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ASX20 shows progress on mental health, but more to be done

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... ASX20 Performance Against the CCLA Mental Health Benchmark, follows estimates from the Productivity Commission that mental illness and suicide is costing the economy as much as $70 billion per year. Absenteeism because of mental ill health costs companies ...

Heat-related illness to 'overwhelm' Australian healthcare

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... national climate risk assessment. Younger Australians tend to experience higher rates and greater persistence of mental illness, with 39% of 16-24-year-olds reporting a mental disorder in the 12 months leading up to the 2020-2022 National Study of Mental ...

Disability inclusion is a financial issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... or fatigue, cognitive disfunctions and brain injuries, arthritis, diabetes, immunocompromise, neurodiversity, or mental illness. People with disabilities are employed at a rate 30% lower than the general population - so inclusion in corporate strategy ...

Embedding mental health wellbeing into company culture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... the past year, according to ABS statistics. batyr also cited a Productivity Commission report calculating that mental illness is costing the Australian economy an estimated $70 billion per year, with a further $150 billion per year of associated costs ...

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... crisis accommodation; and to Central Coast ARAFMI in NSW to support mental health carers and people living with mental illness. SEFA has allocated "over AU$500,000" to each of the three projects, said Ben Gales, SEFA CEO. MiHaven is a construction company ...

SuperMIND calculates costs of mental illness, suicide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... to the age-related findings on suicide and TPD, SuperMIND also found gender-based and geographic-based trends. Mental Illness-related TPD Claim rates were higher for men than women at all age groups between 15 and 64 and in most locations, and mental ...
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