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Steps forward for digital mental health 

Media Releases
15 December 2023

Mental Health Australia welcomes the certainty in funding for digital and crisis mental health supports announced this week. “The Australian community will...

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Mental Health Australia welcomes the release of the NDIS review

Media Releases
7 December 2023

Mental Health Australia has long advocated for changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme ( NDIS ) to better support people with psychosocial...

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Optimising Support for Psychosocial Disability

Project overview

The Optimising Psychosocial Support Project brings together, for the first time, the service level data from community based mental health programs to present a picture of how people with psychosocial disability were supported in ‘pre-NDIS’ programs. The project provides a rich and valuable evidence base to augment and support the NDIA’s work to deliver the most appropriate support to NDIS participants with psychosocial disability.

Letter to Disability Reform Council on 2017 Productivity Commission review on the NDIS

Submission
7 July 2016

Mental Health Australia and Community Mental Health wrote to the COAG Disability Reform Council urging them to include mental health specific terms of reference in the 2017 Productivity Commission review of the NDIS .

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Submission on ILC Commissioning Framework

Submission
27 April 2016

Mental Health Australia made two submissions on the draft Commissioning Framework for Information, Linkages and Capacity Building. The first submission...

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Submission to NDIA on 2016 Pricing Review

Submission
13 April 2016

Mental Health Australia’s submission to the National Disability Insurance Agency on their Personal Care and Community Participation 2016/17 Price Review.

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NDIS – Proposal for a Quality and Safeguarding Framework – Key Issues Brief

General
26 March 2015

This brief for members of Mental Health Australia highlights the key points of a consultation paper recently released by DSS on the proposed NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework. Further information is available at https://engage.dss.gov.au/ndis-qsf/ . Submissions can be made online by 5pm on 30 April 2015.

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NDIS Framework for Information, Linkages and Capacity Building – Submission to the Department of Social Services

Submission
16 March 2015

Mental Health Australia raises significant concerns about the NDIS ‘Information, Linkages and Co-ordination’ (Tier 2). Significant more information is required before stakeholders can form a proper view.

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MHCA submission to the ALRC discussion paper on equal recognition of people with disability before the law - Mental health and insurance May 2014

Submission
4 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 ’s proposals regarding supported decision-making, but is disappointed that more specific recommendations about mental health and insurance have not been made.

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Experiences with Disability Employment Services – Consumer and Carer Survey

General
4 March 2014

The MHCA is keen to hear from consumers and carers about your knowledge and experiences with Australian Government Disability Employment Services via a short online survey. The survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete and people who wish to discuss their experiences with Disability Employment Services with us in greater detail can elect to do so by providing their contact details. Otherwise the survey can be completed anonymously.

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