#8 - Mental Health and the Budget

Episode description

DISCLAIMER: this episode discusses mental health and suicide, if you or someone you know needs help please reach out to Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Welcome to another ep of TLDR[auspol]! This week, we dive into the Mental Health announcements of the budget to work out where all that cash is goin.

In this ep we (Abby and Rhi) cover:

• The budget announcements regarding mental health
• An overview of how mental health is funded in Aus currently
• Some interesting notes on past spending, primary health networks and different levels of government
• Lots of extra reading

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https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-greg-hunt-mp/media/historic-23-billion-national-mental-health-and-suicide-prevention-plan

https://www.health.gov.au/news/budgets-historic-23-billion-investment-in-mental-health-and-suicide-prevention

https://www.health.gov.au/resources/collections/prioritising-mental-health-preventive-health-and-sport

https://www.aihw.gov.au/getmedia/8c6e5410-55cc-498d-9772-d3f9d7fcd351/Overview-of-mental-health-services-in-Australia.pdf.aspx

https://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov.au/monitoring-and-reporting/fifth-plan/5th-national-mental-health-and-suicide-prevention

https://www.coag.gov.au/about-coag

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-11/billions-mental-health-funding-federal-budget/100130802#:~:text=Mental%20health%20services%20will%20receive,centres%20and%20suicide%20prevention%20efforts