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Almost half of people shot dead by Australian police were mentally ill : According to a new report from the Australian Institute of Criminology, there were 105 fatal police shootings between 1989-90 and 2010-11 and 44 of those people had a mental illness , with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia being the most common. The Guardian

Hell of a life in limbo for refugees living in squalor and poverty The documents reveal Victoria has 30 percent of Australia's bridging visa "clients" - the most in Australia . Support groups have been told by the government to get asylum seeker children into school within five days of their release. But the task is ...

Army takes to the streets to battle poverty - Sydney Morning Herald : ''It is now estimated one in six children in Australia now lives at, or below, the poverty line. Obviously many children in families are suffering terribly because of ...

No marriage equality vote before general election in Australia : Meanwhile Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young is sponsoring a bill that will mean that same-sex marriages from overseas are recognized in Australia . In the wake of the the first gay marriages in France, Croome said that it was likely that many Australian ... Gay Star News

Trade union gay marriage supporters protest in Brisbane : Disgruntled members of the largest trade union in Australia , the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA) protested outside the union's office in Brisbane today. The protest was organized by SDA for Marriage Equality which formed in ... Gay Star News

Million children in care, figures show : According to the figures, the number of approved child care services across Australia also increased by more than 600 over the year to 15,147; and there were increases across every form of child care , from long day care to outside school hours care.

Immunisation rates trail poorer countries : Australian immunisation rates are lower than those of many developing countries including Rwanda, Eritrea and Bangladesh, according to a global report. Disability is the focus of UNICEF's State of the World's Children 2013 report that examines ... Other geolocations

Mind the gap on indigenous health : There remains a 10-year gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non- Indigenous people in Australia . Around 12 per cent of this difference has been attributed to mental health conditions, with four per cent to suicide and six per cent to alcohol ...