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2010
Aug 13:  State looks to federal solution to cut petrol-sniffing (The Australian)
Aug 13:  Minister warned about petrol sniffer (ABC News)
Aug 12:  Teen sniffer's lonely death (ABC News)
Aug 11:  Teen petrol sniffer dies without intervention (ABC News)
Jul 29:   Scheme helping snuff out petrol sniffing in Cherbourg (ABC News)
Jul 17:   How this boy from Canberra helped children in the Northern Territory to overcome their petrol sniffing addiction for good (The Advertiser)
Jul 15:   The people who cracked petrol sniffing (The Canberra Times)
Jul 3:       Kids saved from sniffing ghettos (The Australian)
Jun 24:  Opal fuel leads to 70pc drop in petrol sniffing (ABC News)
Jun 1:     Fuel ban 'wont help' (Northern Territory News)
May 31:  Teens inhaling lighter fluid (The Age)
May 27:  Paint sniffing prompts call for local rehab centre (ABC News)
May 12: Budget targets Top End petrol sniffing sourge (ABC News)
Apr 30:  Ban to end sniffing (Northern Territory News)
Apr 24:  Sniffing war waged (The Courier Mail)
Apr 7:    NT Govt failing petrol sniffers: MIlls (ABC News)
Mar 28:  What a petrol-sniffing Aboriginal boy tells us about Australia today (Guardian.co.uk)
Mar 7:   New boats for 'first' surf club  (Northern Territory News)
Mar 4:   Indigenous group up-beat about Opal plans (ABC News)
Mar 4:   Sniff-proof petrol for Goldfields (The Australian)
Mar 3:   Release of Australian Government tackles petrol sniffing in remote WA (Dept. Health & Ageing)
Mar 3:   Petrol sniffing the target of Opal roll-out (ABC News)
Jan 9:   Young drug users alarm (Townsville Bulletin)

2009
Nov 27:  Mackay kids sniff deadly cocktail ( Daily Mercury)
Nov 26:  Treatment for sniffers (NT News)
Nov 25:  Youth workers back petrol sniffing treatment laws (ABC News)
Nov 12:  Cannabis now APY 'drug of choice' (ABC News)
Nov 12:  Petrol sniffing 'wiped out' in Tennant Creek (ABC News)
Nov 12:  Cannabis rife in Aboriginal communities (ABC News)
Oct 23:   Roadhouse refusing to sell Opal to close (ABC News)
Oct 16:    Governments accused of delaying Opal rollout (ABC News)
Sept 16:  Parliament debates butane ban (ABC News)
Sept 2:   MP fights against petrol sniffing (ABC News)
Aug 31:  Liquor bans linked to petrol sniffing rise (ABC News)
Aug 19:  Van victim's cousin calls for alcohol, petrol bans (The West Australian)
Aug 3:    Opal pump 'needed' in Laverton (ABC News)
Aug 1:    Region wants non-sniff petrol (Kalgoorlie Miner)
Jul 31:   Talks focus on wider Opal fuel rollout (ABC News)
Jul 29:   Indigenous group demands non-sniffable fuel (ABC News)
Jul 26:   Mine attracts young addicts (Sunday Times, Perth)
Jul 21:   Police defend Tasering petrol sniffer (ABC News)
Jul 21:   Man catches fire after Taser shot (ABC News)
Jun 30:  Govt considers petrol sniffing advice (ABC News)
Jun 29: Youth worker welcomes Opal fuel recommendation (ABC News)
Jun 26:  Petrol sniffing: plan to punish roadhouses (ABC News)
Jun 26:  New petrol sniffing scare adds to push for new fuel (The West Australian)
Jun 25:  Petrol sniffer's death at home raises alarm (The Australian)
Jun 22:  Aerosol-related deaths uncommon: Police (ABC News)
Jun 19:  Arnhem community votes for 'bright' future (ABC News)
Jun 17:  Oenpelli tackles petrol sniffing problem (ABC News)
Jun 16:  Petrol sniffing linked to crime in Oenpelli (ABC News)
May 22:  Suicide generation gap in Indigenous communities (ABC News)
May 20:  Substance abuse fears over homelands policy (ABC News)
May 4:   Service station praised for curbing petrol sniffing (ABC News)
Apr 23:  'I could have saved teen petrol sniffer':nurse (ABC News)
Apr 23:  Case worker saw troubled teen only once (ABC News)
Apr 22:  Petrol sniffer's file 'like a horror movie' (ABC News)
Apr 20:   Flimmaker praised for revealing Indigenous teen issues (ABC News)
Apr 6:     Isa substance sniffing worries welfare groups (ABC News)
Mar 28:  NT petrol sniffing rehab centre under threat (ABC Online - AM radio)
Mar 25:  Beyond petrol sniffing (ABC Radio - LifeMatters)
Mar 20:  Petrol sniffing could return to central Aust, govt warned (National Indigenous Times)
Mar 20:  Opal to counter petrol-sniffing (The Advertiser)
Mar 20:  Opal fuel not petrol of choice (The Australian)
Mar 20:  Report urges petrol ban to stop sniffing (The West Australian)
Mar 19:  Force 'recalcitrant roadhouses to sell Opal': Inquiry (ABC News)
Mar 19:  Video - petrol sniffing slow down (ABC News)
Mar 19:  Petrol stations 'must stock Opal fuel' (Sydney Morning Herald)
Mar 18:  Talks to focus on Mintabie alcohol restrictions bill (ABC News)
Mar 16:  Calls to widen program to prevent sniffing (ABC News)
Mar 15:  Drugs Council urges Govt to capitalise on petrol sniffing decrease (ABC News)
Mar 4:   Yalata 'missing out' on unsniffable fuel (ABC News)
Mar 4:   Senate inquiry told of delays in getting non-sniffable fuel to some remote Aboriginal communities (ABC News)
Feb 16:  Solvent abuse services lacking (The Kalgoorlie Miner)
Jan 21:  Youth workers to tackle Balgo substance abuse (ABC News)
Jan 19:  Councellor disputes petrol sniffing claims (ABC News)
Jan 16:  Council says tavern closure boosts petrol sniffing woes (ABC News)
Jan 2:    Goldfields visitors urged to keep solvents locked away (ABC News) 

