I wish who ever wins the election here today in the UK, would have more policy’s on mensheds and other organisations for men. anyway the Ozzie are way ahead.
The Federal Government has launched Australia’s first national male health policy, appropriately at a men’s shed at Whittlesea in Victoria.
The policy provides nearly $17 million, to set up men’s sheds, fund studies on social and economic factors affecting men’s health, and ecourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men to become more involved in their families’ lives.
Minister for Indigenous, Rural and Regional Health, Warren Snowdon, says Australian men have had the “she’ll be right” attitude for too long.
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