'I'm not going to whack the AFL': Kennett weighs into mental health debate

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Former beyondblue chair Jeff Kennett has rejected suggestions it should be mandatory for AFL clubs to spend a certain amount of money on mental health experts, while the nation's peak body for psychologists backed the idea.

 

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Yes employers need to take responsibility. So does the individual. Tosser footballers who act like flogs for years then it all comes crashing down. Then play the sad card. Give me a break. I feel for the legitimate sufferers

He really does look like an old Bob Hawke. Cloned?

He just keeps on burrowing out of the woodwork, dunnee?

The amount of mental health issues this hypocrite caused through his narrow minded, hateful policies is still being felt in Victoria and somehow Jeff is still given a voice for mental illness?

However, every employer needs to take responsibility for the mental health of its employees and the AFL is putting roadblocks in place that makes it harder.

That would be a first.

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