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Leading mental health experts and groups have teamed up with the insurance industry to draw attention to a major drag on Australia’s productivity; mental ill-health.In an open letter to the Treasurer Jim Chalmers, the...

Australians for Mental Health has welcomed recommendations from a landmark NSW parliamentary report into loneliness.    The final report from the Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Social Issues’ inquiry into the prevalence, causes and...

Australians for Mental Health has welcomed the New South Wales Government’s move to bolster its SafeWork NSW workforce with 51 news inspectors.The state government announced the new roles as part of its “Irreplaceable” safety...

Grassroots advocacy group, Australians for Mental Health (AfMH) is calling for urgent and significant reform following a damning assessment found the national plan to improve mental health and prevent suicide is “not fit for...

Australians for Mental Health is urgently calling for an overhaul of how mental health is approached in New South Wales, after the ABC’s Four Corners program revealed a mental health workforce in crisis.  Last...

Australians for Mental Health has issued a plea to the state government to slow down its controversial changes to workers' compensation laws.  The legislation before parliament today has been improved from the exposure draft...

Australians for Mental Health has expressed major concerns over proposed changes to workers’ compensation for psychological injury, as part of its submission into a NSW parliamentary inquiry. Australians for Mental Health has warned any...

Placing mental health and wellbeing at the centre of all decision-making is the key to tackling the mental health crisis in Australia, according to Australians for Mental Health (AFMH), a national grassroots campaign group...

Australians for Mental Health has endorsed Labor’s election commitment to provide free mental health support to parents before and after their child’s birth.  The $16.7 million promised would go towards opening eight new peri-natal...

Australians for Mental Health has expressed its support for a major $1 billion funding commitment from the Australian Labor Party for mental health.    The money would include funding for Medicare mental health centres,...