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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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26 April 2012
Working Together to Break the Cycle of Hospitalisation and Homelessness
As part of a new National Partnership Agreement on Mental Health, the Australian Government will provide the NSW Government $57.6 million over five years for three new projects that will improve the care and support provided to people living with severe mental illness.
24 April 2012
New Perinatal Mental Health Guides for Clinicians
Child and maternal health workers and other frontline health workers will soon have access to new free information resources on the perinatal mental health disorders women can face during pregnancy and after birth.
20 April 2012
More Choice, Easier Access and Better Care for Older Australians
Under landmark changes to the aged care system, more people will get to keep their home, and more people will get to stay in their home as they receive aged care.
18 April 2012
Inala headspace Opens for Young People in South-East Brisbane
Young people living in Inala and surrounding areas will benefit from a new headspace service opened on 18 April.
18 April 2012
Government responds to the Final Report of the Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians
The Australian Government has issued its initial response to the Final Report of the Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians.
11 April 2012
Therapy Services to Help Older Australians to Age Well
More than 70,000 older Australians will continue to receive subsidised physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and podiatry services for the next three years.
09 April 2012
New Alzheimer's Australia Report Shows Aged Care System is Failing Dementia Sufferers and their Families
The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, has released an Alzheimer’s Australia report on feedback received from older Australians, their families and carers through the national conversation on aged care reform.
07 April 2012
Healthy Ageing a Focus of Australians on World Health Day
World Health Day gives us cause for reflection on positive ageing for Australians with its theme of healthy ageing at a time when the world’s population is ageing rapidly.
05 April 2012
Greater Collaboration between Mental Health Clinicians
The third phase of the Mental Health Professionals Network project has been launched in Adelaide, with the Australian Government providing almost $7 million to the network to support better training and professional development.
05 April 2012
Funding Available to Improve Safety at Suicide 'Hotspots'
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler today invited organisations to apply for funding under the Improving safety at ‘hotspots’ measure which will allow them to undertake capital works to reduce the risk of suicide at hotspot locations.
04 April 2012
More Local Support for People with Mental Illness
More Australians with severe mental illness will have access to practical support services with $8.1 million in funding from the Australian Government.
04 April 2012
Mental Health Matters - An Update on Reform from the Minister for Mental Health - April 2012
An update on reform from the Minister for Mental Health