Drought, financial worries and cyber bullying have been named as possible reasons for an increase in the number of suicides in Australia.
The spike comes despite more funding for suicide prevention, prompting calls for the federal government to set a national target to reduce the rate by 25 per cent in five years.
It's being described as a national tragedy. The latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics on causes of death show that in 2017, 3,128 people died from suicide. That’s up 9 per cent compared to the year before.
The figure equates to about 8.6 suicides a day - 12.6 people taking their own lives in every 100,000 people - the equal-highest rate in a decade.
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