Act earlier
Address disadvantage and adversity that can contribute to distress before it escalates.
A little space, right now
How are you
holding up?
You don’t have to explain everything. Choose what feels closest, or go straight to support.
Are you thinking about suicide right now?
You can answer directly, choose not to answer, or go straight to another kind of support.
Or choose another way to start
Artwork: “In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors” by Amy Allerton, from the Aboriginal Affairs NSW Strategic Plan 2023–2027. The plan describes paths connecting Ancestors, community, culture and Country. This NSW artwork does not represent every Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community.
Australia-wide direction · 2025–2035
Prevention starts before crisis.
Australia’s National Suicide Prevention Strategy brings together governments, communities, and services to prevent suicidal distress and improve support. It was developed with lived and living experience, research, and recommendations from existing inquiries.
Read the National StrategyNational Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025–2035 animation
Official video from the National Suicide Prevention Office. Read the transcript on the official page
Make support accessible
When someone is distressed, support should be compassionate, effective, and responsive to their needs.
Work together
Governments, communities, services, and people with lived experience all have a role in prevention.
Summary of the Australian Government’s National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025–2035. This site shares information and referral links; it does not provide crisis care.
A community-wide approach
Connection can make reaching out easier.
Victoria’s Suicide Prevention and Response Strategy 2024–34 emphasizes working together, reducing stigma, strengthening community connection, and making it easier to find the right support.
Read the Victorian Government strategyMake the next step clear
Show practical ways to reach support, so people don’t have to work it out alone.
Listen without stigma
Make room for people to ask for help and describe what they need in their own words.
Include lived experience
People with lived and living experience should help shape support and how it is offered.
These points summarize Victoria’s strategy; they are not a substitute for clinical advice. Other Australian states and territories have their own approaches.
Developing support responsibly
Build with communities, not just for them.
The Aboriginal Affairs NSW Strategic Plan 2023–2027 emphasises community voice, self-determination, relationships and accountability. These are useful principles for developing this project, not a clinical suicide-intervention framework.
Community-led review
Work with locally relevant Aboriginal-led organisations and people with lived and living experience. Include disability-led and LGBTQ+ perspectives, and compensate contributors for their expertise.
Clear boundaries
This site shares information and connects people to services; it does not assess risk, provide counselling, monitor disclosures or arrange follow-up.
Review and maintain
Have qualified suicide-prevention practitioners and relevant community partners review future intervention guidance. Check service details, accessibility and sources regularly.
Informed by Aboriginal Affairs NSW Strategic Plan 2023–2027, PDF pp. 10–16. This NSW plan does not represent every Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community. These are development recommendations, not a claim that this site has been clinically or community reviewed.
If you’re supporting someone
You don’t need perfect words.
Let them know you care and listen without judgment. You could ask what support would feel helpful and offer to contact a service together. If anyone is in immediate danger, call 000.