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Radio personality Gus Worland has called on politicians to set a 'Freedom Day' for vaccinated Australians in an impassioned plea about the impact of lockdowns on suicide rates.
The Triple M host on Monday said putting a date in the diary would provide a light at the end of the tunnel for those suffering with their mental health.
Worland, who founded the mental health charity GOTCHA4LIFE, said Australians needed to know exactly when authorities expect to hit the 70 and 80 per cent Covid-19 vaccination coverage targets.
'We are losing way more people to suicide than we are to Covid and we need to start looking after people who are doing the right thing,' he said in a video shared to Instagram.
Pictured are residents exercising at Rushcutters Bay in Sydney's east early on Monday morning. Radio personality Gus Worland has called on politicians to set a 'Freedom Day' for vaccinated Australians to give hope to those suffering with their mental health during lockdowns
'We need to have a day in our diary we can work to so we can get back to some kind of normal.
'We need to start having some hope.'
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has hinted areas of Sydney under lockdown with high vaccination rates and low case numbers could have some restrictions lifted once there are six million jabs in arms across the state.
Worland called on politicians to focus on vaccination levels - rather than how many cases there are each day - to give hope to Australians struggling in lockdown.
'It's great to hear politicians talk about
