Newsletter date: 16 July 2015
Contents:
* Analysis: Erik Carson, Platform News: Fudging the Numbers: Indigenous Suicide [Featuring Gerry Georgatos]
* Homepage: Welcome to Platform News - Perth's independent news - engage, enrich & entrust: http://www.platformnews.com.au/
* About: Our Journey So far... Platform News: http://www.platformnews.com.au/our-journey
* Background:
Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, Platform News: Silent Assassin: Suicide in WA
WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
* Crisis Support - Talk to Someone - 24-hours/day 7-days/week:
Lifeline - Crisis Support and Suicide Prevention: 13 11 14 https://www.lifeline.org.au/Get-Help/
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/
Beyond Blue - Talk it through with us: 1300 22 4636 http://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/get-immediate-support
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WGAR News - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
- Analysis
Erik Carson, Platform News: Fudging the Numbers: Indigenous Suicide
http://www.platformnews.com.au/newsblog/fudging-the-numbers-indigenous-s...
13 Jul 15: "Consider this: if Australia’s indigenous people were ranked separately on WHO’s suicide ranking, they would be the 2nd worst in the world with 42 suicides per 100,000 people per year – just below Guyana, a country with 0.5% of Australia’s GDP. In some regions of Australia (Northern Territory, the Kimberley & far north Queensland), the rate of suicide in indigenous people is above 70 per 100,000 per year. ... [Gerry Georgatos] has argued Australia has an entrenched humanitarian crisis, with horrific suicide rates in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders that rank among the highest in the world. He has found that the reported suicide rate in indigenous people is much worse - in fact twice as worse than we are being told. ... "
- Homepage
Welcome to Platform News - Perth's independent news
engage, enrich & entrust
http://www.platformnews.com.au/
- About
Our Journey So far... Platform News
http://www.platformnews.com.au/our-journey
" ... 30 April 2015: Platform News' 1st Birthday!
27 May 2015: Pinterest account launched to offer Platform's audience some selected alternative content to supplement our news agenda.
24 June 2015: Petition launched on GetUp!'s Community Run page seeking 1,000 signatures in support of new Perth news media.
13 July 2015: Our most successful week in terms of website traffic. Data to be used for the creation of a Media Kit to begin attracting advertising revenue to pay for more content.
14 July 2015: Commissioned to write three articles for The Stringer - the first titled Fudging the Numbers: Indigenous Suicide."
- Background:
Analysis / Opinion: Gerry Georgatos, Platform News: Silent Assassin: Suicide in WA
Platform News: http://www.platformnews.com.au/newsblog/silent-assassin-suicide-in-wa
The Stringer: http://thestringer.com.au/understanding-australias-suicide-crises-9606
5 Mar 15: "According to the the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the only jurisdiction in Australia to record an increase in the rate of suicide between 2006 to 2010 was Western Australia. The WA State Government may argue they have lowered suicide rates, but impartial analysis over the long term show in fact they are increasing. ... A disproportionate number of the suicides occurred in the Kimberley – particularly in and around Fitzroy Crossings, Mowanjum and Balgo. Suicide is the number one cause of death in Australia for males who are aged 14 to 50 years. More lives are lost this way nationally than are lost to any other tragedy - including road fatalities. ... "
WGAR Background to Suicide and Self-harm in First Nations Communities
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-to-suicide-and-self-...
(last updated: 15 July 2015)
- Crisis Support - Talk to Someone - 24-hours/day 7-days/week:
Emergency:
For immediate assistance when life may be in danger
Call 000
https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/emergency
Lifeline's 24/7 hotline
13 11 14
Crisis Support and Suicide Prevention services
https://www.lifeline.org.au/Get-Help/
Suicide Call Back Service
1300 659 467
Twenty-four hours a day seven days a week
The Suicide Call Back Service provides free nationwide professional telephone and online counselling for anyone affected by suicide.
https://www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au/
Beyond Blue
1300 22 4636
Depression. Anxiety.
Talk it through with us, day or night
http://www.beyondblue.org.au/get-support/get-immediate-support
Useful national contact numbers - Suicide Prevention Crisis Contacts
http://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Suicide_Pr...
Mens Line
1300 78 99 78
MensLine Australia is a professional telephone and online support and information service for Australian men
http://www.mensline.org.au/
Kids Help Line
1800 55 1800
aged 5 - 25 yrs
http://www.kidshelp.com.au/
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