Plan to reduce Indigenous suicides finally acknowledges lack of evidence and need for hope
- Written by Anthony Dillon, Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University
Last week the government released the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project report, which gave recommendations to reduce the high rate of suicide among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Minister for Indigenous affairs Nigel Scullion said the government welcomed the report with a very heavy heart....