My name is Tauto Sansbury. I was born on Point Pearce Mission in 1949. By the time you read this letter I will be 66 years old. By now I should be a fully initiated man speaking my native tongue, telling my stories and handing them down to my children, grand children and their children. […]
June 2015
I was asked if I had the time to provide a reference for someone I know who does great things for other people. Of course I do. I wrote the reference this morning. Mervyn Eades is a good human being who had a difficult start at life but who has turned his life around and […]
We cannot continue on the quiet about suicidal behaviour – it is on the increase. It is estimated that daily a thousand Australians think about suicide. It is only going to get worse. Why? Contextually, we are doing ever so little about suicide prevention – and a good part of suicide prevention is improving the […]
Could Australia lead the way with homeless friendly precincts and homeless friendly cities and towns? Yes, it can. We were not put on this earth to betray one another but as long as we turn away our most needy, most vulnerable, the homeless then indeed we do betray one another. I have been meeting with […]
by Cathy Breen. Two days ago an email came from an Iraqi doctor in Baghdad in response to a brief greeting I sent for the month of Ramadan. “Thanks so much for remembering us…In fact we are the same if not worse. Our hearts are broken at the organized ruining of our country. We are targeted […]
Thousands, tens of thousands of children are forgotten by far too many, by our governments, in this nation, in the world’s 12th largest economy – one of the world’s wealthiest nations. In general, Australians have little idea of how many children under the age of 12 years are on our streets – homeless – of […]
Not there yet, but getting there – the long haul to introduce the Custody Notification Service in Western Australia – where it is truly needed has culminated in the announcement today that the CNS will soon be implemented. Most importantly the Custody Notification Service will help all those far too many people who are arrested and detained in police […]
The name Zaky Mallah meant absolutely nothing to most people in Australia until he opened his mouth on Q and A. After Monday night and by midday Tuesday there were probably very few people who did not know of him or what he had said. On Tuesday afternoon, Adam Shand who presents the 6PR Drive […]
Where are our priorities? There have been a couple of incidents in the last two or three days that have led me to question our priorities as a society. Let me identify the two incidents first. The first of these was the senseless killing of nine people in Charleston in a black church. The second […]
Wheelchairs for Kids is a one of a kind charity delivered on the heartfelt compassion of one and hundred fifty volunteers. No-one is paid, not the CEO or the workshop manager. All donations go to the manufacture and shipment of rough terrain children’s wheelchairs. The operation is run out of a factory in northern Perth […]
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