After years of drought, bushfires, COVID, floods, the milk crisis and now ongoing labour shortages, rising fuel and utility costs, increasing mortgage rates and inflation, it's fair to say dairy farmers in Victoria's Gippsland have had a lot to contend with.
Add to that, the personal stories of grief, isolation, relationship breakdowns, accidents and serious illness, and it is understandable why so many farmers battle with their mental health and well-being.
Sallie Jones is a dairy farmer and mental health advocate and says 8.6 Australians die every day by suicide.
