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Mental health initiatives are having an impact in rural Australia, experts say
From viral videos to bright work shirts and fundraising events, there has been no shortage of initiatives to raise the profile of mental health in recent years.
Key points:
- Agronomist Brendan Magee has been wearing bright shirts to work to encourage mental health conversations
- He hopes more farmers will discuss the issue amid the string of disasters in recent years
- Doctors say initiatives are working and more people are opening up
Regional Australians have been some of the most willing participants in these campaigns with droughts, floods, bushfires and COVID-19 creating concern for some of the country’s most isolated residents.
Beaudesert-based agronomist Brendan Magee has joined the trend, encouraging his colleagues and customers to don…
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