Saturday recap : Aboriginal Community
Saturday recap : Aboriginal Community
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Neo-Colonial Culture Needs to Change
Neo-Colonial Culture Needs to Change - Ask any Yolŋu person (Aboriginal person from north-east Arnhem Land) and they will tell you the deep levels of mistrust that exist just under the surface of relationships between themselves and the general mainstream Northern Territory culture. They will have hundreds of stories to tell about their experiences, from being manhandled and abused by security guards in shopping centres, seeing their relatives assaulted when police are called to control a disturbance, in colleges where they struggle to be heard, their difficulties in the hospital and medical system, where
Arbitrary job quotas aren't the way to do business
Arbitrary job quotas aren't the way to do business - Well, in politically correct Australia , you can forget about that. Thanks to our ... Indigenous Australians are 3 per cent of the population. Woe betide the ...
Zoetis partners with beyondblue to support mental health in rural Australia
Zoetis partners with beyondblue to support mental health in rural Australia - In an effort to support good mental health and reduce suicide rates across rural Australia , animal health company Zoetis has become a supporting ...
Emotional abuse of children is a growing problem in Australia
Emotional abuse of children is a growing problem in Australia - Indigenous Australian children were seven times more likely to be receiving child protective services in 2014 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare ...
Abuse in youth detention centres not restricted to the Northern Territory
Abuse in youth detention centres not restricted to the Northern Territory - On the face of it, Australia has a relatively comprehensive complaints-based ... In January 2016, it was reported that an 11-year-old Indigenous boy ...
Best way to tackle suicide rates is to be honest about our own mental health: Suicide Prevention ...
Best way to tackle suicide rates is to be honest about our own mental health: Suicide Prevention ... - The conference was run by Suicide Prevention Australia (SPA), and attended by researchers, service suppliers and people with a personal ...