by William Cuckson | May 1, 2024 | Govt & Politics, News
The Australian Government has issued a call-out for public feedback on its Online Safety Act, releasing an issues paper as recent events have shone a spotlight on eSafety regulations across the country. While the current Online Safety Act was not due for review until...
by Hayley Prenter | Apr 8, 2024 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, News
The Australian LGBTQIA+ community experience mental illness at a rate two to four times higher than the broader population, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The 2020-2022 National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing found three in...
by Joshua Hutchinson | Mar 13, 2024 | Govt & Politics, News
The Black Dog Institute has begun a campaign calling on New South Wales Premier Chris Minns to address discrepancies in the state’s spending on mental health services. In a statement released on Monday, the institute announced its partnership with five other mental...
by Hayley Prenter | Nov 7, 2023 | Arts/Lifestyle/Culture, Feature, News
Benn, 43, and Rick, 69, were just teenagers when they discovered alcohol, an addiction that would haunt them decades into the future. Benn Veenker, 43, first found alcohol 30 years ago; aged 13, he would drink to suppress that little voice in his head – that...