Lifeline, one of Australia’s largest mental health organisations, have urged social media users to take greater responsibility for their actions as suicide rates in Australia rise to a 10-year high. Lifeline’s national manager John Mendel said the memory of Charlotte Dawson, the New Zealand-Australian television personality, was still “fresh”. Mr Mendel added Ms Dawson “frequently...

Among 700 other accomplished achievers on Australia Day 2014, former NSW politician John Brogden was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his commitment to mental health issues. Brogden’s career was launched in 2002 when he became the youngest person to lead an Australian opposition party at age 33. But in 2005...

The Kids Helpline is an Australian confidential online and telephone counselling service aimed at children and young adults aged between 5 and 25 and each year receive a staggering 460,000 telephone calls from lonely and unhappy kids. Recently, Kids Helpline general manager Wendy Protheroe revealed that of these 460,000 calls over 100,000 of them were...