Newsletters / Bulletins

It’s a big week for an extremely committed Geelong Cats footy club fan like me. We are heading into another AFL Grand Final and I watched the last one from Canberra two years ago during the pandemic restrictions. We have a chance to do one better this time. Go CATS !

Today I’m wearing my best purple attire for Wear It Purple Day. An international day to raise awareness of the experiences of LGBTIQA + young people, to demonstrate allyship, remind them there is hope and acceptance, and they have every right to be proud of who they are and who they are becoming.

The disproportionate rate of suicide amongst our veteran community must not continue, and is a particular responsibility of the Australian Government to prevent. The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide is the opportunity to bring together reforms recommended by previous inquiries to create systemic change, and fundamentally improve the wellbeing of Defence personnel and veterans now and into the future.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ national study of mental health and wellbeing released today, highlights the prevalence of mental ill-health and distress, and gives us further evidence of the urgent need for system reform.