Media Releases: 2015
Research tracks mental health and wellbeing activity
5 October 2015
Exclusive research commissioned by Mental Health Australia has asked Australians what they’re doing to improve their mental health and wellbeing against ten key activities. “Generally, Australians are…
Read moreAustralia must focus on preventing suicide
9 September 2015
This World Suicide Prevention Day, Mental Health Australia is calling on governments across the country to focus on preventing suicide as an integral part of a national mental health reform agenda. “More people die by suicide than on our roads. Despite this, suicide prevention does not attract anywhere near the same level of public attention or funding," Mental Health Australia CEO Frank Quinlan said. "Suicide can be prevented, it just takes leadership and careful investment to make a meaningful change."
Read moreERG Meeting – countdown to reform begins
17 June 2015
Mental Health Australia today welcomed the first meeting of the Expert Reference Group (ERG) advising the Commonwealth Government on its response to the National Mental Health Commission’s recent Review of Mental Health Programmes and Services.
Read moreMental health awaits government action
12 May 2015
Mental Health Australia has renewed its call for a decade of mental health reform, commencing immediately, following the release of the 2015 Federal Budget. Welcoming the Abbott Government’s re-commit…
Read more“Coordinated, national, binding”
16 April 2015
Mental Health Australia has welcomed the release of the National Mental Health Commission’s Review of Mental Health Programmes and Services and called for immediate action to address the litany of failings identified.
Read moreMental health system broken
15 April 2015
Last night's 7:30 Report on the ABC has highlighted the nation's poor mental health system, resulting too often in people reaching crisis and taking their own lives. Today, Mental Health Australia has…
Read moreTime to embrace a decade of mental health reform
14 April 2015
Mental Health Australia is calling for all governments to embrace a decade of mental health reform following the leak of a summary of the National Mental Health Commission’s Review of Mental Health Pr…
Read moreFunding Extension Saves Services
2 April 2015
Mental Health Australia has welcomed today’s news that Commonwealth supported community mental health organisations will be funded for another twelve months, worth almost $300 million.
Read moreMental Health Sector calls on PM for certainty of funding
23 March 2015
Mental Health Australia has delivered a letter to Prime Minister The Hon Tony Abbott imploring that the Commonwealth take urgent action to ensure continuity of services and programs for Australians wh…
Read moreBetter Access for whom? Mental health evaluation shows too many Australians missing out on care, March 2011
15 March 2015
A long awaited evaluation into the mental health Better Access initiative shows that while the Commonwealth’s billion dollar outlay through the Medical Benefits Schedule has increased the rates of treatment for some, too many Australians in need of services are still missing out.
Read moreNo Health Without Mental Health
5 March 2015
“We will reap what we sow,” Frank Quinlan, CEO of Mental Health Australia, said today at the launch of the 2015 Intergenerational Report at Parliament House in Canberra. “The decisions we take today w…
Read moreMore certainty for Australians living with mental illness
15 February 2015
Australians living with mental illness, and those who care for them, are resting easier today knowing the community based mental health services they rely on have been provided greater funding certain…
Read moreMedia Alert - LARGEST EVER MENTAL HEALTH DELEGATION
5 February 2015
Mental health representatives from across the country will meet with 45 MPs and Senators from across the political spectrum at Australian Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday, 11 February. The de…
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