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The stats that shame Australia: A quarter of all Aboriginal children’s deaths are suicide

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The stats that shame Australia: A quarter of all Aboriginal children’s deaths are suicide

  • Statistics show one in four Aboriginal children die as a result of suicide
  • Last year four Aboriginal teenage girls in the Kimberley died within six months
  • Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt wants action to battle problem 
  • He said Australia needs to address several inequality issues to solve the problem 
  • Twelve aboriginal suicide prevention trials have been set up around the country 

By Tita Smith For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 23:06 EST, 20 January 2020 | Updated: 23:09 EST, 20 January 2020

Shocking statistics show that one in four Aboriginal children’s death are suicide. 

Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt said the country urgently needs to tackle ‘intergenerational trauma, poverty, barriers to education and employment’ to reduce mortality rates.  

‘The rates of suicide in our indigenous communities don’t always receive the level of public attention they should,’ Mr Wyatt told The West Australian on Monday.

‘Sadly, indigenous Australians die from intentional self-harm at almost two times the rate than other Australians. 

Shocking statistics reveal a quarter of Aboriginal children die by suicide (Aboriginal children pictured playing at a town camp in Alice Springs)

Shocking statistics reveal a quarter of Aboriginal children die by suicide (Aboriginal children pictured playing at a town camp in Alice Springs)

‘We need to commit ourselves to understanding the issues that leave people feeling hopeless. We need to work together, and with our communities to reach out and offer support to those in need.’ 

Mr Wyatt added that while the country needs to combat inequality, children need to be taught resilience through connection with culture and land. 

The plea came after a 12-year-old girl from Pilbara girl took her own life in January last year.

A 14-year-old girl from Warmun, in the East Kimberley, killed herself the very next day.

The Kimberley (pictured) has been rattled by frequent youth suicides over the past five years

The Kimberley (pictured) has been rattled by frequent youth suicides over the past five years

Two more Aboriginal teenage girls, 18 and 16, both from Balgo, a town of 350 in north-eastern Western Australia, committed suicide n April and June.  

In 2016, an inquiry was launched following a spate of 13 child deaths in the Kimberley in less than four years including five children aged between ten and 13. 

Last year, Western Australia’s coroner Ros Fogliani ruled that 12 of the 13 deaths were by suicide as a result of ‘intergenerational trauma’ and made 42 recommendations to resolve the issues.

Ms Fogliani identified that government-run suicide prevention programs were not adequately adapted to indigenous culture and suggested they be re-designed.  

Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt (pictured) is calling for more the high suicide rates of Aboriginal youths to receive more public attention and intervention

Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt (pictured) is calling for more the high suicide rates of Aboriginal youths to receive more public attention and intervention 

An National Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Trial is currently underway at 12 sites across with the potential to be permanently rolled out after their completion in June. 

Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services chief operating officer Rob McPhee, who is running the local trial, said community liaison officers had been dispersed throughout the region. 

Cultural camps have been set up for young people as well as programs to allow those seeking mental health support the option of traditional healing.

Suicide was the leading cause of death for Aboriginal children in 2018.

For confidential support in Australia LIFELINE: 13 11 14 www.lifeline.org.au . Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467

An inquiry was launched after the death of a 10-year-old girl by suicide in the Kimberley region (pictured) in March 2016

An inquiry was launched after the death of a 10-year-old girl by suicide in the Kimberley region (pictured) in March 2016  

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