Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the fact that suicide is a leading cause of death for Australians under the age of 44 and to the fact that it is estimated that every year as many as 50 people, coming from all over Australia, take their own lives by leaping to their deaths from the cliffs at the Gap at Watsons Bay in my electorate. I also refer the Prime Minister to the application by Woollahra Council for $2 million of funding to enable it to complete the construction of fencing, railing, helplines, lighting and other suicide prevention infrastructure at the Gap. I ask the Prime Minister why his government has now on two occasions refused to give financial support for this lifesaving infrastructure or whether this is just another example of his government’s neglect of mental illness and its tragic consequences.

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