article_snippet.sent: Labor MP Anna Burke later said depression, and the high suicide rate in Australia, was an 'epidemic'.
article_snippet.sent: The former Speaker of the House also said Australians are too focused on hospital beds and should instead invest more in prevention strategies. '
article_snippet.sent: We need to get people going to the doctors early,' Labor MP Anna Burke said.
article_snippet.sent: We need the prevention there at the beginning.
article_snippet.sent: We are obsessed with hospital beds in Australia.
article_snippet.sent: Why are We waiting for everybody to end up at the bottom of a cliff in the ambulance going to the hospital?'
highlights_snippet.sent: Prevention and treatment of mental illness is key, says Labor's Anna Burke .