Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise this afternoon to speak on an extremely difficult issue, but one which has brought out incredible bravery and courage from a mother in my electorate, Tash Lambert. Tash lost her daughter, who was 17 years old. Sadly, Josie took her own life. This has, obviously, caused devastation to Tash and her family. But Tash is absolutely determined that something good comes out of this absolute tragedy, and so she's doing what she can to raise awareness around suicide prevention and making sure, especially in regional communities, that we can get the services that we need and the support to young people in our community so that young people do not take their lives. We all know that we have to continue to act and continue to make sure that we're doing all that we can when it comes to suicide prevention. Tash Lambert is leading the charge in south-west Victoria, and I commend her for everything that she's doing.