This research is based on stakeholder interviews conducted in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, and included site visits to Docker River (NT) and Kununurra (WA). The site visits included interviews with community stakeholders, community members and young people.
In total 17 stakeholders from the CDR and 13 from WA were consulted, with young people, elders and community members from Docker River and two young men from Kununurra also consulted in the research. Research was conducted from September to October 2009.
Table 1: Research Participants
Central Desert Region
- Central Australian Petrol Sniffing Unit (CAPSU)
- Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women's Council
- Drug and Alcohol Services Association (DASA)
- Bushmob
- Gap Youth Centre-Internet Café
- Waltja
- Mt Theo, Yuendumu
- Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA)
- Central Australian Youth Link Up Service (CAYLUS)
- Alice Springs Film and Television
Docker River Site Visit
- Employment Consultant, Anangu Jobs
- Team Leader, Mission Australia Youth Program
- Aboriginal Youth Worker
- Registered Nurse, Docker River Health Clinic
- General Services Manager, Docker River Shire
- Community Rangers (2)
- 6 Elders
- 3 Community members
- 5 CDEP workers
- 17 young men (aged 13-16 years)
- 8 young women (12-23 years)
East Kimberley Region
- Volatile Substances Program, WA Drug and Alcohol Office, Perth
- Western Australian Network of Alcohol and other Drug Agencies (WANADA), Broome
- Jungarni-Jutiya Alcohol Action Council, Halls Creek
- Manager Community and Youth Services, Shire of Halls Creek
- Save the Children, Kununurra
Kununurra Site Visit
- Attendance at Youth Provider Network Meeting
- Ord Valley Aboriginal Health Service (OVAHS)
- Gelganyum Trust
- Wunan Foundation
- Kimberley Community Drug Service
- Regional Youth Development Coordinator
- Principal, Kununurra State School
- Police Inspector
- Mirrawa - Gadgerong Corporation (MG Corp)
- Paired depth with two young men aged 15-17 years