The Coroner s court said that it was concerning that the frequency of suicides among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in Victoria was twice that of the non-Indigenous community.
The court has reported Victoria had one of the highest rates of suicide for First Nations people in the country during 2020.
Latji Latji man Stephan Gocol from the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service at Mildura said the March visit from the court s Koori unit involved a community discussion. Educating people on suicide and then the flow-on effects of it, like the effect it has on the family, it would help deter it, Mr Gocol said.