Maree Todd: “However, I believe that the decision reached by these six male councillors is inexplicable, indefensible, and should be…”

People feel more able to come forward and talk about their mental health, which is a welcome sign that stigma is decreasing.

It’s really painful that what we’ve seen is a rise in drugs deaths in 2025 compared to the year before. I would have hoped, with all of the work that we are doing across the system, we wouldn’t be facing that situation.

Each and every death is a tragedy, and even more so because every life lost to drug harms is preventable.

The increase in deaths involving cocaine, and the continued threat from dangerous synthetic opioids like nitazenes, must drive more coordinated action across the country.