Remote Australia is in the grip of a suicide epidemic that is taking the lives of children as young as eight years old. Aboriginal towns in the Kimberley area have the highest rates of suicide in the world.  As the West Australian city of Geraldton buried 11-year-old Peter Little, who was found hanging from a tree by another child, indigenous leaders called for urgent action to address this growing crisis. As many as one in twelve Aboriginal deaths are caused by suicide. ‘We are talking about an epidemic,’ said Tony Abbott’s chief indigenous adviser. ‘We are looking at a society in collapse. I am a father and I cannot understand how an 8 or 9-year-old child can’t see a future for themselves. It’s unimaginable.’ While the destitution of remote communities increases and suicide numbers increase the government stands accused of gross complacency on indigenous peoples' challenges.