The following insights feature is provided by Survivors & Mates Support Network and explores the CEO Craig Hughes-Cashmore's lived experience of child sexual abuse and suicidal thoughts. Please carefully consider... read more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
