Professor Pat Dudgeon commented on the lack of action in response to the WA Coroner’s inquest into the deaths of 13 children and young people
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Aboriginal groups across the remote Kimberley region say the Western Australian Government’s response to record suicide rates will do very little to save lives and must change.
The call for action comes almost 18 months after WA Coroner Ros Fogliani handed down her findings on the deaths of 13 young people in the region.
She made 42 recommendations to change what she called a dire situation for young Kimberley people in relation to suicide.
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