IN 2021, there were 30 deaths by suicide in the Mallee region, a location that, at that time, did not have any Lifeline facilities.

But this year, the doors of Lifeline's newest call centre, located in Irymple, have opened with officials expecting it will help significantly lower the number of deaths by suicide and instances of self-harm in Sunraysia.

Sunraysia's One Hub, which is inside the Iry...