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2008
Dec 18:  Coroner hands down findings into death of Yalata petrol sniffer (The Advertiser)
Nov 29:  Deadly habit (The Advertiser)
Nov 29:  Remote town's brave fight to regain its soul (The Advertiser)
Nov 26:  Petrol-sniffing a problem that may re-emerge in Yalata, Coroner told (The Advertiser)
Nov 26:  Tragic tale of petrol sniffer's slow decline (The Advertiser)
Nov 26:  Sniffers walking 30km from camps to get petrol (The Australian)
Nov 25:  Petrol sniffing was 'rife' in community (The Advertiser)
Nov 25:  'Carrot and stick' approach beat petrol sniffing (The Australian)
Nov 25:  Petrol sniffing 'scorge' needs funding (The Advertiser)
Nov 24:  Petrol sniffing returned to Yalata after initial success (The Advertiser)
Nov 14: Workshops tackle paint, petrol sniffing (ABC News)
Nov 3:   Canberra blamed for fuel-sniffing rise (The West Australian)
Oct 31:  Youth service is calling on Shell to help ease petrol sniffing (ABC News)
Oct 30:  Unsniffable fuel drive runs out of gas (The Australian)
Oct 29:  Committee hears submissions for Opal fuel rollout (ABC News)
Oct 20:  Efforts to cut petrol sniffing tangled in a sea of red tape (The Age)
Oct 20:  Sniffers on the increase (Northern Territory News)
Oct 17:  Petrol sniffing on the rise in the Top End (The Australian)
Oct 15:  Party girl's death from deadly gas (The Daily Telegraph)
Oct 15:  Dayle Koch probe questions detective (Perthnow / The Sunday Times)
Oct 14:  Questions over teen's butane overdose (The Australian)
Sep 22: Inquiry to hear need for more funds to fight petrol sniffing (ABC News)
Sep 16: Call to shut down Mintabie (AdelaideNow)
Sep 15: Petrol sniffing fears spark call for mine town closure (ABC News)
Sep 3:   Yalata has sniffing problem: Ceduna mayor (ABC News)
Sep 2:   Inquiry finds new generation of petrol sniffers (ABC News)
Aug 29: Communities wait for sniffing bans (ABC News)
Aug 27: Lack of storage delays Opal roll-out (ABC News)
Aug 27: Petrol sniffing getting worse, elders say (ABC News)
Aug 27: Staff shortages hampering fight against petrol sniffing: review (ABC News)
Aug 19: Sniffing girls expelled from exclusive Pymble Ladies' College (The Daily Telegraph)
Aug 11: Glue sniffing on the rise in Fiji (ABC Radio)
Aug 1:   The issue of chroming ranges wider than the law (Moreland City Council)
Jul 31:   Roadhouse urged to curb petrol snifing (ABC News)
Jul 25:   'MAD for life' opens new pathways for remote kids (National Indigenous Times)
Jul 13:   Sandow's boots a beacon of hope (Couriermail)
Jul 9:     Our shame: petrol sniffing in CBD (Northern Territory News)
Jun 26:  Senate to probe petrol sniffing (National Indigenous Times)
Jun 16:  A dozen lives saved by Opal (National Indigenous Times)
Jun 16:  Opal fuel supplies delayed in Halls Creek (ABC News)
May 28:  Petrol sniffers target used car yard (ABC News)
May 16:  Caravan park closes as youth target tourists' fuel (ABC News)
May 15:  Opal can harm: Coroner (National Indigenous Times)
May 14:  Govt won't legislate 'no school, no shop' policy (ABC News)
May 13:  Boy's death proves Opal fuel not safe to sniff (The Australian)
May 13:  Hermannsburg takes up 'no school, no shop' policy (ABC News)
May 12:  Petrol sniffing linked to lack of youth service funding (ABC News)
May 12:  Youth workers warn of rise in NT petrol-sniffing (ABC News)
May 12:  Inquest probs death of boy sniffing Opal fuel (ABC News - Audio)
Apr 24:   Hermannsburg meets over petrol sniffing spike (ABC News)
Apr 19:  'Resurgence' in NT petrol sniffing (ABC News)
Apr 11:  Govt rules out mandatory Opal sales (ABC News)
Apr 10:  Centre for petrol sniffers opens in Alice (ABC News)
Apr 3:    Govt vows to extend non-sniffable fuel program (ABC News)
Mar 6:   Call for compulsory opal fuel in NT roadhouses (National Indigenous Times)
Mar 6:   Petrol sniffing cut in APY lands: SA govt (National Indigenous Times)
Mar 5:   Qld Govt hails success of chroming rehab scheme (ABC News)
Feb 13: Sniffing resurgent in Alice: youth service (ABC News)
Feb 7:   BLACK AND WHITE: CAYLUS a triumph over tragedy (National Indigenous Times)
Feb 5:   Chroming: There's no silver lining ( ABC Tropical Queensland)
Jan 24: Opal forces switch to glue for kids (National Indigenous Times)
Jan 10:  Alice kids going to 'extreme lengths' for glue (ABC News)
Jan 4:    Alice town camp to ban sniffable fuel (ABC News)

