Crucial mental health services forgotten by government, likely to close
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- Oct 26, 2022
- 3 min
'Wellbeing' Budget largely ignores mental health

- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
Focus needed on the jobs and skills that support everyone

- Aug 19, 2022
- 2 min
Small steps for progress on older persons’ mental health

- Aug 4, 2022
- 2 min
Homelessness and mental health: connected and both failed by government inaction

- Aug 2, 2022
- 5 min
ACT Budget investments in mental health are welcome, but mainly for bandaid solutions

- Jun 28, 2022
- 2 min
The data is in; now we need action on mental health

- May 11, 2022
- 2 min
Lack of funding to leave Canberrans with mental health conditions without support

- May 4, 2022
- 2 min
Long game of mental health recovery can't be played with short contracts

- Apr 27, 2022
- 2 min
Election focus on NDIS ignores needs of majority of people with mental illness

- Apr 14, 2022
- 2 min
Greens election focus on mental health welcome, but not enough for the community-based workforce

- Apr 7, 2022
- 2 min
MHCC ACT urges all candidates to make mental health an election priority

- Jan 12, 2022
- 2 min
Exhausted, over-stretched and under-staffed: increased support needed for pandemic's frontliners.

- Dec 6, 2021
- 2 min
Longer-term investment needed in recommendations for COVID-19 response report.

- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
Celebration of success as ACT mental health Recovery College Wins Award.

- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
MHCC ACT supports Motion from Michael Pettersson MLA on ACT Mental Health.

- Oct 6, 2021
- 2 min
ACT Budget: Mental health supports

- Oct 1, 2021
- 1 min
Senate Committee recommends The Government should keep their ‘Hands off our charities’

- Sep 21, 2021
- 2 min
The Community welcome Government support for the mental health of Canberrans

- Sep 16, 2021
- 2 min
Stronger consultation needed for ACT Government budget announcements.