Newsletter

A busy week with a Board Meeting, Members Policy Forum and CONGO meetings, find out what happened here.

In this week’s update read about the announcement that the government will continue to fund a range of mental health programs for a further 12 months. We also welcomed the appointment of Eddie Bartnik to the NDIA and commenced consultations for our Flagship Project 1.

Read about the National Mental Health Commission’s Review, how we are aiming to co-design the world’s best mental health system, the CHFA National Roundtable on Housing and the NDIS and download our Submission to the inquiry into affordable housing.

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 .

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.

This week you can read about our recently meeting with the National Mental Health Commission, progress with the establishment of the new National Mental Health Consumer Organisation, take our survey on experiences with Disability Employment Services and hear about the disability peaks meeting.

This Week MHCA Board meeting - time for action The MCHA Board met for two days earlier this week, and concentrated its thinking on the current review of mental...

This week’s update includes the MHCA ’s Pre-Budget Submission, a wrap up of our meeting with Senator Mitch Fifield about the NDIS and Frank’s appearance at the Senate inquiry into the Commission of Audit.

In this week’s update you can download our Submission to the Fels Review of Mental Health, read about the government’s review of Australia’s welfare system, download a recent article on mental health and insurance discrimination and read about the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.