00:00We have centred this issue at the heart of government decision making. It's got to be made
00:06clear that as long as we continue to see suicide prevention through a narrow frame, a narrow health
00:12response, we're going to miss people. People are going to slick through the cracks. We're going to
00:16lose people who, if we just had more connection points, more opportunities to reach out, more ways
00:22to bring people into services, we could provide them with the care and the connection that they
00:26needed. So I think we do amazing things for awareness in this country around suicide prevention,
00:31but this act is now a step into action. And for me, that's just something that's so imperative
00:37because on those days where you feel like it's too heavy tomorrow and I can't fight through it and
00:42I can't make it tomorrow and you're too much focusing on the strength of silence that you've
00:47now got someone who's a little bit more aware to reach out and ask you, are you okay? And now the
00:53response of, no, I'm not okay, is going to be something that's going to be helped.
00:57This will have a significant impact for people on the ground. So people who are experiencing
01:03distress, this will make a difference to them. This act will ensure that every part of government
01:10looks at anything that they do through the lens of the prevention of suicide.
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