Young Aborigines are four times more likely to commit suicide than non-indigenous Australians. Experts and aboriginal elders believe a variety of reasons drive aboriginal youth to suicide, including a disconnection from traditional culture and land. In Western Australia’s Kimberley region suicide has reached epidemic proportions, with one suicide every week on average since the end […]

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