Page 4241 - Week 12 - Tuesday, 24 October 2017
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The 2017-18 budget saw $5.3 million invested in a range of programs and services to improve the mental health of Canberrans, including continued funding for headspace and the detention exit outreach program. We have also invested $1.8 million to reduce the incidence of suicide in our community through funding for the Black Dog Institute’s LifeSpan suicide prevention program.
Of course, a range of other services are being provided right across our community directly by government through things such as our community mental health services as well as the more acute end of the spectrum in the emergency department and the adult mental health unit, then through a range of community organisations that are funded by the government to provide support and, of course, the additional resources they bring to it through fundraising.
In closing let me say that we have a system that works reasonably well here in the ACT when it comes to mental health but I think that we can make it work better. That is what we are trying to achieve and why we are investing so much effort in getting it right. And that is why the government has agreed to all recommendations from the Auditor-General’s report.
There is a lot of work across the community. My focus in the next couple of years is to ensure that these services are well coordinated and provide a clear pathway for people who come into contact with these services. I am pleased to table the government’s response today and commend it to the Assembly.
Papers
Ms Stephen-Smith presented the following papers:
Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act, pursuant to section 13—Annual report 2016-2017—Community Services Directorate, dated 19 September 2017.
Annual Reports (Government Agencies) Act, pursuant to section 13—Annual report 2016-2017—Long Service Leave Authority, dated 18 September 2017.
Mr Gentleman presented the following papers:
Subordinate legislation (including explanatory statements unless otherwise stated)
Legislation Act, pursuant to section 64—
Civil Law (Wrongs) Act—Civil Law (Wrongs) Professional Standards Council Appointment 2017 (No 3)—Disallowable Instrument DI2017-235 (LR, 21 September 2017).
Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act—Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measurement Method) Determination 2017—Disallowable Instrument DI2017-250 (LR, 3 October 2017).
Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act—Crimes (Sentence Administration) (Sentence Administration Board) Appointment 2017 (No 13)—Disallowable Instrument DI2017-236 (LR, 21 September 2017).
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