The Blue Tree Project is about bringing people together, but two South Australian councils are at odds with their communities after trees were painted without approval.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's 2019 figures show suicide is one of the top-10 leading cause of death in outer regional, remote and very remote areas, and people living in these areas are twice as likely to die from suicide when compared with the rest of the country.
"It has embarrassed the organisers of the blue trees across Australia because it is not how they wish to be promoted in the community," he said. "We have missed the community debate and celebration and acknowledgement of what these trees signify. These trees are usually on main roads as a reminder to passing motorists, but not in Loxton because that discussion has never been held.
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