The price of mental illness

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[upbeat music] On Sunday, April 13, at 3:30 in the afternoon, a man carrying a 30-centimeter knife walked into Sydney's Westfield Shopping Center at Bondi Junction and started stabbing people. Six died, a further 12 were injured, and a police officer shot the man before attempting and failing to save his life. It wasn't a terrorist attack. Behind it lay mental illness. 40-year-old Joel Cauchi was homeless and suffering from schizophrenia. The coroner heard he'd fallen through the cracks. In this special summer series of The Economy, Stupid on ABC Radio National, we're examining the kind of Australia we want and whether this is the kind of Australia we're prepared to accept. The economic and personal costs of mental illness are huge,