Policy Submissions: 2014
Blueprint for Action on Mental Health
12 November 2014
Following extensive sector engagement, Mental Health Australia has released its Blueprint for Action on Mental Health. The Blueprint forms Mental Health Australia’s fourth and final submission t…
Read moreOpening Statement by Frank Quinlan, CEO of Mental Health Australia, to Joint Parliamentary Committee on the NDIS
6 November 2014
Supportive of the achievements of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to date, this Opening Statement by the CEO of Mental Health Australia, Frank Quinlan, also highlights the sector’s str…
Read moreMental Health Australia Submission to the Senate Inquiry on the Extent of Income Inequality in Australia
25 August 2014
This submission outlines what Mental Health Australia believes are some of the key impacts of income inequality in Australia on the health, housing and employment outcomes of people with lived experie…
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 moreMHCA submission to the ALRC discussion paper on equal recognition of people with disability before the law - Mental health and insurance May 2014
3 July 2014
The MHCA has responded to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Discussion Paper into its Inquiry into Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws. The MHCA broadly supports the ALRC…
Read moreMHCA Submission to the NMHC’s Review of Existing Mental Health Programmes and Services
24 June 2014
This is the third submission from the Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) to the National Mental Health Commission (NMHC) to inform the NMHC’s current review of mental health programmes. The MHC…
Read moreMHCA submission to National Mental Health Commission’s consultation on mental health programs and services 2014
15 April 2014
The MHCA has made a submission to the National Mental Health Commission’s formal consultation process as part of its review of mental health programs and services. The submission attempts to ide…
Read moreMHCA submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into Affordable Housing 2014
26 March 2014
The MHCA provided a submission to the Senate Inquiry into Affordable Housing. In our submission we recommended that people with lived experience of mental illness be recognised as a priority group in future housing and homelessness agreements; recommended that the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness be re-funded for a further five years; and endorsed the continuation of current strategies aimed at growing the community housing sector to ensure that there are increased housing options available for people with lived experience of mental illness.
Read moreMHCA submission to the NMHC Review of Mental Health Services and Programmes 2014
27 February 2014
Following the release of the Terms of Reference, the Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) wrote to Professor Allan Fels, Chair of the National Mental Health Commission, to offer support and assis…
Read moreMHCA submission to the ALRC issues paper into equal recognition of people with disability before the law - Mental health and insurance January 2014
27 February 2014
This submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) describes how people with experience of mental illness often do not have access to insurance on reasonable terms. The MHCA argues t…
Read moreMHCA submission to the 2014-2015 Federal Budget
19 February 2014
The MHCA has lodged its submission to the Federal Government’s 2014-15 Budget. It proposes a range of no-cost, low-cost and long-standing recommendations that will help build an Australian menta…
Read moreJoint NMHCCF and MHCA submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission Issues Paper - Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws 2014
18 February 2014
In this joint submission, the National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum and the MHCA discuss human rights and equal recognition before the law for people with mental illness and psychosocial disability. The submission makes a series of recommendations about nationally consistent approaches to legal capacity, supported decision-making, advance care planning, mental health legislation and restrictive practices.
Read moreMHCA submission to Australian Law Reform Commission inquiry into equal recognition of people with disability before the law - NDIS 2014
6 February 2014
The central principles of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) of consumer choice and control go to the heart of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s inquiry into equality before the law …
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