Aboriginal Suicide and Self-harm

WGAR News: NT juvenile detention - 98 % are Aboriginal youth: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Sat, 18/01/2014 - 3:07pm

Newsletter date: 19 January 2014

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 30 suicides in the last three months as we wait for promises to be kept
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

* Indigenous Social Justice Association (ISJA): Tenth anniversary of TJ Hickey death [14 February 2014]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: NT juvenile detention - 98 % are Aboriginal youth
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 10,000 move on notices
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Mother's prison funeral leave denied - to farewell 13-year-old son

Geography: 
Perth
Australia
Northern Territory
Sydney
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Gerry Georgatos
Aboriginal deaths in custody
Aboriginal imprisonment
ISJA
The Stringer
Tracker
The West Australian
ISJA - Indigenous Social Justice Association
Aboriginal Suicide and Self-harm
Daniel Emerson
Tenth anniversary of TJ Hickey death
30 suicides in the last three months as we wait for promises to be kept
Indigenous Social Justice Association - ISJA
10 000 move on notices
Mother's prison funeral leave denied
Kevin Spratt
Police lose Spratt charge bid
Cops' Taser use not justfied - court told
Hawke Cabinet decision on deaths in custody
Two police officers who repeatedly tasered a man at the city watch house have gone on trial in Perth
Hawke govt launched deaths in custody inquiry

WGAR News: Let's Talk interviews Gerry Georgatos, Wes Morris & Tauto Sansbury re Aboriginal suicide

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Tue, 22/10/2013 - 12:03pm

Newsletter date: 23 October 2013

Contents:

* Let's Talk's Tiga Bayles interviews Gerry Georgatos, Wes Morris & Tauto Sansbury about suicide in First Nations communities
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: EMPOWERMENT [Featuring Aboriginal suicides around the nation]
* Jeff McMullen, The Stringer: Children of the Sunrise [Featuring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and fulfillment]
* NACCHO mental health news: Aboriginal mental health gap must be closed: Calma Dudgeon
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

Geography: 
Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
Close the Gap
Gerry Georgatos
Tiga Bayles
Let's Talk
NACCHO
Jeff McMullen
The Stringer
empowerment
Aboriginal Suicide and Self-harm
Wes Morris
Tauto Sansbury
suicide in First Nations communities
Suicide in Aboriginal Communities
The Stringer - EMPOWERMENT
Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - EMPOWERMENT
The Stringer - Children of the Sunrise
Jeff McMullen - The Stringer - Children of the Sunrise
Children of the Sunrise
Aboriginal health and fulfillment
Aboriginal suicides
Aboriginal mental health gap
Tammy Kimpton
Tammy Kimpton - President of The Australian Indigenous Doctors Association - AIDA
Australian Indigenous Doctors Association - AIDA
Aboriginal socio-economic disadvantage

WGAR News: 996 Aboriginal deaths by suicide - another shameful Australian record: The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Wed, 16/10/2013 - 2:22pm

Newsletter date: 17 October 2013

Contents:

* SNAICC News: Culture is Life campaign update
* Culture Is Life campaign: The Elders Report
* Culture Is Life campaign: Promoting community led solutions to Indigenous youth suicide
* The Wire: New mental health app for indigenous communities [Suicide prevention; featuring Professor Helen Christensen and Joe Tighe]
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 996 Aboriginal deaths by suicide - another shameful Australian record
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 996 deaths by suicide - one in 24 die by suicide

Geography: 
Darwin
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
aboriginal
cancer
Gerry Georgatos
Aboriginal Health
Aboriginal peoples
Amy McQuire
The Stringer
NACCHO health news
Culture Is Life campaign
Culture Is Life campaign - Promoting community led solutions to Indigenous youth suicide
Culture Is Life
Belinda Mason
Aboriginal Suicide and Self-harm
Aboriginal Suicide
Culture is Life campaign update
Culture Is Life campaign - The Elders Report
life expectancy
Indigenous youth suicide
Indigenous suicide prevention
Professor Helen Christensen
Joe Tighe
Aboriginal deaths by suicide
one in 24 die by suicide
child suicides
Aboriginal disabilities
photojournalist Belinda Mason
Unfinished Business
health and wellbeing of Aboriginal youth
Indigenous Aussies
Kelly Briggs
Daniel Featherstone
Angela Bates
G-Man
Bernard Namok

