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  • Mental illness costs Australia $160bn annually – gov’t report

    Mental illness costs Australia $160bn annually – gov’t report

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    Mental illness is costing the Australian economy 160 billion dollars every year, a report found. Prime Minister Scott Morrison released the report from the Productivity Commission on Tuesday in Canberra. The government’s principal economic advisory body, said mental illness and suicide cost the country 220 billion Australian dollars (161 billion dollars) per year in lost…