Events
2024 RECENT EVENTS
MARCH
Dr Ruth Vine was the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Mental Health, in the Department of Health and Aged Care and graciously accepted our invitation to an “In conversation” style webinar. On the cusp of her retirement in late March, Dr Ruth Vine joined Mental Health Australia CEO, Carolyn Nikoloski, in conversation to reflect on Ruth’s extensive career, and to hear some of her insights on the mental health reform that she has seen and led through her time in the sector.
MAY
Event: Members Policy Hub - Webinar: National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No.1) Bill 2024
Mental Health Australia members were invited to join a Policy Hub webinar on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 (the NDIS Bill). Ms Julie Yeend, Branch Manager, NDIS Governance, Policy and Legislation at the Department of Social Services provided an overview of the Bill. Members had the opportunity to ask questions about the Bill, and inform Mental Health Australia’s submission to the Senate Inquiry on this proposed legislation.
Event: ASORC 2024 Rehabilitation Counsellors Virtual Conference
Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors
Webinar via Zoom - 15 May, 2024
Event: Budget Special - Members Policy Forum
Date: Thursday 16 May 2024
More than 130 member representatives joined us at Old Parliment House in Canberra to hear directly from the Government about the outcomes of the Federal Budget, as well as hearing from sector leaders on innovations and challenges in lived experience leadership, recent sector mergers, and addressing the gap in supports for people with complex mental health needs. Members also discussed a sector sustainability statement heading into the Federal election, as well as plenty of networking.
Confirmed speakers included:
- The Hon. Mark Butler MP, the Minister for Health and Aged Care
- The Hon. Emma McBride MP, Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
- Bronwyn Field PSM, First Assistant Secretary, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Division, Primary and Community Care Group, Department of Health and Aged Care
- Colin Seery, Chief Executive Officer, Lifeline Australia
- Angus (Gus) Clelland, Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health First Aid Australia
- Kathi Boorman, Chief Executive Officer, One Door Mental Health
- Gill Callister, Chief Executive Officer, Mind Australia
Dr Sebastian Rosenberg, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Policy, Brain & Mind Research Institute, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney - Bradley Foxlewin, Lived Experience Director, ACT Health Directorate
- Kerry Hawkins, Carer Co-Chair, National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum
- Marie Pui, Mental Health Australia Board Member and CEO, Tandem Carers
- Helen Day, Consumer Co-Chair, National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum
- Uncle Joe Miller, National Network Member, Black Dog Institute’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lived Experience Centre
- Lewching Yip, Child and Family Safety, Cultural Safety and Suicide Prevention Advocate
- Associate Prof Melanie Turner, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and MHA Board Member
- Aunty Serena Williams, Ngunnawal Elder (Welcome to Country)
- Mark Orr AM, Interim Chair, Mental Health Australia
- Carolyn Nikoloski, Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health Australia
- Emma Greeney, Director, Policy and Advocacy, Mental Health Australia
- Ingrid Hatfield, Deputy Director, Policy and Research, Mental Health Australia
2024 UPCOMING EVENTS
JUNE
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JULY
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AUGUST
TheMHS Conference - Finding Common Ground
27 – 30 August 2024 | National Convention Centre, CANBERRA (NCC)
More information: https://www.themhs.org/canberra-annual-conference-2024/
SEPTEMBER
National Rural Health Conference
17th National Rural Health Conference will be held 16-18 September 2024 in Perth, Western Australia and be officially opened by the Hon Emma McBride, Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health.
ANZSPM 2024 Conference
30 Years of Palliative Medicine: Constructing, Challenging, Transforming
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
5-8 September, 2024.
More information: https://www.ranzcp.org/events-learning/anzspm-2024-conference
RUOK Day
12 September, 2024
OCTOBER
World Mental Health Day
10 October, 2024
lookafteryourmentalhealthaustralia.org.au
NOVEMBER
Mental Health Australia will hold its November events on Tuesday 12 November, 2024 - Melbourne CBD, Victoria
- Members Policy Forum
- Annual General Meeting
- Grace Groom Memorial Oration
Speakers and venue TBA.
DECEMBER
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