The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, joined the Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter at a community forum to discuss suicide prevention measures in Mount Isa on 6 October 2011. The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, joined the Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter at a community forum to discuss suicide [...]
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Police chief says face up to Aboriginal crime
Police chief says face up to Aboriginal crime LUKE ELIOT, The West Australian October 3, 2011, 2:45 am Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan has singled out Aboriginal youths as among the primary culprits for property crime in WA, saying their offending was an “elephant in the room” that people were reluctant to talk about. In an [...]
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WORLD SUICIDE DAY
On World Suicide Day the following appointments were announced by Ministers Macklin, Snowdon and Butler: – Dr Siva Bala – Regional Psychiatrist, Kimberley Mental Health and Drug Service – to the Australian Suicide Prevention Advisory Council (ASPAC) – Mary Victor O’Reeri – Billard Learning Centre – to the new Indigenous Suicide Prevention Advisory Group For [...]
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THE POWER OF THE DOT
“Our future lies in the hands of the ‘dots’ ……” Read here what Mary Victor O’Reeri meant when she spoke about the ‘dots’ in Mt Isa at the Strong Well Women Leaders Forum on 31st August 2011. Read Mary’s Keynote Presentation on 30th August 2011 here. Thank you to the wonderful women of the Gulf [...]
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Why do we hold the Blank Page Summit?
Billard Aboriginal Community holds the Blank Page Summit Hard Yarn because of what the Productivity Commission has today reported to the Australian Prime Minister – read about its latest report on Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage here. The statistics remain stubbornly high across the board in relation to quality of life for Indigenous kids, young people, men, [...]
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BLANK PAGE SUMMIT HARD YARN 2011 COMMUNIQUE
The Blank Page Summit Hard Yarn 2011 Communique is available here. Details of the Blank Page Summit Hard Yarn 2012 will be posted online on 1 September 2011. The Blank Page Summit Hard Yarn will be held at Billard Aboriginal Community from 24-28 July 2012.
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$3.5bn a year failing to lift Aborigines out of the 1970s
Matthew Franklin, Chief political correspondent The Australian August 08, 2011 TAXPAYERS are getting “dismal” results from the $3.5 billion a year they spend on Aboriginal Australia, says a damning review of indigenous spending conducted for the federal Department of Finance. The report points to “a huge gap between policy intent and policy execution”, which means [...]
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Art initiates life in a remote town (Balgo)
“Art initiates life in a remote town” is an uplifting article in The Age newspaper out of Melbourne about art and life in Balgo. Thank you to the wonderful folks of Balgo who joined the Blank Page Summit Hard Yarn Youth Mob 2011 at Billard Aboriginal Community. Full report of the Summit in 2011 to [...]
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Preventing youth suicide
Monday 4 July 2011 Report on early intervention programs aimed at preventing youth suicide Suicide accounts for the deaths of one quarter of men aged under 25 and also one in seven young women The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing today released its report on youth suicide emphasising the need for [...]
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‘Monster factories’ encouraging young crims
NATHAN DYER, The West Australian October 8, 2011, 2:30 am Perth’s child jails are known as “monster factories” where violence is rife and young offenders learn to become more efficient and violent criminals, a senior lawyer claims. Aboriginal Legal Service East Kimberley managing lawyer Glen Dooley said Banksia Hill and Rangeview detention centres concentrated young [...]