Indigenous Suicide
Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association says empowering young people and grassroots community-led action is key to reducing First Nations suicide rates.
Warning: This article discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. The suicide rate amongst Indigenous people in Victoria is three times higher than the general population, with 27 people dying in the las...
Warning to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The following article contains the name and image of a person who has died. The tragic death of 12-year-old Adiel Boyd, a Torres Strait Islande...
The Federal Government, in partnership with Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia, has launched the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025-2035.
Australia's dark colonial past and ongoing racism are driving self-harm in Indigenous communities, a respected Aboriginal psychologist says. There were 3214 deaths due to suicide in Australia in 2023...
Warning: the following article contains mentions of suicide and mental health. This year's annual gathering of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lived Experience Centre (ILEC) took place in Na...
Five Aboriginal youth and two Elders have travelled from Australia to the Seneca Nation in Niagara Falls, Western New York, for the 2024 World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference, bringing back v...
Warning: This report discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. In the wake of the latest Closing the Gap data, which found an increase in suicide for First Nations people across the country, new resear...
Australia is failing to reduce the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults being incarcerated according to the latest data from the Productivity Commission.
Grim new data has revealed life outcomes for First Nations people have worsened and Australia is going backwards on key Closing the Gap targets, with rates of Indigenous suicide, adult incarceration a...
Warning: this report refers to suicide and may be distressing for some readers. An Australian-first research project released Wednesday has urged the establishment of a national system of accountabili...
New data has revealed the Northern Territory's suicide rate has climbed to more than 50 per cent higher than the national average. The Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed 130 Aboriginal and To...
On Monday, Malcolm McCusker argued in these pages that there were 15 "unanswered questions" about the proposal to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.