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A grieving father who lost his son to suicide confronts federal Health Minister Greg Hunt during an announcement about funding for a headspace centre in Grafton.
Topics: mental-health, suicide, grafton-2460
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| UpdatedKristy Steenhuis and Jane Fitzgibbon would not recognise each other on the street, but they share the kind of bond you would not wish on your worst enemy. Suicide.
Topics: suicide, youth, community-and-society, mental-health, rural-youth, health, depression, family-and-children, ballarat-3350, ellerslie-3265, warrnambool-3280
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| UpdatedFormer farmer Steve Junghenn uses his latest art exhibition to encourage other farmers to start talking about rural suicide.
Topics: suicide, rural, maryborough-4650
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| UpdatedA crash that left a woman dead after her car was hit head-on by a vehicle driven on the wrong side of the road in Western Australia's South West is investigated by detectives from the Major Crime Squad.
Topics: accidents---other, police, suicide, crime, capel-6271, busselton-6280, wa
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| UpdatedA raw and powerful Adelaide Fringe show deals with a range of perspectives after a suicide, with some of its cast members drawn from a mental health support group.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, carnivals-and-festivals, events, suicide, mental-health, health, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedFormer Wallabies player and Brumbies captain Owen Finegan says former Wallabies star Dan Vickerman confided in his friends about the difficulties he faced after retiring from the game.
Topics: rugby-union, sport, death, suicide, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedThe authors of a new fairtyale book about two men falling in love are hoping to shift cultural attitudes towards the LGBTI community and prevent homophobic bullying that can lead to teens taking their own lives.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, author, books-literature, arts-and-entertainment, suicide, new-zealand
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| UpdatedSouth Australian jockey Josh Cartwright, who intentionally collided with a race horse and unseated the jockey of another, is suspended from riding for 18 months, despite his lawyer claiming he was "on the edge of a breakdown" and saw his actions as "a way out".
Topics: horse-racing, sport, suicide, morphettville-5043, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA new play by Sydney playwright Kate O'Keeffe tells the story of her family's almost five-year search for her missing brother Daniel.
Topics: suicide, mental-health, missing-person, sydney-2000
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In the days after Teresa Bradford was killed by her estranged husband, the Women's Legal Service Queensland helpline received 47 per cent more calls than usual from women concerned it could happen to them.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, domestic-violence, suicide, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedVictims of domestic violence will be notified if their alleged attacker applies for bail under a bill proposed by Queensland's Opposition.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, domestic-violence, community-and-society, suicide, activism-and-lobbying, pimpama-4209, qld, southport-4215, mermaid-beach-4218
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| UpdatedAmid the grief in the north Arnhem Land community of Maningrida, where two teenagers took their lives during the Christmas holidays, there is anger that additional counselling support was not offered to the people left behind.
Topics: suicide, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, maningrida-0822
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A Tasmanian mum who lost her 16-year-old son to suicide enlists the help of Lifeline in a bid to fill a gap in services for those affected by similar tragedies.
Topics: suicide, mental-health, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedQueensland police complete an investigation into an assault that left Brisbane teenager Tyrone Unsworth hospitalised with a broken jaw, a month before he took his own life.
Topics: primary-schools, mental-health, community-and-society, suicide, bullying, education, secondary-schools, schools, activism-and-lobbying, gays-and-lesbians, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedIn November 2016, Tyrone Unsworth killed himself after years of homophobic bullying. He was 13. His school claims it knew nothing, but the warning signs were there.
Topics: primary-schools, mental-health, community-and-society, suicide, bullying, education, secondary-schools, schools, gays-and-lesbians, brisbane-4000
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Unemployment is a major contributor to the high rates of veteran suicide in Australia, a Senate inquiry has heard.
Topics: mental-health, suicide, veterans, australia
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| UpdatedAuthorities knew a woman killed by her estranged husband on the Gold Coast was in "grave danger of being murdered", prompting questions about whether Queensland's justice system is failing to protect victims.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, domestic-violence, community-and-society, suicide, activism-and-lobbying, pimpama-4209, qld, southport-4215, mermaid-beach-4218
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| UpdatedThe isolated Aboriginal community of Groote Eylandt left reeling after a recent spate of suicides, will benefit from a $10 million boost to funding for a support service.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, suicide, mental-health, youth, australia, wa, nt, sa
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| UpdatedThe family and psychologist of a Bhutanese refugee who took her own life before Christmas are appealing to the Federal Government to better manage welfare assessments for vulnerable people.
Topics: immigration, refugees, community-and-society, suicide, disabilities, health, mental-health, qld, australia
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Topics: mental-health, suicide, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, orange-2800