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July Member of the Month: Switchboard Victoria

Switchboard Victoria is a national leading organisation providing peer-led suicide prevention programs, peer support services and initiatives to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse, intersex, queer and asexual (LGBTIQA+)... read more →

• 15/07/2021
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Congratulations to the Targeted Research Grant Recipients 

Suicide Prevention Australia is pleased to announce the two recipients of the Targeted Research Grants. Congratulations to Associate Professor Michelle Banfield from the Australian National University and Associate Professor Ashleigh... read more →

• 01/07/2021
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Delivering Australia’s First National Framework for Suicide Prevention in the Workplace 

After many months of consultation and collaboration with our members, stakeholders, and experts in workplace suicide prevention, we have officially launched Suicide Prevention: A Competency Framework.   The framework is designed to enhance... read more →

• 23/06/2021
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Insight: Trauma-informed approach for suicide prevention

Freya Lingard, Human Factors Consultant Since the 2019-20 bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health and suicide prevention services have experienced an increase in demand. In the last 18 months,... read more →

• 17/06/2021
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June Member of the Month: The Australian Men’s Health Forum (AMHF)

The Australia Men’s Health Forum (AMHF) is the peak body for men’s health in Australia, representing individuals and organisations working to improve the lives and health of men and boys.... read more →

• 17/06/2021
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Suicide Prevention Australia Board Chair and Former CEO on Queen’s Honours List 2021

Suicide Prevention Australia would like to congratulate Angela Emslie (AM), our Board Chair, and our former CEO, Sue Murray (OAM) for having their efforts recognised and earning a spot on this year’s prestigious Queen’s... read more →

• 15/06/2021
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Public Hearing of Select Committee on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

On Thursday 3rd June, Suicide Prevention Australia’s CEO, Nieves Murray, Board Member and Chair of the Policy Committee, Stan Piperoglou, and Chris Stone, Acting Director of Policy and Government Relations presented to the Public Hearing of Select... read more →

• 10/06/2021
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May Member of the Month: The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention

The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP) is Australia’s leading authority on Indigenous suicide. It was established in 2017 to develop and share... read more →

• 14/05/2021
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Analysis: Federal Budget 2021

The past 12 months have seen the release of key reports, such as the National Suicide Prevention Adviser’s (NSPA) Final Report and the Productivity Commission’s report on the inquiry into... read more →

• 12/05/2021
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House Select Committee on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention report released

On Thursday 15 April 2021, the House Select Committee on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention released its interim report. The final report of the committee is due to be presented by 1 November... read more →

• 17/04/2021
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April Member of the Month: QTMHC

Queensland Transcultural Mental Health Centre (QTMHC) is a specialist state-wide service that works to ensure people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds receive culturally responsive mental health care and... read more →

• 14/04/2021
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March Member of the Month: CORES

The Community Response to Eliminating Suicide (CORES) training program was developed in the rural community of Kentish, in Tasmania, and has been operating since 2003 within Tasmania. It was... read more →

• 15/03/2021
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Insight: Translational research – moving research from the clinic to the community

Dr Katrina Witt, Senior Research Fellow in Suicide Prevention - Orygen Translational research is a relatively new phrase for a relatively old idea: how can we best move research... read more →

• 15/03/2021
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Insight: How to co-design a peer-led Suicide Support and Awareness Program

Irene Gallagher - CEO, BEING - Mental Health Consumers The lived experience of people is at the heart of everything we do at BEING – Mental Health Consumers. It... read more →

• 15/02/2021
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February Member of the Month: batyr

batyr was launched in 2011, after founder Sebastian Robertson experienced the frustration and isolation of living silently with mental ill-health whilst at university. Sebastian recognised that it was time... read more →

• 15/02/2021
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January Member of the Month: Being – Mental Health Consumers

BEING – Mental Health Consumers is the independent, state-wide, peak organisation representing the views, perspectives and experiences of people who live with mental health issues in NSW. Our primary... read more →

• 21/01/2021
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Federal Government announces new Assistant Minister for Mental Health & Suicide Prevention

Suicide Prevention Australia welcomes the announcement that the Hon. David Coleman MP will be Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. Suicide Prevention Australia has been... read more →

• 19/01/2021
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South Australia Draft Suicide Prevention Bill 2020

South Australia have released a Draft Suicide Prevention Bill 2020 for public consultation. You can participate in the consultation by providing a written submission or completing the short community... read more →

• 19/01/2021
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December Member of the Month: The Purple Bucket Foundation

Initially created to raise awareness about Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), and offer Australian acquired information, The Purple Bucket Foundation Inc. (TPBF) has grown, into so much more. While... read more →

• 16/12/2020
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Announcing the Suicide Prevention Quality Improvement Program

Suicide Prevention Australia partnered with people with lived experience of suicide, consumers, clinicians, service providers and accreditation experts to develop the Suicide Prevention Australia Standards for Quality Improvement. The... read more →

• 16/12/2020
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