Western Australia

WGAR News: Family ties the key for Kalgoorlie-Boulder's Aboriginal mental health workers: Nathan Morris, ABC Goldfields WA

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 06/10/2015 - 7:31pm

Newsletter date: 7 October 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Nathan Morris, ABC Goldfields WA: Family ties the key for Kalgoorlie-Boulder's Aboriginal mental health workers

* Audio: Bridget Brennan, ABC AM: Aboriginal man helping LGBTI Indigenous people speak about suicide [featuring Dameyon Bonson]

* News Analysis: Bridget Brennan, ABC News: Mental As: Indigenous community lacks resources to prevent LGBTI suicide

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Aboriginal man helping LGBTI Indigenous people speak about suicide
Q&A: Indigenous Australians 'must be trusted to take control of suicide prevention'
Dameyon Bonson - Black Rainbow Living Well - ABC News
Indigenous-run mental health services are struggling to attract funding for suicide prevention programs
Prof Pat Dudgeon - Aboriginal psychologist - UWA
Prof Pat Dudgeon - Aboriginal psychologist - Uni of Western Australia - ABC News
Calla Wahlquist - Guardian Australia
Aboriginal suicide rates
Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
Prof Pat Dudgeon chair - National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Leadership in Mental Health group & a Bardi woman - Guardian Australia
Prof Ian Hickie co-director - University of Sydney’s Brain & Mind Centre - Guardian Australia
Goldfields Aboriginal mental health workers Kelly Donaldson & Richard Ashwin - ABC News
Nathan Morris - ABC Goldfields WA
Sidney Carruth - Goldfields-Esperance Aboriginal mental health co-ordinator - ABC News

WGAR News: Nov 27: Stand Up And Be Counted: Fifth Global Call to Action to Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities, facebook event

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 05/10/2015 - 2:20pm

Newsletter date: 6 October 2015

Contents:

* facebook event: Friday, 27 November 2015:
Stand Up And Be Counted: Fifth Global Call to Action to Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1656551727921649/

* For more info:

www.sosblakaustralia.com

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Sydney
Northern Territory
Brisbane
South Australia
Adelaide
Melbourne
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
Friday 27 November 2015: Stand Up And Be Counted: Fifth Global Call to Action to Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities
Stand Up And Be Counted: Fifth Global Call to Action to Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities
Emma Donovan calls on Australia to save its remote Indigenous communities
SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA 5th Global Call to action announced for Friday 27th November 2015
SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA 5th Global Call to action announced
Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia
Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities
SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA - Save our Aboriginal Communities
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in Western Australia (WA) South Australia (SA) [and Northern Territory (NT)?]
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)
WGAR Background - Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)
Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget

WGAR News: Australia Redefines Hypocrisy And Human Rights In Bid For UN Position: Sol Bellear, Huffington Post Australia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 30/09/2015 - 7:24pm

Newsletter date: 30 September & 1/2 October 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Sol Bellear, Huffington Post Australia: Australia Redefines Hypocrisy And Human Rights In Bid For UN Position

* Bio & Links to articles: Sol Bellear - Huffington Post Australia: http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/sol-bellear/

* Background:

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Sol Bellear - Huffington Post Australia
Sol Bellear - Chairman of the Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern - Australia's largest community-controlled health service - Huffington Post Australia
Australia Redefines Hypocrisy And Human Rights In Bid For UN Position
Australia seeks position on United Nations Human Rights Council for two years from 2018
Australia seeks another stint on United Nations Security Council for 2029-30
Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)
Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget

WGAR News: Emma Donovan calls on Australia to save its remote Indigenous communities: Video & Music News: Monica Tan, The Guardian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 27/09/2015 - 7:30am

Newsletter date: 27 September 2015; last updated 9am AEST

Contents:

* News: Elefant Traks: Emma Donovan to releases 7" featuring Joelistics, Archie Roach & Tim Rogers

* Video & Music News: Monica Tan, The Guardian: Emma Donovan calls on Australia to save its remote Indigenous communities

* News: Kerry Smith, Green Left Weekly: Musos unite for SOS Blak Australia campaign

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Diet Simon - Nuclear Worrier - Linksunten Indymedia
Threatened traditional Aborigines again seek global activism
Elefant Traks: Emma Donovan to releases 7 inch featuring Joelistics; Archie Roach & Tim Rogers
Emma Donovan calls on Australia to save its remote Indigenous communities
Monica Tan - The Guardian
GLW author Kerry Smith - Green Left Weekly
Musos unite for SOS Blak Australia campaign
SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA 5th Global Call to action announced for Friday 27th November 2015
SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA 5th Global Call to action announced
Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia
Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities
SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA - Save our Aboriginal Communities
Indiegogo: SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA - Save our Aboriginal Communities
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in Western Australia (WA) South Australia (SA) [and Northern Territory (NT)?]

