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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.