National emergency call over suicide rates

By John Brogden
August 31 2015 - 10:24am
CAMPAIGN: Former NSW opposition leader and Lifeline Australia chairman John Brogden wants Australia's suicide rates declared a national emergency.
CAMPAIGN: Former NSW opposition leader and Lifeline Australia chairman John Brogden wants Australia's suicide rates declared a national emergency.

Ten years ago today I sat in a bed at Royal North Shore Hospital sedated, bandaged, scheduled under the mental health act and under suicide watch. The night before I had tried to kill myself.

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