Aboriginal Suicide

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

WGAR News: "What about Lore and Culture?" Rosalie Kunoth-Monks: Geoff Bagnall, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sun, 22/02/2015 - 11:29am

Newsletter date: 23 February 2015

Contents:

* News Analysis: The Stringer: National Indigenous Times journalists win awards highlighting the big issues - 'injustice', 'ways forward', 'unity'

* Analysis / Opinion: Geoff Bagnall, The Stringer: "What about Lore and Culture?" Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
* Analysis / Opinion: Geoff Bagnall, The Stringer: Failed policies make up Closing the Gap

Geography: 
Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks
Geoff Bagnall
The Stringer
Dr Woolombi Waters
Marcus Waters
Dr Marcus Woolombi Waters
Gerry Georgatos
National Indigenous Times journalists win awards highlighting the big issues
Failed policies make up Closing the Gap
Closing the Gap
neoliberalism is an Indigenous health hazard
Let's Talk
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles
Understanding Australia's suicide crises
Aboriginal Suicide
Class action to take on State Government over heritage changes
Aboriginal Heritage Alliance
National Indigenous Times
NIT
NIT - National Indigenous Times
Farewell National Indigenous Times and Colleages
Farewell noble friends at The National Indigenous Times
Sabine Kacha
Helmut Rauer WAZ

WGAR Background Info Web-Pages

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 24/12/2014 - 2:30pm

Last updated: 5 October 2015

Archive - Prior to 1 June 2014: WGAR background info web-pages: https://indymedia.org.au/2013/01/03/about-wgar-news-wgar-background-info...

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
ACT
Canberra
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
Brisbane
South Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
Intervention into Northern Territory (NT) Aboriginal communities by the Federal government
Wangan & Jagalingou Traditional Owners reject Adani's coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin
Treaties with Aboriginal Sovereign Nations of Australia
National Freedom Movement
Freedom Summit
Protect Arnhem Land (PAL)
Plans to close Aboriginal homelands/remote communities in WA and SA
Background to the Aboriginal sovereignty movement
Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
Aboriginal suicide rates
Aboriginal Suicide
Suicide prevention
Undermining the Aboriginal Land Rights Act (NT) through 99 year leases and privatisation
Federal Budget
Budget
Federal Budget 2014-2015
Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget
Removal of Aboriginal children and the continuing Stolen Generation
Proposals to dump nuclear waste on Aboriginal lands
Justice Reinvestment
Aboriginal imprisonment
Aboriginal deaths in custody

WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 24/12/2014 - 2:19pm

Last updated: 5 October 2015

Geography: 
Global/International
Australia
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
First Nations
Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
Aboriginal suicide rates
Jens Korff
Creative Spirits
The Stringer
Dr Paul Brown
Aboriginal Suicide
Sovereign Union
Gerry Georgatos
Indymedia Australia
Depression and suicide prevention
Suicide prevention
Professor Pat Dudgeon
A Professor Roz Walker
World Suicide Prevention Day
It is racism killing our people - suicides born of racism
Dr Woolombi Waters
Culture Is Life
The Elders Speak
the smaller a community - the less likely suicide
Eggington
Indigenous Youth Suicide Must End
Indigenous youth suicide

WGAR News: Productivity Commission statistics highlight continuing Stolen Generation: Grandmothers Against Removals (GMAR)

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 26/11/2014 - 9:38am

Newsletter date: 27 November 2014

WGAR News Public Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/wgar-news
WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

Geography: 
Australia
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
Aboriginal communities
GMAR
Grandmothers Against Removals
productivity commission
new stolen generation
continuing Stolen Generation
Amy McQuire
New Matilda
removal of Aboriginal children
Stolen Generations
Gerry Georgatos
The Stringer
black deaths in custody
police shot man dead who had no firearm
Mark Colvin
campaign to stop jailing mentally ill without conviction grows
jailing mentally ill
Chris Uhlmann
youth suicide
Indigenous youth suicide
the smaller a community - the less likely suicide
Rachel Siewert
Greens
Indigenous imprisonment and suicide
Aboriginal Suicide
Aboriginal imprisonment

WGAR News: Aboriginal suicide rates: A compilation by Jens Korff of Creative Spirits

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 17/11/2014 - 9:29am

Newsletter date: 18 November 2014

WGAR News Public Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!forum/wgar-news
WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
aboriginal
Aboriginal Suicide
Aboriginal Self-harm
Aboriginal suicide rates
Dr Paul Brown
Indymedia Australia
The Stringer
Gerry Georgatos
WA
NT
Depression and suicide prevention
Kimberley suicide rate
Professor Pat Dudgeon
AProfessor Roz Walker
Suicide trends in WA - an urgent call to action
Redneck agenda to close down communities
suicide takes more lives than war

WGAR News: From my father's death bed to the must-do to end the suicides: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 30/05/2014 - 11:31am

Newsletter date: 31 May 2014

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: From my father’s death bed to the must-do to end the suicides
* Geoff Bagnall, The Stringer: Scullion hits out at Traditional Owners [Courtesy of The National Indigenous Times]
* Dr Woolombi Waters, The Stringer: Woolombi Waters says "let’s listen"
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

