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National approach needed to tackle loneliness ‘epidemic’.

National approach needed to tackle loneliness ‘epidemic’.

Update: 2024-09-06

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Several states and territories have commissioned inquiries into the growing problem of loneliness which affects one in three Australians at any given time.

But calls on the Federal Government to fund a coordinated national approach are being ignored despite the significant threat loneliness poses to public health.

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National approach needed to tackle loneliness ‘epidemic’.

National approach needed to tackle loneliness ‘epidemic’.

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