Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says National Suicide Prevention Strategy will seek community consultation

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a new, National Suicide Prevention Strategy will see governments seek community consultation to address the social and economic factors that contribute to suicide.

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00:00We want to get that consultation and that input to it.

00:06We know that every life lost to suicide is one too many.

00:11And there are too many tragedies right around our country.

00:14We want to make sure that we take advantage of the best research which is there, but also

00:22the experiences which are there as well.

00:26Just yesterday we received the Royal Commission into the Suicide for Veterans and Defence

00:34Force Personnel.

00:36That is a chilling report of seven volumes with 122 recommendations, concentrating of

00:44course on that area.

00:47We'll respond to those recommendations soon.

00:51We'll go through the report diligently.

00:55We know that suicide though has an impact on all sections of our society.

01:02In our cities, in our regions, young and old tragically, men and women, and we know that

01:09we need to do better.

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