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The Flannel Flower was chosen as symbol for Mental Health Australia because like many native Australian plants, it needs to be adaptable and enduring in order to survive. Traits that certainly sum up how many of us have addressed the challenges of 2020. A unique year indeed, and a year where we’ve seen the momentum for mental health reform build like never before.

Sadly it’s not hard to find stories, and lived experiences, of brave people who have been bereaved by suicide, or who have struggled with their own despair and suicidal thoughts. But it is always hard to hear them.

I really appreciate that in Australia, we are reminded to attend to particular aspects of life and community through the emergence of special days or weeks….

When the Australian Defence Force ( ADF ) established the COVID -19 Taskforce earlier this year to assist with the whole of Government response to the pandemic, it was on top of supporting many communities through the bushfires of last summer, and the regular operations that see thousands of men and women posted all over the world - from Afghanistan to Amberley – to serve us…..