Policy Submissions: Workforce
Submission to Employment White Paper
1 December 2022
Mental Health Australia was pleased to provide this submission to inform the Australian Government’s Employment White Paper. Mental health and employment are inherently intertwined. Engaging in meanin…
Read moreSubmission to Consultation on New Disability Employment Support Model
1 February 2022
Design of the future disability employment support model is an opportunity to address shortcomings of the current DES model and fundamentally improve the employment rate and career outcomes for Austra…
Read moreSubmission to Inquiry into Provisions of GP and Primary Health Services to outer metropolitan, rural, and regional Australians
28 October 2021
In September 2021, Mental Health Australia made a submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs Inquiry into the Provision of GP and primary health services to outer metropolitan, …
Read moreSubmission on Disability Employment Framework
17 December 2015
Mental Health Australia’s submission to the National Disability Employment Framework – Discussion Paper.
Read moreMaking the Welfare System Work for Mental Health Consumers and Carers – Submission to the Interim Report of the Reference Group on Welfare Reform
8 August 2014
This is a joint submission from the Mental Health Council of Australia and the National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum in response to the Interim Report by the Reference Group on Welfare Refor…
Read moreImproving the Employment Participation of People with a Disability in Australia 2013
1 February 2013
In December 2012 the Department of Employment Education and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) sought input on their discussion paper "Improving the employment participation of people with a disability in Australia". The MHCA made this submission on the discussion paper.
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