Our Work
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On Friday 20 June 2025, Mental Health Australia provided an Incoming Government Brief on psychosocial disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to Minister for Disability and the NDIS, the Hon Mark Butler...
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Mental Health Australia’s Incoming Government Brief for the mental health portfolio outlines the mental health sector’s priorities for the Albanese Government in the first 100 days and first year, as well as the ongoing reforms the sector is keen to see the government continue to deliver...
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Mental Health Australia has developed a Statement on National Child and Youth Mental Health Priorities to inform the June 2025 Health and Mental Health Ministers meeting.
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On Monday 26 May 2025, Mental Health Australia and all state and territory mental health peak bodies wrote to all Health and Mental Health Ministers encouraging decisive action on investment in psychosocial support outside the NDIS to meet need.
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Peak mental health body Mental Health Australia (MHA) is urging all political parties to commit to free mental health care for everyone under the age of 25 as part of their federal election platforms. MHA Director of Policy and Advocacy, Emma...
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Mental Health Australia has welcomed the opportunity to contribute to the Productivity Commission’s Review of the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement (National Agreement).
While the National Agreement has made a good start in establishing system architecture and has...
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On Friday 13 December, Mental Health Australia launched its Vision Statement: A mentally healthy Australia, which is our action plan to create a mentally healthy Australia.
The Vision Statement looks to 2025 and beyond and sets a course for improving Australia’s...
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Mental Health Australia has developed the following Budget priorities through review of evidence and outstanding recommendations of recent national reviews, consultation with members including a workshop at our November 2024 Members Policy Forum, and targeted consultations with subject-matter...
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Mental Health Australia is pleased to release a Statement on Addressing Unmet Need for Psychosocial Support Outside the NDIS. This Statement, developed in consultation with members, outlines the sector’s expectations of Australian Governments’ next steps to address this...
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Mental Health Australia has been joined by 80 mental health organisations across the country calling for Health and Mental Health Ministers to take serious action at the Ministers’ meeting on 16 August.
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Mental Health Australia’s Strategy 2024 - 2029 was launched in August 2024.
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The 2024/25 Federal Budget has not adequately delivered investment that responds to the scale of the problem we know exists in our community. Mental Health Australia has consistently advocated for mental health reform to be prioritised, and while the investments made in this budget demonstrate...
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This World Mental Health Day we have launched the Mapping Mental Health Care research project, which shows stark disparities in access to mental health care services across Australia. Our collaborative project with the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM...
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Find Mental Health Australia’s latest public comments on mental health events, reviews, and policies.
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Mental Health Australia - the independent peak body representing mental health stakeholders and issues in Australia - developed an independent annual benchmark survey to address a key gap in mental health data in collaboration with Ipsos. This national survey will provide regular insight into...
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Read our policy submissions on a range of Australia’s key issues in mental health. -
Embrace Multicultural Mental Health (the Embrace Project) is run by Mental Health Australia and provides a national focus on mental health and suicide prevention for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
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