* NACCHO: Aboriginal controlled health services can close the gap in employment
* NACCHO: Alliance sets sights on final elimination of blinding trachoma in Central Australia

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
solidarity
aboriginal
Gerry Georgatos
National Indigenous Times
Indigenous health
Trachoma
NACCHO
Traditional Owners
Suresh Rajan
The Stringer
The Wire
new stolen generation
Forced Aboriginal Adoption
Aboriginal Suicide and Self-harm
Aboriginal Suicide
Aboriginal suicides
Geoff Bagnall
Aboriginal homelessness
Mikaela Simpson
Robert Crawford
Michael McKenna
Scullion hits out at Traditional Owners
Dr Woolombi Waters
Alliance sets sights on final elimination of blinding trachoma in Central Australia
Forum to wipe out trachoma
Cate Swannell
Joshua Gliddon
Calls for FASD to become a disability
fetal alcohol syndrome
Dr Janet Hammell
Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction
Australia - 14000 stolen children - today
Child Abuse Royal Commission results will shock us

WGAR News: The must-do need to listen and trust if suicides crisis is to end: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 14/05/2014 - 1:40pm

Newsletter date: 15 May 2014

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: The must-do need to listen and trust if suicides crisis is to end
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: More confirmation of what everyone knows - WA's suicide prevention inadequate
* NIRS: WA Government slammed for 'failing' anti-suicide measures [Featuring Premature deaths and suicides researcher, Gerry Georgatos]
* ABC News: WA's suicide prevention strategy inadequate and poorly implemented, report finds
* ABC News: WA suicide rate higher than national average

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
racism
solidarity
aboriginal
Aboriginal languages
Gerry Georgatos
WA
ALSWA
The Conversation
WA Government
youth suicide
The Stringer
The Wire
Suicide prevention
Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia
Aboriginal Suicide and Self-harm
Aboriginal Suicide
Eduardo Jordan
suicides crisis
WA's suicide prevention inadequate
anti-suicide measures
suicide prevention strategy
WA suicide rate
suicide rate
Opposition calls for ongoing funding for suicide prevention
WA suicide rate higher than national average
Learning Aboriginal languages through animation
Bernard Sullivan
Ghil'ad Zuckermann
Catherine Grant
Indigenous music traditions
Coolgardie racism incident

WGAR News: New test for depression in older Aboriginal people: CAAMA Radio; featuring Osvaldo Almeida

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 26/04/2014 - 4:31pm

Newsletter date: 27 April 2014

Contents:

* CAAMA Radio: New test for depression in older Aboriginal people [Featuring Osvaldo Almeida]
* The Stringer: Depression tool culturally sensitive
* SNAICC News: New edition of book on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing

* Joline Samawi, The Wire: Community led organizations to prevent Aboriginal youth suicide [Featuring Randall Ross, Peter Mckonkey & Scott Herring]
* Michelle Lovegrove, SBS Living Black Radio: The Elders Report [Featuring Lorna Hudson]

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Gerry Georgatos
Aboriginal imprisonment
depression
Save the Kimberley
Michelle Lovegrove
SNAICC
The Stringer
SNAICC News
CAAMA Radio
The Wire
Marc Tong
Aboriginal youth suicide
Aboriginal Suicide
Indigenous youth suicide
SBS Living Black Radio
Joline Samawi
older Aboriginal people
Osvaldo Almeida
Depression tool culturally sensitive
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing
Randall Ross
Peter Mckonkey
Scott Herring
Community led organizations
The Elders Report
Lorna Hudson
Mark Jones
Tribute to Mr Roe

WGAR News: The Elders' Report into Preventing Indigenous Self-harm & Youth Suicide

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 17/04/2014 - 8:15pm

Newsletter date: 18 April 2014

Contents:

* The Elders' Report into Preventing Indigenous Self-harm & Youth Suicide
* Culture is Life Campaign: Promoting community led solutions to Indigenous youth suicide
* Petition: Be Part of the Healing: Indigenous Youth Suicide Must End
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Elders across Australia say Governments need to listen to them on how to address youth suicide
* Audio regarding the Elders' Report [Includes 2SER, The Stringer on SoundCloud, NIRS, SBS News on SoundCloud & ABC]
* Video regarding the Elders' Report [Includes SBS & ABC]

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
ABC
Gerry Georgatos
The Greens
2ser
The Stringer
The Guardian
Professor Pat Dudgeon
NIRS
Culture Is Life campaign
Promoting community led solutions to Indigenous youth suicide
Aboriginal Self-harm
Aboriginal Suicide
Mick Gooda
Indigenous youth suicide
SMH
The Elders' Report
Indigenous Self-harm
Be Part of the Healing
Petition - Be Part of the Healing - Indigenous Youth Suicide Must End
Audio regarding the Elders' Report
Video regarding the Elders' Report
Elders across Australia say Governments need to listen to them on how to address youth suicide
News regarding the Elders' Report
The Stringer on SoundCloud
SBS News on SoundCloud
Rural Doctor
9 News
Max Dulumunmun Harrison
Peter McConchie
Elder David Cole
Dean Gooda