WGAR News: Walkatjurra Walkabout's last newsletter for the year

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 26/09/2015 - 11:01am

Newsletter date: 26 September 2015; last updated 3:15pm AEST

Contents:

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

* Update: Walkatjurra Walkabout: The end of another year

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Bilbo Taylor - Walkatjurra Walkabout
Walkatjurra Walkabout: The end of another year
Walkatjurra Walkabout had to replace the kitchen truck and also buy a new water tank and trailer
'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country'
Marcus Atkinson - Walkatjurra Walkabout
Marcus Atkinson - Walkatjurra Walkabout Crew
Organising Team - Walkatjurra Walkabout
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
Aboriginal sovereignty movement
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement

WGAR News: SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA 5th Global Call to action announced for Friday 27th November 2015

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 22/09/2015 - 8:43am

Newsletter date: 22 September 2015

Contents:

* Media Release: #SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA 5th Global Call to action announced: Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia

* Fund-Raising: Indiegogo: SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA - Save our Aboriginal Communities

* For more information:

www.sosblakaustralia.com

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in Western Australia (WA) South Australia (SA) [and Northern Territory (NT)?]
SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA 5th Global Call to action announced for Friday 27th November 2015
SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA 5th Global Call to action announced
Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities in Australia
Stop the Forced Closure of Aboriginal Communities
SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA - Save our Aboriginal Communities
Indiegogo: SOSBLAKAUSTRALIA - Save our Aboriginal Communities
WGAR Background - Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands / remote communities in WA and SA (and NT?)

WGAR News: Decolonising Australian Psychology: Pat Dudgeon & Roz Walker, Journal of Social and Political Psychology

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 19/09/2015 - 6:05pm

Newsletter date: 20 September 2015

Journal of Social and Political Psychology, Vol 3, No 1 (2015)

Decolonising Australian Psychology:

Discourses, Strategies, and Practice

Pat Dudgeon*a, Roz Walkerb

[a] School of Indigenous Studies, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.

[b] Centre for Research Excellence in Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia.

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
Indigenous Australian
decolonising psychology
colonisation
Decolonisation
social determinants
cultural determinants
Indigenous wellbeing
Journal of Social and Political Psychology (JSPP)
Journal of Social and Political Psychology: 2015 Vol. 3(1)
Decolonising Australian Psychology
Decolonising Australian Psychology: Discourses Strategies & Practice
Pat Dudgeon
Roz Walker
Pat Dudgeon & Roz Walker
Pat Dudgeon & Roz Walker - Journal of Social and Political Psychology
WGAR Background to the Aboriginal Sovereignty Movement
Aboriginal sovereignty movement

WGAR News: More WA Indigenous youth could end up in prison as a result of new laws: Amnesty

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 18/09/2015 - 10:44am

Newsletter date: 19 September 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: Yasmin Noone, NITV: New WA laws to sentence more young offenders: Amnesty

* News Analysis: Amnesty International Australia: Harmful law will put more Indigenous kids in - rather than out - of prison

* Action: Amnesty International Australia: Tweet against mandatory sentencing for kids

* Background:

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
More WA Indigenous youth could end up in prison as a result of new laws tightening existing mandatory sentencing laws
Yasmin Noone - NITV SBS
New WA laws to sentence more young offenders: Amnesty
Harmful law will put more Indigenous kids in - rather than out - of prison
Amnesty International Australia
Tammy Solonec - Amnesty International Australia's Indigenous rights manager
Tweet against mandatory sentencing for kids
Amnesty International Australia - Indigenous Peoples' Rights
Justice Reinvestment
Aboriginal imprisonment
Aboriginal deaths in custody
Justice Reinvestment; Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal deaths in custody
WGAR Background - Justice Reinvestment; Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal deaths in custody

WGAR News: Do not play with people's lives - Climate of death: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 18/09/2015 - 8:27am

Newsletter date: 19 September 2015

Contents:

* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Do not play with people's lives - Climate of death

* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: When will they implement the CNS? Western Australia's deplorable pace of change is glacial

* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: National Indigenous Human Rights Awards

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
National Indigenous Human Rights Awards
Do not play with people's lives - Climate of death
When will they implement the CNS - Western Australia's deplorable pace of change is glacial
Gerry Georgatos - a suicide prevention researcher with various national and other projects
Gerry Georgatos - a community consultant - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP)
Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer
Gerry Georgatos
Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
Aboriginal imprisonment
Aboriginal deaths in custody
Justice Reinvestment; Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal deaths in custody

WGAR News: Walkatjurra Walkabout completes 5th walk against uranium mining in West Australia

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 17/09/2015 - 8:16pm

Newsletter date: 18 September 2015

Contents:

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

* Media Release: Walkatjurra Walkabout completes 5th walk against uranium mining in West Australia

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Walkatjurra Walkabout completes 5th walk against uranium mining in West Australia
'Walkatjurra Walkabout - Walking for Country'
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
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