Asserting Australia's First Nations Sovereignty into Governance
Assimilation & Oppression
996 deaths by suicide – one in 24 die by suicide
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Gerry Georgatos The Stringer October 9th, 2013
Macklin said we will take child suicides seriously
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The 'Gone Too Soon' report found that Aboriginal suicide programs, run by Government and their services, not by Aboriginal controlled services, are fragmented and uncoordinated and continue to fail to stem the tide of suicides.
77 Aboriginal suicides in South Australia alone
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Gerry Georgatos The Stringer
4 October 2013
Only dead people come into the dreams of South Australian Elder Tauto Sansbury. He dreams of the deceased, of young lives lost. Mr Sansbury has dedicated his life to helping troubled Aboriginal youth, to reduce the rate of suicides.
Warren Mundine: The white sheep of the family?
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Dr Gary Foley Independent Australia 17 September, 2013
Tony Abbott's new puppet, Warren Mundine, has surprised some, but not Gary Foley, who has watched Mundine steadily tread a path to the Right for years.
Treasure trove of Indigenous language documents unearthed at NSW State Library
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Deborah Rice ABC News 27 August 2013
A treasure trove of Indigenous language documents from across Australia has been discovered in the New South Wales State Library.
Racism is a major driver of First Nations Peoples ill health
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When we talk about Aboriginal health, we often talk as if the problem is "Being Aboriginal" - but in reality, "Being Aboriginal" is a marker for having experienced racism, discrimination, colonisation and genocide.
