Director’s Report August 2017
White Wreath is profoundly disappointed at the failure by Health Minister Greg Hunt to introduce meaningful programs to address Australia’s major health problem – our rising suicide rate. Instead of allocating funds to urgently needed mental health hospital...Director’s Report April 2017
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...Directors Report December 2016
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...Directors Report August 2016 – Political Action Needed for Suicide Prevention
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...Director’s Report April 2016 – Inquiries Not Enough for Suicide Prevention
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...
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