Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Mental Health) Share this | Hansard source

You are right, Senator Fifield. This motion is not only about acknowledging that seven people die by suicide every day in Australia. It is not only about the fact that 2,500 people die by suicide every year in Australia. It is asking the government to do something about that. This government took one year to do a review of mental health services in Australia, then sat on a report from 1 December last year until 26 April this year and only released that report because it was leaked. The opposition, the community and people living with mental illness are calling on this government to act to ensure that mental health services in Australia will limit the number of people who commit suicide every year in our country. Yes, you are right, Minister—we are asking the government to do something.