by White Wreath | Apr 3, 2017 | Director's Reports
Federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt, appointed to that role in January by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, faces a challenging time – mental health has passed the point of being in crisis and urgent steps must be taken now. Mr Hunt, in his first media conference as...
by White Wreath | Jan 30, 2017 | Director's Reports
This issue of our newsletter highlights mental health/suicide programs initiated by federal and state governments. As well intended as they are, the programs have a one thing in common. They are all disjointed and uncoordinated. No effort has been made to ascertain if...
by White Wreath | Jul 27, 2016 | Director's Reports
Politicians, of all persuasions, are guilty of paying lip service when it comes to urgently needed changes to Australia’s shambolic mental health system. The recent Federal election campaign caused a hiatus in state governments’ introduction of any...
by White Wreath | May 17, 2016 | Press Releases
VICTIMS of suicide leave behind pain for their friends and families, and these people need support as well. Men of the Ngukuthati Men’s Shed want to let the subject of suicide be more open, to encourage more people who are struggling with life to talk about it with...
by White Wreath | Apr 8, 2016 | Director's Reports
Reform of the nation’s mental health system has been proclaimed as a core policy of both our political parties. The Liberal Party has promised “significant structural reform of the mental health system”, while the Labor Party has sign-posted “making mental...
