Thirrili Newsletter – 2021 Volume 2 Issue 3
Thirrili Pty Ltd have released their latest newsletter – 2021 Volume 2, Issue 3. Published March 2021
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Calls for a new approach to mental health and suicide prevention in Aboriginal Australians
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen Aboriginal health groups leading the response to the health crisis in their communities.
Now, there are renewed calls for a similar approach to be adopted when it comes to mental health and suicide prevention.
‘It’s no wonder Aboriginal youth run from police’: Professor calls out systemic racism at inquest
Professor Pat Dudgeon, Project Director of the Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP), calls out systemic racism at inquest.
Preventing Indigenous Suicide
Professor Pat Dudgeon, Project Director of the Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP), contributes to this special report from ABC’s ‘All in the Mind’.
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New Paper Presents an Overview of Recommendations to the Go8 Roadmap Report
In April 2020 a Group of Eight Taskforce was convened, consisting of over 100 researchers, to provide independent, research-based recommendations to the Commonwealth Government on a “Roadmap to Recovery” from COVID-19. The report covered issues ranging from pandemic control and relaxation of social distancing measures, to wellbeing and special considerations for vulnerable populations.
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Self-determination matters for healing, empowerment and suicide prevention
On World Suicide Prevention Day, Croakey hosted a series of tweets from the CBPATSISP
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Indigenous Leaders Call for Input to Renew Indigenous Suicide Prevention Strategy
Marking World Suicide Prevention Day, Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia (GDPSA) announced the renewal of the 2013 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy (NATSISPS) and called for stakeholders to make sure their voices are heard during the process.
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New Paper Highlights Critical Role of Indigenous Knowledges and Methodologies
The Lowitja Institute today published a discussion paper that articulates how and why Indigenous knowledges and research methodologies need to be urgently recognised as critical components of transformative research in order to improve social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
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Reducing Emissions to Protect Mental Health and Wellbeing
Mental health, disability, homelessness charities and peak bodies have come together to call for stronger action to reduce emissions and greater Government support in a bid to prevent a climate change curve in psychological crisis, post COVID.
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Open Letter Covid-19 and Protection of Young People in Prisons
As positive COVID cases in prisons and youth detention centres escalate in Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales, there’s an urgent need for Government action to protect adults and young people in prison. For the third time hundreds of legal sector professionals and organisations have signed an open letter calling for Australian governments to release people from adult and youth prisons.
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