52 times more likely to go to jail - Aboriginal children jailed at the world's highest rate

WGAR News: Change the Record campaign aims to cut Indigenous jail rates in a generation: Helen Davidson & Monica Tan, The Guardian

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 15/05/2015 - 10:04pm

Newsletter date: 17 May 2015

Contents:

* Homepage of Change the Record: Smarter Justice. Safer Communities.: https://changetherecord.org.au/
* Media Release: Change the Record: Greater investment in communities is needed, post-budget
* Media Release: Change the Record: Time to Change the Record
* About us: Change the Record: Steering Committee - National Justice Coalition

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
Queensland
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Change the Record - Smarter Justice. Safer Communities.
Change the Record campaign
Indigenous jail rates
Helen Davidson & Monica Tan
Helen Davidson
Monica Tan
The Guardian
Greater investment in communities is needed post-budget
Time to Change the Record
Change the Record - Steering Committee - National Justice Coalition
Amy McQuire
New Matilda
COAG Urged To Fight Root Causes Of Indigenous Incarceration
Gerry Georgatos
The Stringer
52 times more likely to go to jail - Aboriginal children jailed at the world's highest rate
Inga Ting
SMH
The Australian children 24 times more likely to face jail than their peers
Joshua Robertson
Indigenous incarceration at record levels as Queensland's prison population soars
Justice Reinvestment
Aboriginal imprisonment
Aboriginal deaths in custody

WGAR News: Seven per cent of the Kimberley homeless!: Gerry Georgatos interviewed by CAAMA's Kyle Dowling

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 06/05/2015 - 7:05pm

Newsletter date: 7 May 2015

Contents:

* Audio Interview: Kyle Dowling, Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA): Seven per cent of the Kimberley homeless! [Featuring Gerry Georgatos]
* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Seven per cent of the Kimberley homeless - but hey, who cares?
* Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Perth City Council fob off Matargarup homeless & say they cannot help homeless

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
Western Australia
Perth
Keywords: 
Aboriginal children
Gerry Georgatos
Jennifer Kaeshagen
The Stringer
Kyle Dowling
CAAMA
CAAMA - Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association
Seven per cent of the Kimberley homeless
Seven per cent of the Kimberley homeless - but hey - who cares
Perth City Council fob off Matargarup homeless & say they cannot help homeless
Matargarup
Matargarup homeless
52 times more likely to go to jail - Aboriginal children jailed at the world's highest rate
St*ff the reports research - Sam Cook has shown the way - let's hit the streets to end the racism
Plato said engage with our politicians or risk being governed by the 'dumb' - 'the suicides crises'
Another misguided reductionist plan to reduce rates of suicide & self-harm
Aboriginal imprisonment
Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
Aboriginal Suicide
Aboriginal homelessness