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Exclusive: Experts say in order for legislation to be meaningful it must be backed by funding and include concrete directions
The New South Wales government says it wants its proposed suicide prevention legislation to be “owned by people with lived experience of mental ill health” as experts say they hope it will compel agencies to protect vulnerable people.
The state’s mental health minister, Rose Jackson, said the Minns government would in 2025 follow through on its election commitment to introduce a suicide prevention bill to parliament.
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