Mental Health

The content series, dubbed Tune Ups, is produced by VICE and features Briggs, Maggie Collins, Joel Birch (Amity Affliction), Alex The Astronaut, Stephen Wade (Select Music) and stage manager Cam Batten.

"The priority was to get it right for the music industry.”

Through her work with Entertainment Assist, Cooper changed the way the entertainment industry sees mental illness.

They will assess the situation of people working in the media, marketing and creative industries (and their attitudes to it) and compare them with those in the general public and business sector.

"With demand for our crisis relief services continuing to grow, we felt it was time to employ a social worker to be responsible for this region."

Now in its third year, the songwriting festival drew 2,780 total entries, with applicants from each state in Australia.

A huge step forward, and a vital service for the industry.

Burt, who joined the outfit at the age of just 17, has been battling “mental demons”.

"The stigma around mental health needs to be destroyed."

Help is available.