The back drop of sport is once again being used to champion mental health awareness with at risk males - on a large scale.

Former AMHF president Jonathan Bedloe says the Federal Government’s suicide plan is failing men.

Building and construction industry fund group Incolink has released a powerful video encouraging men to reach out if they are struggling.

Three in four suicides are men, yet most Government spending on suicide prevention is targeted at women, according to analysis by the Australian Men’s Health Forum (AMHF).

Men’s Shed in Mt Druitt, established as a suicide prevention program for the Aboriginal community in 2004, has released a collection of stories from the mouths of those who attend the Shed, and “make it possible for the broader community, including those who have capacity to do something about it, to listen.”

The Prime Minister’s Suicide Prevention Adviser has appointed an Expert Advisory Group (EAG) that includes at least one member who will advocate for more focus to be placed on male suicide prevention.

Matt Boyce, 27, left school in year 10, and now is the driving force behind a multi-layered enterprise seeking to lower suicide statistics in Australia and get people talking about mental health.

The Queensland Government has committed to “making men’s suicide prevention a priority” and will work with men’s health leaders as part of a renewed drive to reduce suicide.

Callum MacPherson typically spends his days compiling 60-second news bulletins for Channel Seven in Adelaide, chasing down police sirens, following crime leads, on assignment in the ‘badlands’, and reporting on the worse thing that happens on any given day.

The number of men and boys dying by suicide in Australia has risen 30% in the past 10 years, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics published this week.