More Needed to Lower Australian Suicide Rates: PM

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends a joint press conference in Sydney, Australia, on June 10, 2022. Christian Gilles - Pool/Getty Images

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia needs to do more to address the rate of suicide.

Speaking at a parliamentary breakfast in Canberra on Tuesday, he said it was a personal priority during his time as prime minister to reduce the number of Australians taking their own life.