Tasmanian Labor Labor committed to crucial mental health awareness for young Tasmanians Labor will put mental health workers in all state schools Tasmania’s leading mental health advocacy group Speak Up! Stay ChatTY is guaranteed funding with $1.35 million as part of Labor’s firm commitment to address youth mental health well being and suicide awareness. Labor Leader Rebecca White said it was crucial mental health issues in younger Tasmanians were comprehensively addressed in the knowledge that half of all life-long mental health issues begin before the age of 14 and one in seven young people aged four to 17 experience a mental health condition each year.