High school student Hayley Prenter was already struggling with multiple deaths in her family when her parents split up right before the HSC exams in 2021.
Then the 19-year-old was thrown into Western Sydney's strict COVID lockdown and nightly curfew, so she sought help from a psychologist.
She is one of almost 40 per cent of 16-24 year olds who reported a mental health condition last year, whose treatment plans will be cut short if the federal government stops funding an extra 10 sessions a year.
