Category Archives: WA

Kimberley rangers in suicide first-aid role

Posted on 30 May 2012 by

Date: 11/05/12 Author: Paige Taylor Source: The Australian, p. 9 Synopsis:   More than 150 rangers employed to care for plants and animals across the Kimberley are getting training in suicide first-aid so they can respond to an epidemic of hangings … Continue reading →

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Child mental health row flares

Posted on 19 March 2012 by

Date: 14/03/2012 Source: The Australian p, 7 Reporter: Sue Dunlevy Synopsis:  Leading psychiatrists have criticised as “absurd” and “bizarre”, draft West Australian laws that would require mentally ill children as young as 12 to give their consent to sterilisation, electroconvulsive … Continue reading →

Posted in Disability, Electroconvulsive therapy, Human rights, Law reform, Mental health, Mental Health Reform, WA, Youth | Leave a comment

Imprisonment can do a grave injustice to the intellectually impaired

Posted on 10 January 2012 by

Date: 29/12/2011 Source: The Age – http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/imprisonment-can-do-a-grave-injustice-to-the-intellectually-impaired-20111228-1pcso.html Author: Graeme Innes (Opinion) Synopsis: After more than 10 years in prison without a conviction, a 29-year-old Aboriginal man with an intellectual disability will finally be released. Marlon Noble was deemed unfit to … Continue reading →

Posted in Criminal law, Detention, Indigenous, Intellectual disability, Prisons, WA | Leave a comment

Barnett raises disability doubts

Posted on 12 August 2011 by

Date: 11/08/2011 Reporter: Amanda O’Brien, John Ferguson Source: The Australian, p 2 Synopsis: The NDIS has had support in all states and territories in Australia but has been heavily criticised by Premier Colin Barnett in Western Australia. Barnett is quoted … Continue reading →

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$425k Payout ‘Miserly’ For Deaf-mute’s Jail Hell

Posted on 3 June 2011 by

Date: 03/06/2011 Source: The Australian, p 5 Reporter: Amanda O’Brien Synopsis: The Western Australian Government has awarded a deaf-mute man $425,000 for spending 15 years in jail for a murder he did not commit. Darryl Beamish was convicted 50 years … Continue reading →

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$150m in homes for mentally ill

Posted on 20 May 2011 by

Date: 20.05.11 Author: Nicolas Perpitch Source: The Australian, p. 7 Synopsis: The article outlines the $150 million the Western Australian government is investing to provide affordable housing for people with a mental illness, disability or recovering from alcohol and drug … Continue reading →

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Billing Linked to Mental Illness

Posted on 13 May 2011 by

Date: 13/05/2011 Reporter: Debbie Guest Source: The Australian p 34 Synopsis: A new Western Australian report shows that the legal profession’s practice of billable hours is leading to increased rates of anxiety, mental illness, substance abuse, and depression. The study … Continue reading →

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