Australia’s hidden epidemic: The systemic failure fuelling the rural suicide crisis

Article here. Predictably, the article blames men for men's high suicide rate. Like clockwork. Excerpt:

'But beneath the surface, locals say a devastating issue has taken hold.

From 2020 to 2024, 133 people died by suicide in the wider Riverina area.

The region has a suicide rate of 14.7 deaths per 100,000 people, above the national average of 12.2 per 100,000.

According to Suicide Prevention Australia, the rates of suicide in remote and very remote areas of the country are at their highest, between 20.5 and 24.6 per 100,000, compared to 9.9-10.9 in major cities.

Over the past three months, news.com.au has travelled to Griffith, Central Queensland and the Glenelg Shire in Victoria as part of an investigation into Australia’s rural mental health crisis.'