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If you or someone you know is in crisis, dial “988” for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or text HOME to the Crisis Text Line at 741741. (The previous phone number, 800-273-8255, will continue to function indefinitely.)

Carmen Duff and Kerry Clunie bravely leaped 20,000ft collectively for a mental health cause in memory of their two boys, Robbie and Rogan, who were both 18 when they tragically died.

One in four Australian adults feel lonely, and the impacts can be dire. Loneliness increases our risks of depression, diabetes, dementia, self-harm and suicide. But likening it to a disease and proposals to treat it with a pill miss the point: we’ve been building for loneliness over many decades and…

Kirk Norcross became an ambassador for suicide charity Papyrus after his beloved dad Mick tragically took his own life last year