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ALERT: PLEASE INCLUDE 13 YARN POINTER FOR ALL LAKE CARGELLIGO INCIDENT STORIES

Lifeline Australia/13YARN < 1 mins read

We are writing this note to ask for your help. There is significant distress in the Indigenous community regarding this incident and its reporting, and we encourage you to point to the national 24/7 crisis support line for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

For any story regarding the Lake Cargelligo incident, please can you add a pointer at the end to 13 YARN - the national 24/7 Lifeline-trained Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander helpline service, using one of the below lines.

13YARN 13 92 76 (24/7)

OR 

13YARN: Speak to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter on 13 92 76 (24/7).

OR

If you, or someone you know, are feeling worried or no good, you can connect with 13YARN on 13 92 76 (24 hours/7 days) and talk with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter.

Many thanks for your attention.

 

Lifeline/13 YARN Media.

 
 
 
 
 

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