Every life: The Queensland Suicide Prevention Plan 2019-2029 (Every life) was launched on World Suicide Prevention Day, 10 September 2019, by the Hon Dr Steven Miles, Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services.
Every life, a renewed whole-of-government approach to suicide prevention, outlines Queensland Government led actions which aim to bring about a meaningful reduction in suicide over the next decade. Actions will engage government, non-government, community and private sectors partners. The plan, informed by extensive consultation with a broad range of stakeholders including people with a lived experience, is built across four areas:
- • Building resilience by improving wellbeing in our people and communities
- • Reducing vulnerability by strengthening support to vulnerable people
- • Enhancing responsiveness to suicidality
- • Working together to achieve more
Every life recognises that suicide is preventable and emphasises the vital importance of working together to reduce suicide. It acknowledges that effective suicide prevention requires responses beyond health services and must incorporate the voices of people with lived experience.
Understanding that change will take time, Every life is a 10-year plan with three distinct phases. Each phase will be reviewed and refreshed, with the second and third phases building on achievements and learnings from the previous phase.
Phase One has been backed by an $80.1 million commitment as part of the 2019 Queensland Budget, with investments in initiatives including mental health supports in schools, enhancements to crisis care, and community-led approaches to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth suicide prevention.
This document is Suicide Prevention Australia's position on the interaction between drugs, alcohol and suicide. It is acknowledged that the presence of alcohol and drugs can heighten the likelihood of suicide or suicidal feelings. 
This UK report provides an extensive overview of the many of the factors that lead to a man's suicide, and as such it offers a detailed and extensive overview of causes and factors.
Despite rising rates of suicide, it is only relatively recently that interest has been directed towards the relationship between suicide and geographical location. As a consequence, several studies have demonstrated that notable differences exist between urban-rural suicide rates. 
While men account for 75.7% of all suicides, the majority of time, money and energy invested in researching and preventing suicide fails to target male suicide. The Australian Men's Health Forum recommends male-friendly approaches to suicide in Australia. 
Western Sydney University: Pathways to Despair: The Social Determinants of Male Suicide In 2010, the Men's Health Information and Resource Centre was commissioned to investigate the causes and factors behind male suicides on the NSW Central Coast. This report uncovers the stories from survivors and families of men who took their own lives. 
The situational approach to suicide prevention acknowledges the predominant association of situational distress rather than mental illness, with suicide (though in some cases the two are linked), and is principally informed by and responds to risk factors of a broad spectrum of difficult human experiences across the life span.
For a thorough overview of suicide in Indigenous populations, this review provides a useful context and detailed information.
AIMHS: Menswatch Promoting Male Mental Health & Suicide Prevention A new end-to-end approach to suicide prevention is urgently needed to stem the increasing numbers of male suicides in Australia, and more effective support needs to be provided to men in distress. 
Like many countries, Ireland has an ongoing problem with young men taking their lives at a rate of five times that of females. This project examined effective ways to reduce suicide. 
The overarching aim of this study was to obtain a comprehensive understanding of suicidal behaviour amongst men aged 16-34 to underpin the provision of accessible, acceptable and appropriate mental health services 
The trend of male suicides in Northern Ireland follows a pattern that is consistent with that has been experienced in Australia. Suicide rates remained relatively static in the first half of the 20th Century but increased significantly thereafter. In Northern Ireland, suicides increased by 64% between 1999 and 2008, accounted largely by increases in suicides among males in the 15-34 age group. In 2008, almost 77% of suicides were by males.
This fact sheet lists the factors associated with male suicide in Australia. It also discusses the rates of suicide in Australia and the rest of the world, as well as the importance of early intervention and prevention. Health/Mental Health Services need to have a 'men-friendly' approach when working with men.