Media Releases: 2019

Mental Health Australia welcomes Productivity Commission Report and push for a national agreement

30 October 2019

Mental Health Australia welcomes Productivity Commission Report and push for a national agreement National peak body for mental health, Mental Health Australia has today welcomed the Draft Report rele…

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Over 100 organisations unify to launch Charter 2020 on mental health

17 October 2019

Over 100 organisations unify to launch Charter 2020 on mental health Today 108 organisations in the mental health and suicide prevention sectors have unified to launch Charter 2020 on mental health. T…

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Mental Health Australia to search for a new CEO

20 September 2019

Mental Health Australia to search for a new CEO Mental Health Australia CEO Frank Quinlan has today announced he has been appointed as the Federation Executive Director of Royal Flying Doctor Service …

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400 plus organisations and counting doing their bit to reduce stigma this World Mental Health Day

19 September 2019

400 plus organisations and counting doing their bit to reduce stigma this World Mental Health Day More than 400 organisations across the country will be promoting World Mental Health Day this year in …

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Help Townsville set a new world record...

9 September 2019

Help Townsville set a new world record... Did you know that Australians currently hold the world record for the ‘largest dessert pizza’, ‘the fastest time to solve a Rubik’s cube’, and ‘the most push-…

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CoAG brief on mental health reform agenda, August 2011

19 August 2019

The Prime Minister and state and territory premiers and chief ministers have given a briefing by senior mental health experts Frank Quinlan, Patrick McGorry and David Cappo on the leadership challenges in mental health facing all Australian governments.

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Embrace Multicultural Mental Health project launches

16 August 2019

Embrace Multicultural Mental Health project launches Mental Health Australia in alliance with the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Council of Australia (FECCA) and the National Ethnic Disability Alli…

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Experts Map Future of Mental Health in Australia - Council of Non-Government Organisations (CONGO) gathers in Canberra, May 2013

19 May 2019

A gathering of more than 140 experts from the mental health and community sectors are meeting on Tuesday 21 May (tomorrow) in Canberra to discuss the future of mental health reform in Australia.

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What's the plan for mental health?

11 April 2019

In the last week alone, the Coalition, Labor and Greens have all made statements about the importance of mental health for all Australians. At the start of this election campaign, Mental Health Austra…

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