Joint Submission to Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs Accessibility and Quality of Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Australia, May 2018
The Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition (the Coalition) and the Queensland Alliance for Mental Health (QAMH) have made a joint submission regarding the sustainability and quality of adequate mental health services in rural and remote communities throughout Queensland and the Northern Territory.
NT Mental Health Coalition submission to the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory October 2016. To download click here
The Coalition has responded to issues on behalf of our members. View below:
Community Mental Health Australia Submission on the Fifth National Mental Health Plan
The Coalition response to article by Hayley Sorensen, Crunch on Mental Health Services, dated 17.10.2016 with a letter to the editor dated 1.11.2016 followed by an interview with Daryl Manzie, 104.1 Territory FM.
- 17/10/2016 Article by Hayley Sorensen, Crunch on Mental Health Services
- 1/11/2016 Response to the article – Letter to the Editor
- Click below to listen to the interview
Community Mental Health Australia have completed their 2017-2018 Federal Pre-Budget Submission. The Pre-Budget Submission has been developed in consultation with the States and Territories. The Submission puts forward six defined budget initiatives that are concrete measures to address issues occurring with the various mental health reforms and the NDIS that could be considered for inclusion in the 2017-18 Federal Budget. View the submission here
Don Dale Detention Centre
26/10/2016 The Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition on behalf of its members has submitted a submission to The Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, the report is now available.
29/07/2016 Young people’s mental health must be the crucial component incorporated into the deliberations of the Royal Commission into child protection and youth detention in the Northern Territory set up by the Prime Minister this week.
Letter from the Health Minister John Elferink 18 May 2016 in response to NTMHC Response to NDIS Bilateral Agreement
Summary response to Stakeholder Considerations NDIA Individual Support Design Report NT
Independent Review of the NDIS Scheme Act 2013 (Cmth)
Response – Draft Housing Strategy Consultation
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