Mental Health Australia

We’re hiring! Mental Health Australia is seeking a Senior Project Officer, Community Engagement. > Excellent opportunity to work with a highly respected, national not-for-profit peak organisation for the mental health sector > 12 Month Contract, part-time role 0.6 FTE > Office based in Canberra; remote work from Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane will be considered. Working closely with the Manager - Lived Experience Engagement and external project partners, this role is responsible for coordinating and delivering inclusive co-design and engagement projects with a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) community to ensure their voices shape the adaptation, translation, and promotion of an existing, highly regarded national digital mental health service. This role will also be responsible for providing community organisations and other project partners with advice and support to ensure equitable, participatory processes are delivered. This is a unique opportunity to become involved with a national peak body that unites and uplifts the capacity and capability of the mental health sector, and advocates for policies that improve mental health, while working closely with one of Australia's leading health providers. View the position description and details on how to apply here: https://lnkd.in/g5zm2Npa Applications close 9am AEDT 15 December 2025. 

Mental Health Australia was delighted to welcome members to our Members Policy Forum on 12 November, held in Melbourne. We were joined by more than 80 representatives from 62 member organisations, to discuss how we can advocate together more effectively – particularly to influence negotiations of the next National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement. We are grateful to the Honourable Emma McBride MP, Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention for opening the Forum and to all our speakers and panellists, including Mental Health Australia’s Chair, Dr Peggy Brown AO, Dr Alison Roberts, Dr Dr Angela Jackson, Commissioners from the Productivity Commission, Krista Vanderheide, Assistant Secretary in the Australian Government Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, Kate Colvin, CEO, Homelessness Australia, Amanda Threlfall at VICTORIAN TRADES HALL COUNCIL, Joe Ball, Commissioner for LGBTQIA+ communities, Victoria State Government (Victorian Government), David M. CEO, National Mental Health Commission, Daniel Scoullar, Social Change Projects, Katrina Armstrong, CEO, Mental Health Carers Australia, Brad Morgan, Director, Emerging Minds Australia, Geri Sumpter, Head of Be You, Beyond Blue, Dr Suzy Honisett, Manager, National Child and Family Hubs Network, Priscilla Brice, CEO, National Mental Health Consumer Alliance, Taryn Harvey, CEO, WA Association for Mental Health, Philip Amos, National Policy and Capacity Building Manager, Mental Health & AOD, PHN Cooperative. View the highlights reel here: https://lnkd.in/gsWC6Zkm #mentalhealth #mentalhealthreform #productivitycommission #memberspolicyforum #nationalagreement

More than 80 mental health sector representatives have gathered in Melbourne and online today to discuss this and other big questions in national mental health reform, at Mental Health Australia's second Member Policy Forum for 2025. Thank you to the Emma McBride, Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention for opening the Forum sharing the government’s vision for mental health and mental health reform, and Krista Vanderheide from the Commonwealth Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing who provided a government update. We also heard an excellent sector adjacent discussion on collective advocacy with Kate Colvin, Homelessness Australia, Amanda Threlfall, Victorian Trades Hall Council and Joe Ball, Commissioner for LGBTQIA+ communities. We are looking forward to hearing from more leaders and advocates this afternoon, including Dr Alison Roberts and Dr Angela Jackson who will be presenting on the Productivity Commission's Inquiry, Delivering Quality Care More Efficiently. #mentalhealth #mentalhealthreform #productivitycommission #livedexperience #memberspolicyforum

Have your human rights been upheld in 2025? This national survey is designed by and for mental health consumers to hold systems accountable. Your story matters — because every voice is evidence. 👉 Take the survey today: https://buff.ly/3B8a16N #humanrightsactnow #livedexperience #reimaginingmentalhealth #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #MentalHealthJustice

The Australian Psychosocial Alliance has released an important report detailing the alarming decline in NDIS access rates for people with psychosocial disability. This is an important contribution to the discourse on this worrying issue, which must be addressed urgently. 

Most Australian workers will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime. Today, 10 October 2025, is World Mental Health Day. It is a day to spark conversations, reduce stigma, reach out for support, and connect with our communities. This year’s theme, Connect with your community, highlights the importance of belonging and feeling safe, seen, and heard. For many of us, one of those communities is the workplace. According to SuperFriend’s latest Indicators of a Thriving Workplace Report, connectedness at work, where we experience belonging and support, is a key contributor to good mental health. This hashtag #WMHD25, take a moment to check in and connect with your workplace community. Download our free 2025 World Mental Health Day calendars here: https://lnkd.in/gRmUtstH

Most Australian workers will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime. Today, 10 October 2025, is World Mental Health Day. It is a day to spark conversations, reduce stigma, reach out for support, and connect with our communities. This year’s theme, Connect with your community, highlights the importance of belonging and feeling safe, seen, and heard. For many of us, one of those communities is the workplace. According to SuperFriend’s latest Indicators of a Thriving Workplace Report, connectedness at work, where we experience belonging and support, is a key contributor to good mental health. This hashtag #WMHD25, take a moment to check in and connect with your workplace community. Download our free 2025 World Mental Health Day calendars here: https://lnkd.in/gRmUtstH

Today, 1 October, marks the start of Mental Health Month, an opportunity to promote awareness and understanding of mental health, reduce stigma and encourage open conversations about mental wellbeing.   It’s also the start of the final countdown to World Mental Health Day on 10 October.  This year’s theme is Connect with your community. Download your free 2025 World Mental Health Day calendar for tips and reminders for good mental health throughout October.  Get yours here: https://lnkd.in/gRmUtstH

We’re counting down to World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2025. Mental Health Australia’s theme for this year’s campaign is 'Connect with your community'.  Connecting with our communities can help us feel cared for and supported, which is good for our mental health. Community can mean places and people with whom you feel safe, seen and heard – including workplaces.   This October we’ll be sharing tips for connecting with the communities that matter to you in our World Mental Health Day 2025 calendars.    Stay tuned for details! #Connectwithyourcommunity #WMHD25