Mental Health Bill 2011
On 16 December 2011 the Minister for Mental Health, Hon Helen Morton MLC, launched the
Mental Health Bill 2011: Draft Bill for Public Comment. Consultation closes on 9 March 2012. For more information visit
Mental Health Legislation page.
New peer support grants
The Mental Health Commission is requesting applications for non-recurrent grants of up to $50,000 to build the capacity of organisations to employ people with a lived experience of mental illness (or caring for someone who does). The grants are available to ...
Consultations on draft National Mental Health Recovery Framework
The central task of this project is to develop a national framework for recovery oriented mental health service provision that spans all levels of service delivery to meet the needs of consumers, carers and the community ...
It's our birthday!
It is hard to believe that just two years ago the Mental Health Commission, the nation’s first, was established in Western Australia. This was a key step towards creating a modern, effective mental health system with individuals and their recovery at the centre of its focus.
For a long time mental health issues were a taboo subject, but to us silence is not acceptable. We are leading mental health reform and placing it at the forefront of the social reform agenda.
Establishment of the Commission puts WA among leading world nations in terms of the importance it places on mental health. Mental health is everybody’s business - no family, community or business is immune from the harmful consequences that mental distress and illness can cause ...
Everyone working together to encourage and support people who experience mental health problems and/or mental illness to stay in the community, out of hospital and living a meaningful life