Six months on from the 2024 US election, President Donald J Trump still dominates headlines globally.

With many Australians, young people in particular, facing significant stresses in their social and economic livelihoods, mental health is a significant issue in Australian politics.

A pair of noisy miner birds perch on the broad back of an Angus cow, one of many pregnant cattle waiting patiently along the wiry fence of Barb Stewart and John Sonnet’s 800-acre farm. Set against the cascading hills of The Gurdies, the property...