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Listed below are media items for The Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Mental Health Reform, Minister for Housing and Homelessness
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Previous MinistersOctober 2011
28 October 2011
New Guidelines Improves the Management of Volatile Substance Use
Australia’s first Consensus-Based Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Volatile Substance Use in Australiaand a quick-reference summary to support heath workers treating clients in this area have been developed.
26 October 2011
$16.7 Million Funding Boost For Queenslanders in Need
People with a disability and older, frail people in Queensland will receive more support to remain in their homes and their communities as a result of increased funding for the Home and Community Care program.
24 October 2011
New Headspace Outpost for Mount Isa
Young people living in Mount Isa are to get better, local access to mental health care and related drug and alcohol services.
24 October 2011
A New Headspace For The Upper Spencer Gulf
Young people in the Upper Spencer Gulf area are to get better, local access to mental health care and related drug and alcohol services.
24 October 2011
New Headspace Sites For Queensland
More young Queenslanders will get the care and support they need to overcome mental illness with three new headspace sites to be rolled out in Queensland. The centres will be at Mackay, Ipswich and Sunshine Coast.
24 October 2011
New Headspace Sites for Victoria
More young people with mental illness, or at risk of mental illness, across Victoria, will be able to get the care and support that they need from four new headspace sites in Dandenong, Ringwood/Knox, Shepparton and Ballarat.
24 October 2011
New Headspace Outpost For North West Coast
Young people living in Northwest Tasmania are to get better, local access to mental health care and related drug and alcohol services.
24 October 2011
New Headspace Sites For Young People in NSW
Young people living in NSW will benefit from the establishment of five new headspace sites, as announced by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, on 24 October at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth.
24 October 2011
New Headspace Locations Announced
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the further expansion of the successful headspace program with 15 new sites and two outpost sites to be set up across Australia.
19 October 2011
A Conversation on Ageing with Key Multicultural and Ethnic Groups
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler and Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Kate Lundy have met with key multicultural community organisations in Sydney as part of a national conversation on healthy and positive ageing.
17 October 2011
Mental Health Matters - Updates on Reform from the Minister for Mental Health - October
An update on reform from the Minister for Mental Health.
17 October 2011
ACT Gains $10.8 Million from Biggest Ever Grant Announcement for Health and Medical Research
The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, announced the single largest investment in grants for health and medical research in Australia on 17 October 2011.
17 October 2011
Northern Territory Researchers’ Excel in Medical Research Grants
Northern Territory researchers excelled in an announcement of grants for health and medical research in Australia by Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler.
17 October 2011
University of WA in Top 10 for Australian Health and Medical Research Grants
Western Australia universities and medical research institutes will benefit from $28.2 million in research funding for 59 projects, the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, announced on 17 October 2011.
17 October 2011
$47 Million in Health and Medical Research Funding to Meet the Challenges of Ageing
Health and medical research into dementia, Parkinson’s disease, bone disease and other major age-related conditions will benefit from $47 million in Australian Government funding.
17 October 2011
$35.7 Million for Research for Better Mental Health
Australians living with mental illness will benefit from 61 new research grants announced by the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler.
17 October 2011
$39.8 Million in Health and Medical Research to Help Close the Gap
The Australian Government will fund $39.8 million of health and medical research towards improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
17 October 2011
$3.4 Million for Tasmanian Health and Medical Research
The Menzies Research Institute will benefit from the single largest investment in health and medical research grants in Australian history, the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing announced on 17 October 2011.
17 October 2011
Victoria Shines in Health and Medical Research
Research institutes and universities in Victoria led the field in the biggest ever investment in health and medical research, the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, announced on 17 October 2011.
17 October 2011
$673.7 Million for Biggest Ever Investment in Health and Medical Research
The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, has announced the single largest investment in grants for health and medical research in Australian history.
17 October 2011
Boost for Health Medical Research in South Australia
The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, has announced the single biggest investment in grants for health and medical research in Australian history.
17 October 2011
Queensland Women Lead the Way in $96.5 Million of Ground Breaking Medical Research
Queensland’s leading female researchers will receive funding to continue their groundbreaking work in osteoporosis, the genetics of ovarian cancer and childhood obesity prevention, the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, announced on 17 October.
17 October 2011
University of Sydney and University of Newcastle Shine in Health and Medical Research Stakes
The University of Sydney and the University of Newcastle topped the list of metropolitan and regional universities in the biggest ever investment of $673.7 million for health and medical research, the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, announced on 17 October.
15 October 2011
Allan Fels AO to Head Up Australia’s First National Mental Health Commission
Professor Allan Fels AO will chair the nation’s first National Mental Health Commission, the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, has announced.
12 October 2011
Further Evidence of Record Investment in Mental Health Services
New data released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows that spending on mental health related services is continuing at record levels.
11 October 2011
Social Workers Offer Support During Mental Health Week
Centrelink social workers received more than 300,000 referrals in the last financial year, many of them the result of last summer’s flooding. In recognition of Mental Health Week, Minister for Human Services Tanya Plibersek and Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler said the social workers were a fundamental component of services offered by the agency during times of crisis.
10 October 2011
World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day is an occasion to both acknowledge and work towards limiting the impact that mental health problems can have on individuals, families and the wider community.
06 October 2011
Minister Butler Attends Mount Isa Community Forum
The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, joined the Member for Kennedy, Bob Katter at a community forum to discuss suicide prevention measures in Mount Isa on 6 October 2011.
05 October 2011
Tasmania Gains New Aged Care Teaching Facilities
Two of the State’s aged care homes and the University of Tasmania are about to join the growing ranks of state-of-the-art ‘teaching aged care facilities’ being established across Australia.