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

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 03:22:51 +0000

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

WGAR News: A call for better support and wider use of Aboriginal and TSI Health Workers: Croakey

WGAR - Working Group for Aboriginal Rights - Australia — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 02:32:46 +0000

Newsletter date: 14 September 2013

Contents:

* Larissa Nicholson, The Canberra Times: Canberra health service leaves scarcely room to protest

* Belinda Mason, The Guardian: Unfinished Business: portraying disability in Indigenous Australia [Photographic Essay]

* Melissa Sweet, Croakey - the Crikey health blog: A call for better support and wider use of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers [Closing the Gap]
* Amy McQuire, Tracker: Indigenous health: "We can’t stop now" [Closing the Gap]

Geography: