Nominations for the Australian Mental Health Prize 2017
The statistics regarding mental health in Australia are both startling and unacceptable. One in three Australians will experience a mental health issue in their lifetime.
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Suicide is the biggest killer of young Australians.
Suicide accounts for the deaths of more young people than car accidents.
We need to acknowledge those people who are doing ground-breaking work in this area.
The Australian Mental Health Prize seeks to recognise Australians who have made outstanding contributions to either the promotion of mental health or the prevention and treatment of mental illness in areas such as advocacy, research or service.
I would like to encourage clinicians, health professionals and the public at large to nominate the people they feel should be recognised for their work.
More information and nomination forms can be obtained from www.australianmentalhealthprize.org.au
Entries close on August 31.
For those who are living with the burden of mental illness every day, thank you for your support.
Ita Buttrose AO OBE
Chair of the Australian Mental Health Prize Advisory Group
Murdoch has too much influence
There are five major paper groups in the United Kingdom.
All owned by billionaires.
Some of them don't live in the UK.
Most don't pay the UK tax rates.
They ALL opposed the UK Labour Party and spewed bile on Jeremy Corbyn.
In Australia, we have Murdoch.
He chose to be an American citizen because he had to be if he wanted to own American television stations,newspapers and radio stations.
Murdoch has more influence in Australia than any other media player.
Murdoch can't vote in Australia.
But he has editors.
Free speech and democracy will die if we let Murdoch have any more influence in our country.
George Harley
Mount Isa
Editor’s Note: I should point out that the publisher of the North West Star is Fairfax Media not the Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp Australia.
Minister fails to address my arguments
I agree with one statement Environment Minister, Steven Miles, made in his letter (North West Star June 10).
Farmers are the heroes of Queensland’s reef protection story. They are not the villains.
The rest of Steven Miles’ letter was a load of nonsense.
It was telling that the Minister failed utterly to address the substance of my argument.
The agricultural industry groups mentioned by Minister Miles opposed Labor’s reef regulations in 2009 and they oppose Labor’s current proposal to increase them in both area and scope.
They have made it clear that they participate in the so-called “consultation” process to try and minimise the damage to their productivity.
They are not in partnership with the Palaszczuk Government, they are desperately attempting to defend themselves against another unjustified attack by Labor and the Greens on their farming businesses.
As usual, when he is unable to respond coherently, Minister Miles resorts to personal smears and political spin.
Andrew Cripps MP
Member for Hinchinbrook
Correction
The Mount Isa Showgirl was won by Danielle Hilton not Tahlia Cook.
Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
