Helen Kennedy, from the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, said:"They're losing their life to suicide at twice the rate."Ms Kennedy told the commission part of the problem was a lack of recognition of the profound trauma arising from a long history of marginalisation and the dispossession of land, culture and children.
Almost half of all Aboriginal Victorians have a relative who was removed under policies which lead to the Stolen Generations."They have left a legacy of enduring trauma and loss that continues to affect Aboriginal communities, families and many individuals is in many compounding ways."Ms Kennedy told the inquiry that developing culturally appropriate services staffed by Aboriginal people was critical."We are lagging behind other states," she said.
Aboriginal children weren’t removed. They were signed over