The City of Launceston Council is hosting two mental health workshops.
They are sold out.
The council facilitates a suicide prevention program and employs a suicide prevention coordinator, Stephanie Armour.
The need for the council to employ a suicide prevention coordinator is deeply challenging.
Sadly, and particularly for North-East Tasmania, the statistics do not lie and the rationale for Ms. Armour's appointment is tragically obvious.
Read MoreIt's the weekend.
When did the weekend become an extension of weekdays and when did the stress of the working week continue into the weekend?
And when did The Weeknd become an international pop star?
Read MoreIt's utter madness on two wheels and participants regularly die.
It's difficult to watch the families of the Isle of Man TT racers when they are interviewed.
Some can't endure the visual coverage and listen to race radio while others don't attend.
Children, young and some not so young, huddle around the trailer sites listening for information.
When a red flag is signaled from the control tower to mark suspension of the session and that the race must stop, panic ensues.
Read MoreBut as the episode of the Working Dog’s masterpiece Utopia, about a federal government infrastructure department, which has been shared on social media in recent days suggested, we didn’t want nor ask for a stadium. The stadium was thrust upon us, a key ingredient in a totally disrespectful ultimatum that was never part of the average punter’s understanding.
Read MoreI ask you to ponder, is this the type of political leader we yearn for, or is it merely the performance, wit, and intellect we acknowledge and enjoy?
Or is it because the shoe was tightly on the other foot as Keating schooled journalists who are nowadays far more accustomed to gotcha moments?
Alas, a 79-year-old former prime minister the Hon. Paul Keating is in the news, and I am buying national weekend papers again.
Go figure.
Read MoreIn the hustle-bustle of life dominated by work and family, reminding myself to check-in with family, friends, and colleagues can be a squeeze on time. Sometimes check-ins happen by chance rather than design, which is understandable until it is not.
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