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.
A young woman found naked and bound at a Melbourne creek more than 40 years ago was killed by her stepfather, a coroner has ruled.
Barbara Dawson was last seen alive on October 29, 1980. The 20-year-old s body was discovered partially submerged in a shallow ford at Kororoit Creek in the western suburb of Altona North three days later.
She was naked with her throat cut and plastic bags around her head and her feet. A 1981 inquest could not determine who killed her.
In 2003, her stepfather Peter Dawson was arrested. Neither he nor anyone else was charged, and he died in Queensland in 2008 at the age of 65.
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A man who shot his partner dead in Melbourne and then turned the illegally obtained gun on himself had a string of criminal convictions.
Marilyn Burdon, 70, was found dead at her Kew home in 2017. Her partner, Charles Bisucci, killed her and then himself.
An inquest is looking at how the former solicitor who had his gun licence cancelled and 15 of his firearms seized in 2004, was able to keep accessing weapons.
One of the seized guns, a Winchester rifle, was used in the murder-suicide.
It ended up being registered in the name of Bisucci s friend, Sebastian Carmuciano, Victoria s Coroners Court was told on Monday.
Audit finds doctors not washing their hands properly during coronavirus pandemic
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Only 79.5 per cent of doctors and 74.5 per cent of ambulance workers captured in the audit washed or sanitised their hands when required.
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If there is one group of people you would expect to be washing their hands properly during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is healthcare professionals.
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The figures also show more people are on antidepressants than before the pandemic
Elective surgeries are down by almost 10 per cent this year compared to last year
But new data released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has revealed doctors and ambulance workers failed to meet national standards for hand hygiene between April and June, as health authorities repeatedly stressed the importance of handwashing to stop the spread of coronavirus.