Notes

Acknowledgements

This report was written by Katie Kemp, Nadia Keshavarz and Dax Kellie from the Indigenous Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Unit at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

The authors would like to thank the following teams for their consultation and input to this project:

  • the Mortality Data Centre at the Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • the Health Classifications Team and the Suicide and Self-harm Monitoring Unit at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • the Koori Engagement Unit at the Coroners Court of Victoria
  • the National Coronial Information System.

The authors would also like to acknowledge the Australian Capital Territory Coroner’s Court, the Coroners Court of New South Wales, the Coroners Court of Queensland and the Northern Territory Office of the Coroner for supplying additional information on request.

Finally, the authors would like to thank the Indigenous Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Clearinghouse Steering Committee and Dr Fadwa Al-Yaman for providing advice and guidance on the report during its development.

This project was funded by the National Indigenous Australians Agency.