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In a survey of Stolen Generation survivors, two-thirds reported a decline in their physical health as a result of COVID restrictions, while 75% reported a decline in their mental health and wellbeing. ....
The Northern Territory s remote Tiwi Islands are renowned for producing Australian Rules champions including Maurice and Cyril Rioli and Michael Long. But two weeks ago NRL legend Matt Bowen was the star attraction as the former Cowboys fullback helped to host skills sessions at Tiwi College as part of the National Non-Contact Rugby League Program. The NRL and Touch Football combined to deliver the Government-funded program, the organisations each providing a game development officer to lead clinics across a Tuesday and Wednesday. And despite the Aussie Rules posts on Tiwi College s sweeping oval and a painting of Cyril Rioli in one classroom leaving little doubt about the preferred sport, students quickly warmed to rugby league and Steeden balls were flying in equal measure to Sherrins. ....
The Healing Foundation Impacts of COVID-19 on Stolen Generations survivors (Research Report) New research released by The Healing Foundation shows that the strong and necessary public health restrictions introduced to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia since early 2020 retriggered trauma for some Stolen Generations survivors. The research data suggests an increased and heightened sense of vulnerability; significant disconnection from family, community, and country; and significant impacts on mental health and wellbeing among an already vulnerable cohort of people. The Healing Foundation CEO Fiona Cornforth ( formerly Petersen) said the research results will assist governments and authorities in future pandemic planning to build on Australia’s world-leading public health efforts to ensure the most vulnerable in the community are protected. ....
The mother of a child who died on a minibus in February last year said she was thankful for the decision to convict a former Cairns childcare director. Mchael Lewis was sentenced to six years in jail for manslaughter over the death of three-year-old, Maliq Nicholas Lloyd Namok-Malamoo, known to his family as Meeky . Meeky s mother, Muriel Namok said she was content with the decision handed down in court. Thank you to the Child Protection Investigation Unit and the DPP for their support, Ms Namok said. Lewis had collected the boy with the Goodstart Early Learning Centre minibus but failed to take the boy off the minibus after arriving at the daycare centre. ....
The Healing Foundation February 13 each year marks the anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations, who suffered trauma because of past government policies of forced child removal. Many of these removals occurred as the result of laws and policies aimed at assimilating the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population into the predominately white community. Stolen Generations survivors are some of Australia’s most vulnerable people and many have kept their stories and experiences secret for many years, even decades. One such story comes from Stolen Generations survivor Aunty Julie Black, a 64-year-old Barkindji woman, who was taken from her mother shortly after birth. ....