MEDIA RELEASE: PRIME MINISTER
MINISTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH
MINISTER FOR HOUSING
CANBERRA
13 APRIL 2012
The Council of Australian Governments today agreed help improve the care and support provided to people living with severe and persistent mental illness and complex care needs
through a new National Partnership Agreement.
The Gillard Government will provide $200 million [...]
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The Federal Government is seeking public opinion on its draft Ten Year Roadmap for National Mental Health Reform via an online survey.
The Roadmap is a key component of the Australian Government’s Delivering National Mental Health Reform Package of the 2011-12 Budget, and the draft has been developed with states and territories, with input from mental [...]
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GetUp Media Release
This afternoon GetUp will commence a campaign urging the Greens to be more pragmatic on mental health by voting for a motion proposed by Shadow Health Minister, Peter Dutton.
“The Greens voted against the mental health motion last week, saying they didnʼt have funding figures.
But today the funding figures have been publicly released by [...]
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Last Thursday 12 August, a letter (in a poster form) was launched by Professor Pat McGorry and supporting organisations in Canberra.
View the ABC News coverage http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/08/12/2981464.htm
In conjunction with the poster, a video version was put together with nine carers and consumers reading various parts of the letter.
The video is available at: http://www.youtube.com/user/MentalHealthReform#p/a
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Background: Who is CAG?
The New South Wales Consumer Advisory Group – Mental Health Inc. (NSW CAG) is a statewide organisation that provides an ongoing mechanism for mental health Consumer participation into policy and service development, implementation and evaluation.
NSW CAG acts as a bridge between Consumers in NSW and our State and Federal Governments.
Read the NSW [...]
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As we head into an election this Saturday mental health remains clearly on our mind. How will it fare? will there be any late minute announcements to funding?
Should we expect that funding will be low? we might presume that mental health funding worldwide is decreasing with the recent economic pressures but let’s look at a recent [...]
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Last night ABC Four Corners ran a documentary called Hidden Voices that discussed the lack of mental health services in the Mackay area. The documentary reported by Quentin McDermott not only looked at Mackay but also examined the state of mental health services nationally and interviewed Professor John Mendoza.
Watch the episode
Read the transcript
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Australian of the Year Professor Patrick McGorry has condemned the failure of governments to properly fund and resource mental health services as a “national obscenity”.
Interviewed on tonight’s Four Corners program, Hidden Voices, Professor McGorry says he gets phone calls and letters about the issue every day. “A mother rang me from Sydney yesterday saying that [...]
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Over the past few weeks there has been considerable comment from both sides of politics and the mental health sector about what is the best way forward for mental health funding.
Still unsure what is being offered by both parties? be sure to read Croakey’s blog post On Mental Health,who should you vote for – in [...]
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Collection of media items regarding the Opposition’s plans for mental health funding:
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Audio: Opposition promises to plug gap on mental health (PM)
Related Story: Opposition’s $1.5b mental health spend ‘not credible’
Related Story: Abbott unveils $1.5b mental health plan
ABC Lateline transcript Wed night
Thursday Coverage
Mental health experts praise Abbott’s spending pledge ABC Online
Mental health should not be afterthought [...]
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