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2007
Dec 12: Opal fuel can be sniffed and kill, inquest told (National Indigenous Times)
Nov 8:   Scrymgour pushes for petrol sniffer rehab (ABC News)
Oct 22:  Sniffers turning to illicit fuel market (Northern Territory News)
Aug 30: Petrol brain (ABC - Catalyst)
Jul 12:  Police finalist in drug awards (National Indigenous Times)
Apr 19:  Sniffing death reinforces importance of attending school: Scullion (ABC News)
Mar 21: Call for inhalant abuse education in schools (ABC Radio)
Feb 22: Petrol sniffing halves: report (National Indigenous Times)
Feb 15: Geelong's Chroming Local Response Committee (Geelong Australia)

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2006
Dec 7:  Slow opal roll-out costing Aboriginal lives (National Indigenous Times)
Dec 5:  Teens died from inhaling petrol fumes, autopsies reveal (National Indigenous Times)
Apr 21: Sniffing at tragedy (Eureka Street)
Jan 28: All in the mind: Petrol sniffing and the brain: 'petrol blackbella, chuck im la bin' Yilila (ABC Radio National) 

2005
Nov 10: Ringy's ramblings: Blaming the victim for death in the desert (National Indigenous Times)
Aug 12: Youth workers tell NT petrol sniffing inquest of inadequate health services (ABC Online)

2002
April 9:  Media accused of interfering in chroming solution (ABC News Online)
Feb 2:   Children at risk (The Age - Education)
Jan 31: Berry Street carers not callous or careless (The Age)
Jan 30: Chroming: whose fault (The Age)
Jan 28: Ban on chroming to be considered (The Age)
Jan 26: Cheap trip to oblivion (The Age)
Jan 24: Call for retail education on potential inhalants (ABC News Online)

2000
The Australian Children's Television Foundation: Yolngu Boy (DVD)
        - Three boys, two laws, one country.

 

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