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
