Join an Event
MATES hosts events year-round – from the Big Lap and Kokoda Challenge to Annual Lunches and breakfast BBQ toolbox talks – to raise awareness and bring workers together in support of suicide prevention in construction.

WA

The Big Dig 2026
14 November 2026
This November, The Big Dig supports MATES in Construction WA. Raising funds and awareness for suicide prevention support for our construction and mining industries. Now celebrating it’s 10th year and supporting MATES in Construction WA for the first time, The Big Dig will be bigger than ever!

Fly the Flag
7 September 2026
MATES Fly the Flag Week is when we celebrate our Connectors, ASIST workers and volunteers in our industry.
QLD

MATES QLD/NT Annual Lunch
Brisbane
7 August 2026
Let’s celebrate all the great work the construction industry is doing to reduce suicide and provide a psychosocially safe workplace. Join us for a 2-course lunch and drinks. It will be a fun afternoon out of the office and off the tools.

MATES Big Lap
1 April 2026
This April, we're bringing mates together to raise awareness for mental health and suicide prevention across the construction, mining, energy and manufacturing industries, while honouring the 9 Australians lost to suicide every day.
