update: Week two on the road: walking on the special red-earth country of the Northern Goldfields

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 03/09/2015 - 5:24pm

Newsletter date: 4 September 2015

Contents:

* Homepage of 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country': http://walkingforcountry.com/

* Update: Walkatjurra Walkabout: Week two on the road: An update from week two walking on the special red-earth country of the Northern Goldfields

* News Analysis: Craig Quartermaine, NITV News: Walkatjurra Walkabout begins fifth protest of Toro uranium mining project

Geography: 
Western Australia
Keywords: 
'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country'
Walkatjurra Walkabout - Week two on the road
Marcus Atkinson - Walkatjurra Walkabout
Marcus Atkinson - Walkatjurra Walkabout Crew
Craig Quartermaine - NITV News
Craig Quartermaine NITV News - Yellarie
Walkatjurra Walkabout begins fifth protest of Toro uranium mining project
Elizabeth PO’ & Adrian Glamorgan - RTRFM
Understorey - Walking Yeelirie - RTRFM
16th August - 19th September 2015 - 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country' - Wiluna to Leonora
Wiluna to Leonora Walk
Walkatjurra Walkabout is a celebration of Wangkatja country
connections between protecting Country and stopping uranium mining
Can You Help Sponsor a Walker - Walkatjurra Walkabout
The Walkatjurra Ranger Program
WANFA - Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance
Footprints for Peace - Australia
ANAWA - Anti Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia
CCWA - Conservation Council of Western Australia
Aboriginal sovereignty movement

WGAR News: Walkatjurra Walkabout.. Week one on the road: Marcus Atkinson, Walkatjurra Walkabout Crew

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 30/08/2015 - 8:31am

Newsletter date: 30 August 2015; last updated 10:50am AEST

Contents:

* Homepage of 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country': http://walkingforcountry.com/

* Update: Walkatjurra Walkabout.. Week one on the road - 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country'

* Support: Can You Help Sponsor a Walker - Walkatjurra Walkabout

Geography: 
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Walkatjurra Walkabout.. Week one on the road
Marcus Atkinson - Walkatjurra Walkabout Crew
'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country'
16th August - 19th September 2015 - 'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country' - Wiluna to Leonora
Wiluna to Leonora Walk
Walkatjurra Walkabout is a celebration of Wangkatja country
connections between protecting Country and stopping uranium mining
Can You Help Sponsor a Walker - Walkatjurra Walkabout
The Walkatjurra Ranger Program
WANFA - Western Australian Nuclear Free Alliance
Footprints for Peace - Australia
ANAWA - Anti Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia
CCWA - Conservation Council of Western Australia
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal
sovereignty movement
Aboriginal sovereignty

WGAR News: Why Deafening Silence: on Constitutional Recognition?: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 19/08/2015 - 9:08am

Newsletter date: 19 August 2015

Contents:

* Media Release: Ghillar Michael Anderson, Sovereign Union: Why Deafening Silence: on Constitutional Recognition?

* Links for access to independent 'Constitutional Recognition' articles

* About Sovereign Union and our Organisational Structure

* News: The Gympie Times: Police praised on bail compromise in native title row [featuring Aboriginal sovereignty advocate Wit Boooka]

Geography: 
Australia
Queensland
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Ghillar Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson - Sovereign Union
Ghillar Michael Anderson - Sovereign Union
Why Deafening Silence on Constitutional Recognition?
Links for access to independent 'Constitutional Recognition' articles
About Sovereign Union and our Organisational Structure
The Gympie Times
Police praised on bail compromise in native title row featuring Aboriginal sovereignty advocate Wit Boooka
Aboriginal sovereignty advocate Wit Boooka
Sandy Toussaint - The Conversation
Putuparri and the Rainmakers is a stunning story of Aboriginal culture life and law
Wongutha Birni Means All of Us - By Wongutha Birni Aboriginal Coorporation - Kalgoorlie WA
Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples
WGAR Background to Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
sovereignty movement
Aboriginal sovereignty
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement

WGAR News: Catastrophic suicide crisis will escalate "unless"... Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 17/08/2015 - 9:03pm

Newsletter date: 18 August 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Catastrophic suicide crisis will escalate "unless"...

* Articles: Aboriginal Specific News - Australia - The Stringer: http://thestringer.com.au/category/aboriginal-specific-news-australia

* Analysis: The Stringer: The making of Australia's first homeless friendly precincts

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
Aboriginal Suicide
Aboriginal suicides
Aboriginal Specific News - Australia - The Stringer
Catastrophic suicide crisis will escalate 'unless'...
The making of Australia's first homeless friendly precincts
It's time for homeless friendly precincts - the minimum standard
Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi supports homeless friendly precincts
Prison - a missed opportunity
Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer
Gerry Georgatos
Gerry Georgatos - a researcher in suicide prevention and racism
Gerry Georgatos - a researcher in suicide prevention and racism and is involved with various national and community projects in suicide prevention
Gerry Georgatos - a prison reform advocate
The Stringer's Editorial policy
Jens Korff - Creative Spirits
Jens Korff - Creative Spirits - Aboriginal suicide rates
Creative Spirits - Aboriginal law & justice
Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities

WGAR News: Dockers' high flyer Michael Walters hopes to tackle Indigenous suicide problem: Claire Moodie, ABC News

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 15/08/2015 - 7:13pm

Newsletter date: 16 August 2015, last updated 7:00am AEST

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Claire Moodie, ABC News: Dockers' high flyer Michael Walters hopes to tackle Indigenous suicide problem

* Analysis / Opinion: Claire Moodie, ABC News: 'Great inequalities' faced by Indigenous Australians

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
Aboriginal Suicide
Aboriginal suicides
Gerry Georgatos
Jens Korff - Creative Spirits
Jens Korff - Creative Spirits - Aboriginal suicide rates
Colin Tatz - The Conversation
We need to move beyond the medical model to address Indigenous suicide
Claire Moodie - ABC News
Dockers' high flyer Michael Walters hopes to tackle Indigenous suicide problem
'Great inequalities' faced by Indigenous Australians
Michael Walters - suicide prevention ambassador
Western Australia Government plan - Suicide Prevention 2020
Gerry Georgatos - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention project organiser
Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities
WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

WGAR News: The 'Right To Development' On Indigenous Lands: Jon Altman, New Matilda

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 11/08/2015 - 8:25am

Newsletter date: 11 August 2015; last updated 12 August 2015, 11:15am AEST

Contents:

* News Analysis: Bundaberg News Mail: Standard Chartered pulls out of Carmichael coal project

* Analysis / Opinion: Jon Altman, New Matilda: The 'Right To Development' On Indigenous Lands

* Bio: Jon Altman - New Matilda: https://newmatilda.com/users/altmanj

Geography: 
Global/International
Northern Territory
Queensland
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Murrawah Johnson and Adrian Burragubba outside Standard Chartered bank in London
Bundaberg News Mail
Standard Chartered pulls out of Carmichael coal project
Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
Jon Altman - New Matilda
The 'Right To Development' On Indigenous Lands
White Paper on Developing Northern Australia
Jon Altman - an emeritus professor in anthropology at the Australian National University
Jon Altman - Foundation Director of the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research from 1990 - 2010
The issue of ‘land rich dirt poor’ has bedevilled both land rights and native title in remote Australia for well over 40 years
native title rights do not provide a basis for active participation in the economy