As a young child I remember the absorption of sadness by some of Sydney’s Greek community of the suicide by a newly-arrived young male Greek. Years later I would read some of his letters to the homeland, yearning to...
As I begin to write this piece, I have been informed of a former refugee who has taken his life, of a mother who has taken her life, of a young Aboriginal woman who has taken her life, of...
When someone is arrested and detained they are at an elevated risk to life-threatening levels of anxiety. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are at much higher risk than the rest of the population because of the distrust that has...
Gerry Georgatos November 9th, 2015 Not enough is being done for people while in jail. There are far too many people in prison mentally unwell rather than criminally minded. There are far too many incarcerated for low level offending. When it...
Colin Penter April 3rd, 2014 Like Deborah Allcock Tyler I am constantly annoyed when I hear business people, Ministers, senior people in Government agencies, and many people in the non profit sector complain that there are too many non profits, particularly too many small...
Gerry Georgatos October 27th, 2015 It is stated that that we should inspire change by giving onus to the good news stories, to the inspiring role models instead of the bad news stories, instead of narratives of despair. Yes, tell the...
ABC Radio interview on youth suicide and suicide prevention; with journalist Nadine Maloney
Jeff McMullen August 13th, 2014 Every child has a right to health and a good education. While this is a given, you say, clearly after more than two centuries the top-down, assimilationist policies inflicted by a long line of Australian Governments...
Colin Penter February 2nd, 2016 ‘ What I am basically saying is that welfare must become a good deal for investors, for private investors. We have to make it a good deal for the returns to be there, to attract the...
Gerry Georgatos January 30th, 2016 I have travelled to a great many homelands and communities throughout this continent. In the fog of my memories the deep cut through the mist is the connectedness, the meeting of people. One community I have had much...
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