Mark is an 18-year-old unpaid carer. He says it's hard to picture his future

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A new program has been launched to financially help young people living with a parent or carer who is affected by mental health issues.

by Carers Australia - the national peak body representing the country's unpaid carers - hopes to give young people like him extra support.

The CEO of Carers Australia, Alison Brook, said many carers are young - or under the age of 25 - like Mark. The 2021 Census revealed that mental health conditions were among the most-reported long-term illnesses in Australia.According to the report, 2.2 million Australians said they face ongoing challenges, more than those who reported having arthritis or asthma.Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews admitted as much when he spoke to the state's Royal Commission into Mental Health last year.

"They really are the double-whammy of the pandemic and cost of living, and their family members - their adult family members - struggling with rising cases of depression and anxiety ... it's really making young people ... it's a really tough time," Ms Cuff told SBS News.Ms Cuff said the Satellite Foundation runs online and in-person services with the goal of showing them they're not alone — and it's okay to just be a kid.

The Foundation has just received more than $12 million from the Victorian Government to expand its services statewide.

 

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Yet we the citizens are ruled by political parasites with obvious mental issues.

But but coal mines and franking credits

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