WGAR News: Wes Morris slams government suicide prevention programs: Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 04/10/2013 - 1:19pm

Newsletter date: 5 October 2013

Contents:

* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Wes Morris slams government suicide prevention programs
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: 77 Aboriginal suicides in South Australia alone
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Kimberley's Aboriginal peoples old at 45 years
* Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory - APO NT: Youth Suicide

* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

* GERRY GEORGATOS, THE STRINGER: WES MORRIS SLAMS GOVERNMENT SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAMS

- Analysis / Opinion

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Western Australia
Keywords: 
protest
indigenous
human rights
Australia
solidarity
aboriginal
Gerry Georgatos
Aboriginal peoples
suicide
The Stringer
Suicide prevention
Aboriginal Suicide and Self-harm
Aboriginal Suicide
Suicide and Self-harm
Wes Morris
77 Aboriginal suicides in South Australia alone
Wes Morris slams government suicide prevention programs
Kimberley's Aboriginal peoples old at 45 years
Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - 77 Aboriginal suicides in South Australia alone
Gerry Georgatos - The Stringer - Kimberley's Aboriginal peoples old at 45 years

WGAR News: Paddy Gibson speaks about the NT Emergency Response and the successor "Stronger Futures"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 03/10/2013 - 7:41pm

Newsletter date: 4 October 2013

Contents:

* Paddy Gibson speaks at Building Bridges on the NT Emergency Response and the successor "Stronger Futures"
* Eva Cox, The Conversation: Income management: more evidence-free policymaking?
* Greens Senator Rachel Siewert: Coalition to punish vulnerable people through income management expansion
* Nick Evershed, The Guardian: Welfare quarantining: does it work?
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws

Geography: 
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
protest
NT intervention
indigenous
human rights
solidarity
aboriginal
Northern Territory Intervention
welfare quarantining
Coalition
income management
Aboriginal imprisonment
domestic violence
Stronger Futures
The Conversation
NT chief minister
CAAMA
Greens Senator Rachel Siewert
CLC
Paddy Gibson
The Guardian
Aboriginal youth suicide
Aboriginal Suicide and Self-harm
Aboriginal Suicide
Eva Cox
Building Bridges
NT Emergency Response
evidence-free policymaking
the Territory
income management expansion
Nick Evershed
SBS Aboriginal
Aboriginal men
Aboriginal men in the NT
Clare Rawlinson
Mandatory sentencing laws in the NT
Aboriginal culture
remote Aboriginal communities in the NT
Aboriginal languages in NT schools
Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory - APO NT
APO NT - Youth Suicide

WGAR News: World Suicide Prevention Day and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 12/09/2013 - 2:26pm

Newsletter date: 15 September 2013

Contents:

* Melissa Sweet, Croakey - the Crikey health blog: How can Croakey readers contribute to efforts to prevent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicides?
* NACCHO Aboriginal Health news: Today is World Suicide Prevention Day
* CAAMA Radio: World Suicide Prevention Day...
* NACCHO RU OK News: Indigenous youth leading the way in suicide prevention
* Gerry Georgatos, The Stringer: Hopelessness in suicide riddled communities
* Background to Suicide and Self-harm in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities

Geography: 
Australia
Northern Territory
Keywords: 
indigenous
human rights
solidarity
aboriginal
trauma
Gerry Georgatos
Aboriginal Health
child protection
SNAICC
Aboriginal children
NACCHO
CAAMA
The Stringer
SNAICC News
CAAMA Radio
Melissa Sweet
Aboriginal Self-harm
Melissa Sweet - Croakey - the Crikey health blog
Croakey - the Crikey health blog
World Suicide Prevention Day
preventing Aboriginal suicides
Aboriginal Suicide and Self-harm
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicides
Aboriginal Suicide
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
children subjected to trauma
More government neglect of Aboriginal children