Sector news

Stronger We Stand is a free online support program for families and carers of veterans impacted by suicide. It offers practical tools, expert guidance, and peer connection in a safe, understanding space.

Dr Timothy Piatkowski, lecturer at the School of Applied Psychology and Griffith Centre for Mental Health, Griffith University, and Vice President of Queensland Injectors Voice for Advocacy and Action shares his knowledge of drug-induced deaths in regional Australia.

The National Suicide Prevention Office (NSPO) released the National Suicide Prevention Strategy in February 2025. Dr Alex Hains, Head of NSPO shares how the Strategy will lead the way in suicide prevention action in this Q&A.

The Queensland Council for LGBTI Health and 2Spirits share insights from the pilot of Yarns Heal, a suicide prevention campaign for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and LGBTIQ+ Sistergirl and Brotherboy community.

The Lived Experience of Suicide Summit 2025 offered a space for meaningful discussions, allowing participants to challenge perspectives, strengthen collaborations, and form partnerships with people with lived experience of suicide. Roses in the Ocean reflect on the Summit's impact and key moments.

A new digital initiative designed to provide immediate, 24/7 access to free, evidence-based clinical treatments for conditions like depression, anxiety, alcohol and drug use, and trauma has been launched by the University of Newcastle and the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), with support from Beyond Blue.

Dr Nicole Lee is an Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute based at Curtin University, CEO of Hello Sunday Morning, CEO of 360Edge and a board member at The Loop Australia. In this Q&A Dr Lee shares insights on mental health conditions and suicide co-occurring with alcohol and other drug use in Australia.

FARE’s Be Nice to Brain campaign encourages Tasmanians aged 25-44 to reduce or cut out alcohol for better mental health. Launched in November 2024, it provides resources on how alcohol affects mood, sleep, and anxiety, offering practical strategies for change. The campaign addresses an information gap and supports healthier choices.

Jessy Lim is an early career researcher at The University of Sydney's Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use. In this Q&A, Jessy shares her research on toxic medicines and suicide. In this Q&A, Jessy shares her research on toxic medicines and suicide.

People entering prison are more likely to have a history of self-harm and suicidal thoughts, and an increased risk of suicide. The Alcohol and Drug Foundation share what the evidence says about corrections, AOD and suicide.

In this Q&A, Program Coordinator, Sian Palmieri shares an overview of Anglicare’s Suicide Prevention for Seniors Program and how it contributes to suicide prevention in older adults by upskilling those who support them.

Researchers, community leaders and community members gathered to share ideas at the first Manna Symposium, which focused on how collaborative research benefits rural and regional Australia.

The Black Dog Institute in collaboration with Orygen and the NSW Department of Education are designing and testing a new, multi-strategy self-harm prevention program, addressing critical individual and environmental risk factors at the classroom, school and home level.

The National Suicide Prevention Office provides an update following announcement of changes in the Federal Budget.

Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network (HNECC PHN) pitch night for community suicide prevention congratulates winners.

Australian Federal and State and Territory governments have released the 2024-25 budgets for funding towards the health sector, including the mental health and suicide prevention sector.

New data has been released by AIHW on suicide deaths among people receiving income support payments from Centrelink.

Everymind is seeking the perspectives of people with lived and living experience of suicide for a new research project that aims to help make the public sharing of their stories safer, less stigmatising and potentially more impactful.

RUOK? encourages Australians to share the #FriendBetter helping young people to increase their skills to support others.

CEO of Youth Insearch Stephen Lewin talks about the "forgotten middle"– the young Australians who are overlooked by the mainstream medical approach to mental health.

Live4Life has partnered with two universities to support evaluation of its approach to youth suicide prevention

Aboriginal and Islander Mental Health Initiative for Youth (AIMhi-Y) is a digital mental health meeting place in the form of an app to support First Nations young people in rural, remote, and urban settings at risk of distress and suicide.

Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network has a new way to support innovate approaches to suicide prevention.

A new interactive map has launched to help people who are experiencing distress locate safe havens in New South Wales.

MATES has launched the MATES hub to help people keep mentally healthy who live the Fly In Fly Out/Drive In Drive Out life.

Support After Suicide Hub (SASH) provides support and connection for LGBTQIA+ people who have lost someone to suicide.

Throughout 2023, the National Suicide Prevention Office (NSPO) has been focused on drafting the National Suicide Prevention Strategy (the Strategy.) The team at the NSPO are now nearing final stages of draft development of the Strategy.

A new report has been released outlining findings of consultations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people.

The new campaign aims to encourage people to have meaningful conversations with others who may be going through challenging times.

General Practitioners working in rural and regional Australia are a common point of call for Australians who are living in these areas and experiencing mental health concerns and suicidal thoughts or behaviours.

The Matilda Centre seeks to understand if the Preventure program can work in rural communities to prevent substance use and suicide in young people.

Eli Toombs shared information about I-ASIST (Indigenous Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) and how it can support suicide prevention in rural and remote Australia.

The Manna Institute is a virtual institute of leading researchers working with industry and community partners to improve mental health and wellbeing in rural, regional and remote Australia.

The National Centre for Farmer Health has adapted principles of suicide safety planning to develop a wellbeing resource co-designed with farmers.

Small agribusiness owners living in rural and remote Australia can support their wellbeing through a new online tool.

A new grant has been received from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for a world-first study to improve rural mental health outcomes.

A new National Mental Health Strategy for 2022-2032 has been released.

As leaders, employees, or volunteers working within the sector, it is important to consider how sector employees and volunteers may benefit from training and resources that focus on the prevention and management of vicarious trauma, self-care, or resilience building.

Founder of Black Rainbow, Dameyon Bonson, provides insight into the unique factors contributing to increased suicide risk among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTIQA+SB people and how we can support this community.

The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP) has released a new report examining coronial responses to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities that have experienced a suicide death.

Orygen has released new guidelines with practical recommendations for the safe and effective involvement of young people with lived and living experiences of suicide in sector research.

Suicide Prevention Australia shares the latest data on the state of the sector, community, and progress surrounding the National Policy Platform.

New web-based innovation launched to help Australians navigate mental health and substance use concerns.

The International Association of Suicide Prevention has released two podcasts that share insights into suicide prevention and the decriminalisation of suicide.

Everymind spoke to Dr Karl Andriessen about a new special journal edition Suicide Bereavement and Postvention: Advances in Research, Practice and Policy.

Workshops bringing together regional communities to create a collaborative plan for suicide prevention action

The Life in Mind digital portal has undergone a redevelopment, improving functionality and navigation to ensure that those who have a role in suicide prevention can easily access and apply current data, evidence, research, strategies, and safe language principles to their work.

The AIHW releases data on suicidal thoughts and behaviours amongst LGBTIQ+ adults drawing on the 2019 Private Lives 3 survey.

A new cross-sector Collaborative has formed in the Bega Valley and Eurobodalla on the far South Coast of NSW to lower suicide rates within the region.

NSW Government announced a significant funding boost to assist with the expansion of Lifeline’s 24/7 text, chat and other digital services for people experiencing emotional distress.