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 Government has announced a tender for online and phone mental health services.
The full media release is below.
THE HON. MARK BUTLER MP
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
Minister for Social Inclusion
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Mental Health Reform
MEDIA RELEASE
11 April 2012
BOOST TO MENTAL HEALTH HELP OVER THE PHONE OR ONLINE
More Australians living with [...]
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TAMHSS (Transforming Australia’s Mental Health Service Systems) has just launched and have created a blog to help engage with mental health consumers, carers and advocates to drive change.
What is TAMHSS?
• Provides an independent forum to increase and sustain the momentum for reform
• Encourages the Australian community to participate in the transformation of the
Australian mental health [...]
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Mental ill-health is the leading killer of Australians under 45, and the leading cause of disability in Australia. It’s time our governments stepped up and invested in mental health care to save lives.
Please join this petition before it’s delivered in a press conference at Parliament House on Thursday.
“I call on the governments of Australia to [...]
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Posted in TheMHS on Apr 22nd, 2010 1 Comment »
From today’s Australian an article by Ian Hickie:
GOING into Monday’s Council of Australian Governments meeting, the signs for genuine mental health reform were good.
Kevin Rudd had indicated his support for those young Australians who face tough times. Health Minister Nicola Roxon was a fierce critic of Tony Abbott’s failure to reform commonwealth mental health programs. [...]
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The following items were of note in the media over the past few days:
Ian Hickie discusses Unhealthy focus on acute care in Online Opinion
Lateline (21.4.10) Mental Health Sector lashes out over funds transcript. Interviewees: Ian Hickie, Jeff Kennet and Rob Knowles
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