Published: March 21, 2019
Suicide prevention campaigners say Australia’s lack of action is ‘reprehensible’
There have been at least 35 suicides of Indigenous people this year – in just 12 weeks – and three were children only 12 years old. Eight have been in the past week, according to the National Indigenous Critical Response Service, a federally funded service that works closely with bereaved families.
“This year, almost half of Australia’s child suicides have been of First Nations children,” suicide prevention campaigner Gerry Georgatos told Guardian Australia, “and of child suicides aged 14 years and less, nearly 90% this year have been First Nations children.
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