A re-elected Labor government would invest $1 billion into mental health services across Australia, in what the nation’s peak mental health body has labelled a “landmark investment.”
The commitment includes $225 million to deliver 21 new Medicare Mental Health Centres and upgrade 10 centres across the country, many of those in regional centres.
There would also be $200 million to expand Headspace services, $500 million for Youth Specialist Care Centres and $90 million to train 1,200 new mental health professionals.
Always interesting when an elected party promises to do something in the future if reelected
I don’t know Australian politics and am a huge fan of proper mental healthcare, but is this just treating a symptom rather than a cause? Cause being things like jobs, housing, education, living wage, etc. I also realize that people who have all these things can still need mental healthcare, so please don’t take it that way.
