Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led reform is not a supplementary consideration in mental health and suicide prevention, it is foundational. This position paper highlights a pattern of inadequate action and unfulfilled promises, calling for immediate funding and full implementation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led strategies and frameworks, backed by binding accountability mechanisms, to end...

Social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) is a holistic understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s health that centres a collective sense of self. A project to research and collate SEWB measures has resulted in this report, which explores practical assessment tools for SEWB.

The National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement sets out the shared intention of the Commonwealth, state and territory governments to improve the mental health of all Australians and ensure the sustainability and enhance the services of the mental health and suicide prevention system. This interim report presents initial findings and draft recommendations and invites...

This paper explores the existing literature, data and lived experience relating to suicide prevention for First Nations people. It brings together community knowledge, research and policy to highlight what is already known about protective factors, particularly the roles of culture, connection, self-determination and healing. The paper concludes by arguing that First Nations suicide prevention requires...

This paper provides an in-depth review of Indigenous evaluation practices related to social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB), mental health and suicide prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The review aims to contribute to the ongoing refinement of best practice evaluation practices that support the empowerment and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...