Kate Hawkesby: Four years on from the Wellbeing Budget, how are our wellbeing stats still so woeful?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · May 24, 2023 · 3m

As if a cost of living crisis and a crime crisis were not enough, we also have a mental health crisis in this country, and it’s heart-breaking.

It was reported the other day that, on average, 54 tradies take their own life each year, as well as 23 farm workers. They're predominantly men. So what services are available here?

Well as we know, time and time again, because it’s constantly reported on, very few.

The mental health sector is stretched, it’s in many cases dysfunctional, there are a lack of pyschs, a lack of outlets for people, a lack of supports to tap into. There are long waiting…