Investing to Save - KPMG and Mental Health Australia report - May 2018

At Mental Health Australia our vision is for mentally healthy people, and mentally healthy communities. Investing to Save presents a major contribution towards that vision. It shows how we can, with the right targeted investments, improve the mental health of our community, and in turn the mental wealth of the nation.

There have been many reviews, inquires and other various investigations into Australia’s mental health system. But this is a report unlike any other.

Investing to Save: The economic benefits for Australia of investment in mental health reform, tackles a set of complex issues from a new perspective, and a new pragmatic approach to the scale of the task of reforming our mental health system.

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Perspectives - September 2015
Newsletters / Bulletins
1 September 2015
Welcome to the latest 2015 edition of Perspectives, an online magazine where we present ideas, essays, and articles about what is happening in the mental health space.
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CEO Update - 28 August
Newsletters / Bulletins
28 August 2015
We are counting down to real reform in mental health, join us! In this update you can also read about this week’s TheMHS Conference and the development of the Australian Mental Health Care Classification
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Opening Statement to the Senate Select Committee on Health
Speeches / Transcripts
27 August 2015
On Wednesday, 26 August, Mental Health Australia gave evidence to the Senate Select Committee on Health about the National Mental Health Commission’s National Review of Mental Health Programmes and Services. A copy of the Opening Statement by the CEO , Frank Quinlan, is available here.
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Integrating Mental Health into the NDIS Conference December 2014
General
24 August 2015
The Integrating Mental Health into the NDIS Conference was held by Informa Australia from 27-28 November 2014 in Sydney. Topics covered included scheme design, emerging lessons from the launch sites, the changing landscape for service providers, integrating the NDIS with other service systems and maximising choice and control. Presenters included Frank Quinlan, CEO of Mental Health Australia and Josh Fear, Director Policy and Projects, Mental Health Australia, David Butt, CEO and Commissioner of the National Mental Health Commission, Eddie Bartnik, NDIA Strategic Advisor NDIA , Nick Hartland, Group Manager, NDIS Department of Social Services, David Meldrum Executive Director of the Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia and a range of other key stakeholders including consumers and carers. Video footage and slideshow presentations for many of the sessions can be accessed here.
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CEO Update - 21 August
Newsletters / Bulletins
21 August 2015
In this week’s update read about the NDIA Mental Health Sector Reference Group, Disability Employment Conference, NDIA CEO ’s Forum and the Primary Healthcare Advisory Group meetings
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CEO Update - 14 August
Newsletters / Bulletins
14 August 2015
We are currently finalising our response to the Expert Reference Group so we can have input to the Government’s response to the NMHC Review, read all about it in this week’s update
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NDIS Capacity Building Project Update 12 – 11 August 2015
Newsletters / Bulletins
12 August 2015
In this update, read about: Mental Health Australia’s Extraordinary Policy Forum; an NDIS Mental Health Sector Reference Group Meeting Communique; the NDIS Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Policy Framework; the NDIS Integrated Market, Sector and Workforce Strategy; a new website for carers; a Carers Australia survey on carers’ experiences of the NDIS ; the latest public hearing of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS ; National Disability Insurance Agency information sessions on support coordination; new NDIS fact sheets; National Disability Services ( NDS ) NDIS briefings; and the NDS Community Inclusion Initiative.
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CEO Update - 7 August
Newsletters / Bulletins
7 August 2015
This week was dominated by our Extraordinary Policy Forum and Stakeholder workshop - read about this important event and its outcomes here
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The time for talk is over - it's time for action on mental health
Media Releases
16 July 2015
Media release (embargo) - Ahead of the COAG Leaders Retreat, the mental health sector has written to the Prime Minister and First Ministers calling for urgent action on reforms COAG agreed to in 2012. “In 2012 COAG agreed to adopt clear targets and indicators for improving mental health and to develop a fully funded national agreement on mental health reform, and yet we are still waiting for action,” said Mental Health Australia CEO Frank Quinlan.
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Open Joint Letter to Prime Minister and First Ministers on mental health reform
General
10 July 2015
Ahead of the COAG Leaders Retreat, the mental health sector has written to the Prime Minister and First Ministers calling for urgent action on reforms COAG agreed to in 2012. This includes the adoption of clear targets and indicators for improving mental health outcomes as well as a fully developed and funded national agreement on mental health reform.
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