Policy Submissions: 2010
MHCA Submission to Victorian Department of Health’s Exposure Draft Mental Health Bill 2010
1 December 2010
This Bill marks a significant shift in policy and the MHCA commends efforts to improve safeguards on the use of compulsory orders and restrictive interventions, encourage increased carer involvement a…
Read moreSecond joint submission: Inquiry into National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention legislation
15 October 2010
Last week Mental Health Australia and Suicide Prevention Australia provided a second joint submission regarding the establishment of a National Commissioner for Defence and Veteran Suicide Prevention.…
Read moreMHCA Submission on Australia’s Draft Initial Report under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2010
1 August 2010
The MHCA strongly supports Australia ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. We are pleased that a number of articles explicitly refer to mental illness. However, there…
Read moreMHCA/NMHCCF Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Long Term Disability Care and Support 2010
1 August 2010
The MHCA and the NMHCCF strongly support the development of a social insurance scheme for disability long-term care and support in Australia. The scheme should be designed around people with a d…
Read moreMHCA Submission into the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Aged Care: Caring for Older Australians 2010
1 July 2010
Any consideration of the needs of older Australians must look at how well their mental health needs are being met. To enable these improvements, the Australian Government must acknowledge and ac…
Read moreMHCA Submission to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee regarding the National Health and Hospitals Network Bill 2010
1 July 2010
This submission emphasises that the key outcomes agreed at the April COAG meeting and the initiative announced thereafter do little to address the crisis in the mental health sector in Australia and w…
Read moreMHCA Submission to the Joint Select Committee Inquiry into Cyber-safety 2010
1 July 2010
This submission discusses the negative impact that Internet use can have on young people. In particular, cyber-bullying and the risk of mental health issues, as well as the worst case scenario o…
Read moreMHCA/beyondblue Submission to the Treasury consultation on Unfair Terms in Insurance Contracts 2010
1 May 2010
The MHCA and beyondblue call on the Australian Government to end the unfair treatment of people with a mental illness by insurers. What is sought in this submission is a more reasonable assessme…
Read moreMHCA Submission to Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration References Inquiry into the COAG Reforms relating to Health and Hospitals 2010
1 May 2010
The MHCA welcomes those budget initiatives announced in the COAG National Health and Hospitals Network report. However, for the mental health sector these constitute vague in-principle support a…
Read moreMHCA Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Consumer Access to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme 2010
1 April 2010
The MHCA urges this Inquiry to consider the health needs and circumstances of mental health consumers and carers to ensure safety and equity of access to medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Sc…
Read moreMHCA Submission on the National Quality Framework to Support Quality Services for People Experiencing Homelessness 2010
1 March 2010
The MHCA believes the needs of mental health consumers must be a significant component of the National Quality Framework to support quality services for people experiencing homelessness, given the sig…
Read moreMHCA and NMHCCF Response to the Draft Report of the Scoping Study to Inform the Establishment of a New Peak National Mental Health Consumer Organisation 2010
1 March 2010
In this joint submission, the MHCA and the National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum highlight the importance of implementation planning, leadership, collaboration, partnerships, clear guideli…
Read moreMHCA/NMHCCF Submission to the Consultation on Recovery Principles 2010
1 March 2010
The MHCA and the National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum applaud the Mental Health Standing Committee for its recognition of the role of recovery as critical to the implementation of better …
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