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Lifeline

Personnel from RAAF Base Richmond on the Out of the Shadows Lifeline walk. Story by Flight Lieutenant Madeleine Magee. Photos by Leading Aircraftwoman Maddison Scott.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing Lest We Forget Royal Australian Air Force 

Bringing suicide prevention Out of the Shadows

30/09/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 713 Views 0 Comments Lifeline, National Suicide Prevention Day, RAAF Richmond

Earlier this month, RAAF Base Richmond participated in Lifeline’s Out of the Shadows Walk, to remember the lives of those

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Personnel from HMAS Watson participate in Lifeline’s Push-Up Challenge. Story by Midshipman Alice Rogers. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing 

84,630 push-ups in the name of mental health

07/07/202308/07/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1401 Views 0 Comments HMAS Watson, Lifeline, Push-Up Challenge

Sailors and officers at HMAS Watson, and their friends, completed a staggering 84,630 push-ups in the name of mental health awareness.

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ADF personnel, Defence civilians and a member from the New Zealand Defence Force, at Head Quarters Joint Operations Command, after completing the push-up challenge. Story and photo by Sergeant Matthew Bickerton.
ADF People Health and Wellbeing 

Pushing the mental health message

06/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1732 Views 0 Comments HQJOC, Lifeline, mental health

Doing thousands of push-ups over 24 days in June left 150 people at Headquarters Joint Operations Command (HQJOC) fatigued, but

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Private Darren Loveday assists volunteers sort essential supplies donated for flood-affected community members at the Lifeline distribution centre in Lismore. Photo by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello.
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Army throws charity a lifeline

17/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2052 Views 0 Comments 10/27 Royal South Australian Regiment, Lifeline, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Extreme flooding may have destroyed the Lifeline furniture store in Lismore, but it didn’t destroy store manager Ethan Smith’s spirit

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