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MHCA CEO's Weekly Update - 30 May

Newsletters / Bulletins
30 May 2014

In this week’s update read our response to the recent media coverage of people on the Disability Support Pension. Also discussed is our recent Board meeting, Minister Dutton’s speech to the National Press Club, an update on the NDIS project and consumer and carer projects at the MHCA .>/p>

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MHCA CEO's Weekly Update - 9 May

Newsletters / Bulletins
9 May 2014

In this week’s update read about the National Mental Health Leaders Project, the welfare system review, NDIS workshops, a meeting of the Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance and World Mental Health Day.

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NDIS Capacity Building Project Update 6 - April 2014

Newsletters / Bulletins
28 April 2014

In this update read about the MHCA ’s NDIS proposal, CONGO , access to PH aMs in trial sites, organisational readiness workshops, grants for disability support organisations, development of an NDIS workforce strategy, national standards for disability services, quarterly reports from the NDIA and updated operational guidelines.

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NDIS too important to rush

Media Releases
14 April 2014

The roll-out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme should be focussed on getting it right, not getting it quickly says CEO of the Mental Health Council of Australia Frank Quinlan following his appearance this morning on the Sky News Saturday Agenda program.

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Peak body welcomes Bartnik to NDIA

Media Releases
3 April 2014

The Mental Health Council of Australia ( MHCA ) today welcomed the appointment of former WA Mental Health Commissioner Eddie Bartnik to the National Disability Insurance Agency ( NDIA ) as their new strategic advisor on mental health.

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MHCA CEO's Weekly Update - 21 March

Newsletters / Bulletins
21 March 2014

In this week’s update read our new NDIS proposal for mental health, an update on the recent NMHCCF meeting, a meeting with Minister Dutton’s office and the proposed name change for the MHCA .

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The National Disability Insurance Scheme - Resources for Consumers and Carers

General
19 March 2014

The MHCA has been working with the National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum ( NMHCCF ) to develop some information for mental health consumers and carers about the NDIS . Because the NDIS is so new and still in a trial phase, there are still a lot of issues that have not been worked out and we are not sure what they will mean for mental health consumers and carers. Therefore we have published this information in draft form so that we can get your feedback on the sorts of things you would like to see in a fact sheet about the NDIS .

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Providing Psychosocial Disability Support through the NDIS

Publication
18 March 2014

Over the last 12 months the MHCA ’s collaborative work with the mental health sector has highlighted the significant concerns consistently raised by mental health consumers, carers and service providers about the design and implementation of the NDIS , and the implications these may have for service access, quality and financial sustainability. These concerns are described in more detail in our position paper. In response to these concerns, and through our ongoing advocacy to government and the National Disability Insurance Agency ( NDIA ), the MHCA was asked by the NDIA to develop a proposal for a new approach to trialling and implementing the NDIS to better meet the needs of mental health consumers and carers.

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MHCA CEO's Weekly Update - 14 March

Newsletters / Bulletins
14 March 2014

In this edition read about our work on developing a vision for the best mental health system in the world, the important work of the IHPA Stakeholder Advisory Group, download the Crossroads report and take our survey on people’s experiences with Disability Employment Services.

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