In a week that Indigenous organisations are calling for national action on youth suicide, communities are also raising concerns about a $48 million National Suicide Prevention Trial that is happening at 12 high-risk sites.
Communities are hopeful the trial will work, but some have raised concerns about a lack of infrastructure and the uncertainty about what will happen after the four-year trial is over.
These sentiments parallel those of Operation Compass, a Townsville project dedicated to curbing the suicide rates of ex-Australian Defence Force members, who are at high risk of suicide once they have left the force.