Published: February 07, 2019
Latest coronial report must not simply ‘gather dust’ like the last 42 reports on Aboriginal wellbeing, says Pat Dodson
Pat Dodson has joined Aboriginal organisations in the Kimberley in calling for action on reducing youth suicide, following the release of a long-awaited coronial report into the deaths of 13 children and young people.
Senator Dodson said the report showed that “little or no progress” had been made on reducing suicide rates in the Kimberley since a previous inquest was handed down in 2008, and that the latest report “must not join the 42 reports into Aboriginal well-being delivered over the last 15 years that simply sit and gather dust”.
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