In May 2011 we travelled to Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing to talk about ‘hard yarns’ and visit countrymen. At Koongie Park Station, we were so happy to visit Nanna Sarah Gordon and other members of the Gordon family. At Fitzroy Crossing, we received a warm welcome from Maureen Carter and staff including Emily Carter [...]
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“Filling a blank page on the Kimberley emergency”
A young Aboriginal person dies by suicide almost every week in WA’s Kimberley region but it is a story of life, not death’ that Mary Victor O’Reeri tells. Read Mary’s interview on 6 May 2011 on ABC Online here.
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The right to a job
In his Pastoral Letter for the Feast of St Joseph the Worker on 1 May 2011, Bishop Christopher Saunders, Chairman – Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, writes of the “high unemployment (which) undermines living conditions, drains communities of basic services and robs future generations of opportunities the majority of us take for granted”. Bishop Saunders [...]
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Macklin vows ‘concrete’ action on Aboriginal reform
Patricia Karvelas The Australian April 28, 2011 Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has declared the government will never shy away from bold reform for indigenous Australians and will deliver the “concrete” things called for by Aborigines who are finding their own solutions to deep-rooted problems. Ms Macklin said that, under her leadership, she would continue [...]
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Summit 2011 applications
When we set the closing date for applications of 30 April 2011, we didn’t know there’d be devastating floods in East Kimberley, an extended Easter holiday period due to Anzac Day and a busy schedule of activities for Billard Learning Centre throughout WA. We have now concluded Round 1 of applications comprising just over 120 [...]
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Billard kids learn tennis from a real Aussie Champion!
It’s not every day you meet a real champion ….. let alone learn from them what they do best. Here’s the Billard kids at the O’Neil Tennis Camp in Cessnock with Christine O’Neil, 1978 Australian Open Tennis Champion – the last Aussie woman to win the coveted Aussie Open Crown and one of only two [...]
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Meeting with Minister Warren Snowdon
Thanks to Minister Warren Snowdon, Minister for Indigenous Health (Cth) for setting aside time to meet with Stephen Victor Snr, Mary Victor O’Reeri and Kari Kristiansen in Perth on Thursday 14 April 2011. “It was really wonderful to meet Warren Snowdon – he speaks our language, that’s for sure” said Stephen. Thanks to Nicole O’Keefe, WA State Manager (Department [...]
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State Suicide Prevention Strategy fast-tracked in the Kimberley
Fri 11 March, 2011 Hon Helen Morton MLC Minister for Mental Health; Disability Services (WA) Mental Health Minister Helen Morton today announced $1.36million funding to fast-track the State Suicide Prevention Strategy in the Kimberley. The $1.36million will fund essential back-up staff in response to the current suicide emergency and start a sustainable long-term suicide prevention [...]
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Blank Page Summit Hard Yarn Youth Mob 2011
Applications are now open for Summit 2011 up until 30 April 2011. Join young people from across Australia for hard yarns, stories of triumph and ambition, new thinking about old issues ….. Thanks very much to the Department of Health & Ageing (OATSIH) for providing core funding to allow planning to commence with full gusto!
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Mary Victor O’Reeri ‘talking suicide’ on SBS Insight
Have a look at Mary Victor O’Reeri speaking about suicide with Professor Pat McGorry and others on SBS Insight program here. Appearing on Insight also was Jealea Skehan, Program Manager – Mindframe Media and Mental Health (MMMH) Project at the Hunter Institute of Mental Health. Click Mindframe News – Issue 15 (July 2011) to read [...]