Twin girls, Brielle and Kyrie, were born12 week ahead of their due date. Needing intensive care, they were placed in separate incubators. Kyrie began to gain weight and her health stabilized. But Brielle, born only 2 lbs, had trouble breathing, heart problems and other complications. She was not expected to live.

 Their nurse did everything she could to make Brielle's health better, but nothing she did was helping her.

Daniella White

Originally published in the Sunraysia Times

A MENTOR in the true sense of the word, Paul Davis is passionate about working with youth to create and collaborate on new opportunities.

His dedication has seen the creation of a new Indigenous radio station in Mildura and plans to improve the community’s media representation.

The CEO of the Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia (AHCSA), Mrs Mary Buckskin (pictured above)  has called for more action to address the problem of alcohol misuse among Aboriginal people in the Ceduna area in the far west of South Australia.

“AHCSA supported the findings and recommendation of the 2011 report of the State Coroner following the inquest into a number of alcohol-related deaths in the area,” she said.

In just 18 months, Waradah Aboriginal Centre has welcomed almost 150,000 visitors through its doors.

To acknowledge the occasion, the lucky person to round off that figure will receive a beautiful didgeridoo worth $500 when they enter the venue sometime in May.

Located next to the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains National Park, Waradah Aboriginal Centre (formerly Koomurri Aboriginal Centre) offers authentic Aboriginal song and dance performances, Dreamtime stories and paintings, arts and crafts.

By. Adam Bankhurst

Cindy Lou.

What does this seemingly innocent name mean to you? For me, it reminds me of a childhood darkened by bullying. It recalls days of when I would fake being sick to not have to go to school and endure the ridicule and name calling that so many kids in this world have to deal with each and every day.

"Being assertive is a core communication skill. Being assertive means that you express yourself effectively and stand up for your point of view, while also respecting the rights of others." -Mayo Clinic Staff

Aggressive people tend to put their needs before the needs of others. Passive people tend to put the needs of others above themselves. Passive-aggressive people tend to

"Sentimental Value: The personal value of an object, place or pet derived from the personal memories associated with it." —Jake's Sunday Post

This baseball has 216 single red stitches just like every other baseball made by Rawlings, but it has a very special sentimental value for me. It was a gift to me from a prisoner who plays on the San Quentin Giants baseball team in California's notorious San Quentin State Prison.

Shadeism, also known as coloursim refers to:

“…the discrimination based on skin tone, which exists amongst members of the same community, creating a ranking of a person’s individual worth based on shade. Shadeism is common in communities of colour across the world, and it is also an issue that people of colour experience whilst living as part of diasporic communities outside their native lands.” - Shadeism…

By AMA ( Australian Medical Association) President Dr Steve Hambleton

Edition :

Australian Medicine - 8 April 2013

In recent years, Australians have become increasingly aware that poor mental health can affect any of us at any time. Government health policy has also sought a more concerted focus on this area of health.

There is less awareness, though, of the distinctive needs and vulnerabilities of particular groups in Australia concerning mental health and wellbeing.

Indigenous Australians are often judged by unfair stereotypes. Bad news sells and the papers love nothing better than stories with negative connotations. So it is with the reporting of Aboriginal issues.

Sport, music and art is helping to break down these stereotypes, but even then, the misbehaving few can reflect badly on the larger population.

My latest article on The Roar examines how the actions of one can influence the views and opinions of outsiders looking in.

This story will warm you better than a coffee in a cold winter day:

"We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we're approaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter -
'Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended'
They pay for their order, take the two and leave.

As a little girl,

I would sit and wonder why I couldn’t be … better

Lighter skin, straighter hair.

Pretty in the eyes of an ugly society

In my eyes …

The kinks of my hair and the tone of my skin were hindering

And praise of the “Pretty Red” only showed that my brown skin was nothing to be proud of…

Karen Salmansohn, notsalmon.com

In Depth Africa reports the death of Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe:

"Foremost novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe, is dead. He was 82.

Reporters  learnt he died last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

A source close to the family said the professor had been ill for a while and was hospitalised in an undisclosed hospital in Boston.

The source declined to provide further details, saying the family will issue a statement on the development later today.

Published in Windspeaker newspaper | March 2013 | Circulation: 145,000

Canada’s national police force insists it is taking seriously allegations of widespread police misconduct and abuse against Native women, including several rapes, death threats and violence, brought forward by the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).