Tag: mental health

A BOXING champion and a beauty queen are joining forces to battle bullies and empower young Queenslanders to protect their ...

WHEN asked why she became a mental health support worker, Mia Polglase answers instantly.  “I was put on this earth ...

A BIG boost in funding to suicide prevention service Lifeline “will save lives” according to the organisation, as Australia battles ...

ONE in four Australian teenagers report experiencing psychological distress in 2020, according to a new joint report by Mission Australia ...

EX-soldier Stephen Powter is rediscovering his passion for health one handstand at a time. Mr Powter is part of a ...

POPE Francis has emerged from colon surgery and “reacted well”, Holy See Press Office director Matteo Bruni said. “Admitted in ...

VINNIES Youth are not the future – they are “the here and now”, St Vincent de Paul national president Claire ...

SUNSHINE Coast residents will remember victims and survivors of domestic and family violence with a march and candle-lighting vigil at ...

Caring support: John, Paul and Neil are long time members of Catholic Psychiatric Pastoral Care and say they feel like ...

Nathan Parker: “It’s all just about making those consistent, small choices and trying to better ourselves or our situation each ...

Giving thanks: Grazier Kate McKeering heading out to work with her dogs on her cattle property north-east of Barcaldine. She’s ...

Frustrated: Jennifer Costin and her husband (not pictured) staged a protest in Albury with their sons Benedict, 4, David, 2, ...

Flattened: Daku Primary School sign was ripped from its foundations after Cyclone Yasa swept across Fiji. FIRST responders tending to ...

Celebrations: Centacare commemorated its annual awards in a different way this year with local events held both virtually and in-person as ...

Fr Morgan Batt: “I just think why – why even make a film.” THE former parish priest of Port Arthur ...

Support: “I just really encourage Catholics around Queensland to let them know there are many agencies who can offer support ...

Strong links: Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn (left) entered Duntroon as a military cadet in 1972. He was mentored by Deacon ...

Walking tall: Ashgrove parishioner David Vidler on his 24-hour walk to raise funds for his local St Vincent de Paul ...

COVID issues: “But it’s those in the community that our church reaches who might not be regular churchgoers, they were ...

National shame: “Many witnesses have explained they placed their loved ones into residential aged care because they felt it would ...

Seeing symptoms: Paul Stevenson. THE coronavirus pandemic is tending to “dial everything up to 11” in mental health, Catholic psychologist ...

Election debate: Labor’s Minister for Communities, Disability Services and Seniors Coralee O’Rourke and LNP Shadow Minister for Communities, Disability Service ...

Help needed: “Queensland is seeing an alarming increase in mental health problems, especially among the young.” LOCKDOWNS, economic distress and ...

Leading voice: “Sadly, in Queensland, we have a sector in need of urgent reform, one that must have the capacity ...

Government plan: Job creation and economic growth were essential to digging people out of the hole left by the pandemic ...