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Is Suicide Preventable?

Travellers at Central Station, Sydney

Travellers at central station, Sydney Source: AAP

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. Kulasegaram Sanchayan reports in Tamil with a feature written by Rosemary Bolger.


 

 

 


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