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  One in three calls to Kids Helpline are going unanswered as the nation is in the grip of a major youth mental health crisis. Even though a one-off government funding boost allowed the free counselling service to hire an extra 85 counsellors - it still can't cope with demand. The service is dealing with 7500 contacts a week as young people struggle with anxiety, social isolation and the fallout from school closures and other COVID-19 restrictions. It comes as desperate parents are reporting a six-month wait to get their teenagers into psychiatrists. Demand is so extreme some psychia...

Premium Content Many know them as Santa and the Elf at this time of year. Willy and Di Paes moved to the area in 1990 but made Maryborough their home in 2002 after a stint in Torbanlea, Howard and playing gypsy on a bus for two years. Since then the couple have become community stalwarts. An artist since he was five, Willy has a knack for being creative. The modest man struggles to talk about is adventures, so he left it up to his right-hand woman, Di - or as she likes to call herself "the gofer". Di and Willy Paes preparing and sending care packs to our defence forces overseas at Chris...