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NSW:'Wake-up call': suicide risk high among young tradies

Young tradies scaling scaffolds and laying down the foundations for Australia's housing rebound are substantially more likely to end their own lives than other employed men.

A study has found male construction workers have an elevated suicide risk, prompting warnings over workplace bullying.

The Australian construction sector employs about nine per cent of the working population.

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