End Youth Suicide Week

Adjourned debate on motion of Hon. R.A. Simms:

That this council—

1. Acknowledges that 13-17 February 2023 marked End Youth Suicide Week;

2. Notes that one in four young Australians experience a mental health issue each year;

3. Notes that suicide is the leading cause of death for young people aged 14 to 25 and that approximately nine young people die by suicide every day; and

4. Recognises the valuable work of the Youth Insearch Foundation to reduce the incidence of crime, violence, drug and alcohol abuse, self-harm, and suicide in young people.

(Continued from 8 March 2023.)

The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (22:57): I move:

That this order of the day be discharged.

Motion carried; order of the day discharged.