{"id":36666,"date":"2025-12-18T16:43:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T05:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=36666"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:43:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T05:43:20","slug":"statement-of-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/statement-of-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement of support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A joint statement of support from Australia\u2019s Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Chief Allied Health Officer, and Chief Psychiatrist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We join our fellow Australians in condemning the terror attack at Bondi Beach. We extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends who have lost loved ones in this atrocity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We acknowledge and thank the first responders, including paramedics and police who bravely acted to save lives and help those seeking safety.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We acknowledge and thank the health professionals and citizens who were at the beach and lent their support to care for the victims and shelter and support the survivors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We acknowledge and thank doctors, nurses and other health professionals, who worked through the night and those who continue to treat the wounded at hospitals across Sydney.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we acknowledge and thank all our nation\u2019s health professionals who will today, and in the days ahead, be counselling and supporting Jewish patients and colleagues, and the many other people across Australia who are deeply impacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The health professionals of our nation need to stand united against terrorism and in support of the people who need our assistance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Events like these can be unsettling and challenging. They can cause a range of emotions for those involved, and also for us as health professionals, our patients, our colleagues and our friends and families. It is important that we support one another during such times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support is also available from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Medicare Mental Health phone\u00a0service\u00a0on\u00a01800 595 212\u00a0or visit the Government\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicarementalhealth.gov.au\/\">Medicare Mental Health<\/a>\u00a0website to find\u00a0mental\u00a0health services\u00a0and resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeline.org.au\/\">Lifeline<\/a>\u00a0on 13 11 14,\u00a0text 0477 13 11\u00a014\u00a0or\u00a0access its services\u00a0online including\u00a0chat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kidshelpline.com.au\/\">Kids Helpline<\/a>\u00a0on 1800 55 1800 or access its services online<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondblue.org.au\/\">Beyond Blue<\/a>\u00a0on 1300 22 4636 or access its services online<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nursemidwifehpa.org.au\/\">Nurse Midwife Health Program Australia<\/a>\u00a01800 001060<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doctors&#8217; Health Line 1800 006 888<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the Transcultural Mental Health Line on 1800 648 911<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.13yarn.org.au\/\">13 YARN<\/a>: 13 92 76 \u2013 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Crisis Support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drs4drs.com.au\/\">Dr4Drs<\/a>\u00a0on 1300 374 377<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackdoginstitute.org.au\/the-essential-network\/\">Essential Network (TEN) Black Dog Institute | Better Mental Health<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A joint statement of support from Australia\u2019s Chief Medical Officer, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Chief Allied Health Officer, and Chief Psychiatrist. We join our fellow Australians in condemning the terror attack at Bondi Beach. We extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends who have lost loved ones in this atrocity.&nbsp; We acknowledge &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/12\/18\/statement-of-support\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Statement of support&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36667,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36666\/revisions\/36667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}