Delivering better mental health outcomes for Queensland’s agriculture community
Queensland Mental Health Week ran from 4-12 October 2025, falling within Safe Work Month.
As part of Mental Health Week, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland (WHSQ) delivered the Mental Health in the Agriculture industry webinar on 8 October 2025, bringing together 394 attendees from across the sector.
Safety officers, WHS advisors, healthcare professionals, workers and employers across Queensland's agriculture industry joined us to explore practical ways to support mental wellbeing on the land.
Attendees heard from leading experts with lived experience who shared evidence-based strategies to help create safer, healthier workplaces in rural and regional Queensland.
The webinar continues to be accessed, with the recording viewed more than 557 times, and the slides available for participants to apply the learnings in their own workplaces.
The session featured Dr Tim Driscoll, clinical psychologist and State Manager for Mental Health at the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland section), alongside panellists Ruth Thompson from AgForce Queensland and Jasmin Smith from the Queensland Farmers’ Federation.
Together, they unpacked the mental health challenges facing agriculture workers and highlighted everyday actions that go beyond crisis response.
These insights are designed to support people working in regional and remote areas to identify psychosocial hazards early and strengthen wellbeing across their teams and communities – focusing on what we can do day to day to build healthier, safer workplaces for ourselves and those around us.
Watch the webinar and download the slides at: Mental health in the agriculture industry webinar
Mental Health in the Agriculture industry webinar panel members from left to right – Jasmin Smith, Dr Tim Driscoll and Ruth Thompson
For more information
- Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) Outback Mental Health service - Mental Health and Wellbeing | Royal Flying Doctor Service or 1300 010 174
- Lifeline 24/7 - Lifeline Australia - 13 11 14 - Crisis Support. Suicide Prevention. Or 13 11 14
- Beyond Blue - 24/7 Support for Anxiety, Depression and Suicide Prevention. - Beyond Blue or 1300 224 636
- Suicide Call Back Service - Mental health counselling | Suicide Call Back Service or 1300 659 467
- Mental Health access line - 1300 MH CALL: Mental health access line | Health and wellbeing | Queensland Government or 1300 642 255
- Workers’ Psychological Support Service - Home - Workers Psychological Support Service or 1800 370 732
- 13 YARN - enquiries@13yarn.org.au or 13 92 76