Joseph ‘Joey’ O’Keeffe had just won his AFL club’s best and fairest award and was five days away from finishing school when he suicided. Now the 16-year-old’s grieving family are calling for more mental health resources in the bush amid a spike in rural suicides.

Former NRL star Mic­hael Jennings has been ­reduced to living off $809 a week after having his assets frozen.

The number of loved ones who vanish without a trace has been slashed and they are also being found sooner after senior criminal investigators dedicated to tracking them down have been strategically posted in every NSW police command.

And the former soldier who blew himself up on a suburban street told friends he was kicked out of the Army after bashing a superior who had raped him.

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