Mr. Ian Power:

It does. That is because it is like resilience. Resilience is such a global concept in itself and it is not something we can give to children. It is, rather, the result of multiple things, including interactions, programmes and interventions over the course of life. I agree fully with Senator Noone that we need to start at a far younger age to build resilience at the pre-teen stage so that when young people get to that stage they are able to cope with it more readily.

The Senator also asked about social media companies. Generally, there are numerous initiatives and we are partnered with them on a couple of them. We are a member of the global suicide and self-injury advisory committee for Facebook. It is quite difficult because on Instagram, for example, young people will post content relating to self-harm. We know that content could be triggering for others. It could prompt others to engage in that behaviour if they are vulnerable to it themselves. Where do we draw the line? Someone may post something but may be in recovery and may be proud of his or her recovery, while another person might be posting something that is encouraging or promoting the activity. It is quite difficult. The policy line is quite severe in that area. We are all grappling with it. However, to speak to the larger point we cannot get the digital safety commissioner soon enough. From our perspective these are policy decisions the platforms do not want to make. They want to be told what it is, because from their perspective that is far more efficient.