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Category Archives: Indigenous
Kimberley rangers in suicide first-aid role
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
Posted in Mental health, Youth, NSW, WA, Rural, regional, remote, Early intervention, Indigenous, Suicide
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New $1.96 million indigenous disability service for Far North Queensland
Date: 03/02/2012 Source: Media Release – from the Honourable Curtis Pitt, Minister for Disability Services, Mental Health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Synopsis: The State Government will establish up to four new disability services to support Indigenous Queenslanders … Continue reading
Posted in Accessibility, Disability, Indigenous, Qld, Rural, regional, remote
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Imprisonment can do a grave injustice to the intellectually impaired
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
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Mental Health Commission outlines priorities
Date: 08/09/2011 Author: Santilla Chingaipe Source: SBS Online – http://www.sbs.com.au/news/radio/episode/184402/Mental-Health-Commission-outlines-priorities Synopsis: Australia’s first National Mental Health Commission, formed to precipitate the national reform of the mental health services, is set to prioritize Indigenous and migrant representation in the mental health … Continue reading
Posted in Indigenous, Mental health
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‘No one to calm’ Aboriginal man
Date: 13/09/2011 Reporter: Sarah Elks Source: The Australian, Page 3 Synopsis: The mother of a mentally ill Aboriginal man who died at Townsville Hospital speaks out, saying that her son would still be alive had there been indigenous health workers … Continue reading
Special schools ‘a dumping ground’
Date: 27/06/2011 Source: The Australian, p6 Reporter: Justine Ferrari, National Education Correspondent Synopsis: Indigenous students are being enrolled in special schools for children with behavioural and emotional problems at five times the rate of other students, effectively segregating them from … Continue reading
Fair Go For Everyone? Hear, Hear.
Date: 03/06/2011 Source: The Courier Mail, p 33 (opinion column) Reporter: Peter Lindley Synopsis: Peter Lindley joins David Brady and Deafness Forum Australia in calling for equal access for those with hearing loss to be recognized as ‘a basic human … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, Indigenous, Physical disability
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