The Productivity Commission has revealed 3.9 million of us are living with mental illness, and it’s costing the country an estimated $500 million per day.

The commission, which the government tasked with looking at the impact of mental health on economic participation and productivity, has released its draft report this week, ahead of a final report due in May next year.

Among a broad range of findings, it reports one million people with mental illness are not accessing services, 75% of people who have mental illness develop symptoms before they turn 25, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians are more than twice as likely as non-Indigenous Australians to be hospitalised due to mental illness and to die by suicide.

The report then outlines five key areas for reform. It’s the latest of a long line of inquiries into mental health in Australia.