A history of dispossession and transgenerational trauma underlie the day-to-day struggles of Indigenous people.from shutterstock.comThis article was written with Rob McPhee, Deputy CEO of the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service and co-chair of the Commonwealth-funded Kimberley Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Working Group.
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