Staff Reporter, Monday, 4th July 2011 -
The Gillard Government is to provide up to $4 million to establish a National Mental Health Consumer Organisation, the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler has announced.…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 28th April 2011 -
Prominent catholic commentator, Frank Quinlan has been appointed as the new CEO of the Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA), the peak NGO representing the mental health sector…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th April 2011 -
The Gillard Government has delivered on an election commitment to set-up new headspace youth mental health services – in Hobart and Melbourne- as part of ten new centres expected…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th April 2011 -
A new guide from Sane Australia is set to give practical advice to service delivery staff to improve the way they deal with people with a mental illness.
The SANE Guide for Customer Service…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 23rd December 2010 -
The Gillard Government has announced an Expert Advisory Group on Mental Health to guide the government’s mental health sector reform.
The advisory group is to be chaired by…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 2nd December 2010 -
A new initiative to reduce the misunderstanding and damaging stigma associated with mental illness in Australia has been unveiled.
SANE Australia, a Not for Profit organisation…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th October 2010 -
Amnesty International has warned that detention conditions on Christmas Island are deteriorating rapidly and asylum seekers there, as well as in other detention centres around…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 7th October 2010 -
Governments need to improve community based mental health services to provide care for those mentally ill who don’t seek help, says welfare organisation Anglicare Sydney.…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 2nd September 2010 - Australian of the Year Professor Pat McGorry addresses the Philanthropy Australia national conference.
A national conference in Melbourne has been told how a multi-million dollar…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 22nd July 2010 -
The Children’s Mental Health Coalition says infants and children are urgently in need of mental health services in Australia.
The Coalition has called for improved mental…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 22nd July 2010 -
Church groups across Australia have called on the major political parties to commit to immediate action and investment in community mental health issues in the lead up to the Federal…
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