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Grandma on murder charges to use mental health defence

Grandma on murder charges to use mental health defence

A woman accused of murdering her two young grandsons in their rural home has hired a new private lawyer in the middle of a brief court mention.

Response to mall attack praised despite security flaws

Response to mall attack praised despite security flaws

Response to mall attack praised despite security flaws

Response to mall attack praised despite security flaws

An international security expert has praised a shopping centre owner's reaction to a stabbing rampage despite a monitoring guard's "inadequate" call to police.

Potential collapse forces worker mental health rethink

Potential collapse forces worker mental health rethink

Potential collapse forces worker mental health rethink

Potential collapse forces worker mental health rethink

Australia’s largest workers' compensation scheme was made to address physical injuries but is grappling with a modern understanding of mental health impacts.

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'Red flag': warning sign when killer wanted gun licence

'Red flag': warning sign when killer wanted gun licence

A psychiatrist admits he was given false information about a man who sought a medical report to get a gun licence, who years later committed the Bondi atrocity.

Psychiatrist breaks down after Bondi attack backflip

Psychiatrist breaks down after Bondi attack backflip

A psychiatrist who spent years treating the Bondi Junction killer has been reduced to tears in a witness box after hours of intense questioning and backdowns.

Psychiatrist claims 'no error' in treating mall killer

Psychiatrist claims 'no error' in treating mall killer

A psychiatrist who treated the man behind a mass stabbing at a busy mall has denied any mistakes in her care despite ceasing his antipsychotics years earlier.

Mall stabber's father 'did not want' son medicated

Mall stabber's father 'did not want' son medicated

The father of a man who stabbed six people at a busy shopping centre believed his son would die if he began taking anti-psychotics again.

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Town reels as grandmother faces court over boys' deaths

Town reels as grandmother faces court over boys' deaths

Town reels as grandmother faces court over boys' deaths

Town reels as grandmother faces court over boys' deaths

A grandmother charged with murdering her two grandchildren has appeared in court for the first time the morning after a community gathered for a sombre vigil.

Training for Bondi mall security operator 'troubling'

Training for Bondi mall security operator 'troubling'

Training for Bondi mall security operator 'troubling'

Training for Bondi mall security operator 'troubling'

Concerns had been raised over the competency of a security guard who was the sole control room operator during a mall stabbing spree, an inquest has been told.

Video reveals shopping mall killer’s fight for knives

Video reveals shopping mall killer’s fight for knives

Video reveals shopping mall killer’s fight for knives

Video reveals shopping mall killer’s fight for knives

A man who killed six people in a stabbing rampage at a busy shopping centre was desperate to retain his collection of knives, footage has revealed.

Police close gaps that left troubled killer untreated

Police close gaps that left troubled killer untreated

Police close gaps that left troubled killer untreated

Police close gaps that left troubled killer untreated

A forgotten email which meant a mentally ill man went without treatment before a mass stabbing has led to improvements by police to ensure there is no repeat.

Broken brains: how physical and mental health connect

Broken brains: how physical and mental health connect

Broken brains: how physical and mental health connect

Broken brains: how physical and mental health connect

A new Australian book offers insight, humour, comfort and hope to anyone who has faced physical or mental illness, and those who care for them.

Killer's mum had 'asked for help' before mass stabbing

Killer's mum had 'asked for help' before mass stabbing

Killer's mum had 'asked for help' before mass stabbing

Killer's mum had 'asked for help' before mass stabbing

The mother of a man who violently stabbed six victims at a mall had sought police help over a year earlier as his mental health condition deteriorated.

‘Horrific’ triple-zero calls mounted during mass attack

‘Horrific’ triple-zero calls mounted during mass attack

‘Horrific’ triple-zero calls mounted during mass attack

‘Horrific’ triple-zero calls mounted during mass attack

Ambulance officers responded to up to 4000 calls for assistance on the day of a horror mass stabbing attack in the Bondi Junction shopping centre.

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Cop felt she was 'going to die' pursuing mass killer

A senior police officer defeated her fears and kept cool as she faced down a knife-wielding man during a shopping mall stabbing rampage.

Funding for depression treatment breaks 30-year drought

A novel approach to treating depression derived from a popular club drug offers hope to tens of thousands of Australians living with the chronic mental illness.

Cost of mental healthcare stacking up on troubled youth

Steeply rising prices for mental healthcare appointments hurt young people the most, adding to the psychological burden while enduring a cost-of-living crisis.

PM accused of 'condemning young people' at health pitch

A protester has heckled the prime minister over the government's record on climate change while he was announcing big spending plans for youth mental health.

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Plea to help unlock common condition's genetic secrets

Australians living with the nation's most common mental health condition are being enlisted to help unlock its genetic secrets.

Public mental health system 'overwhelmed' as staff quit

Psychiatrists are demanding a big, one-off pay increase as they face off in court against a state government refusing to budge.

Alarm at rise in suicide rate among Indigenous people

Indigenous Australians die by suicide at three times the rate of non-Indigenous according to figures that may understate the true number of deaths.

Mental health plan to protect both doctors and patients

Unprecedented levels of stress, anxiety and burnout have prompted the peak body for doctors to make health workplaces hospitable for practitioners and patients.

Double mental health beds, coroner tells government

The NT government should urgently fund the doubling of mental health beds, a coroner says, after finding that a Tiwi Island mother died because of “bed block”.

Resignations puts private mental health care in play

Dozens of public health specialist resignations remain in play as data outlines how few have rescinded their threat to quit the system.

Nurses join psychs demanding urgent mental health boost

After a stack of public psychiatrists signalled they would resign, nurses are urging a state government to prevent the mental health sector from crumbling.

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