Assistant Minister McBride's media

Young people in Melbourne’s north-west will have better access to free mental health care and support with a new headspace service to open in Moonee Valley.

Young people in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, can now access free mental health support, with the opening of headspace Armstrong Creek.

New and expecting parents in Perth can now access free mental health care and support through the Australian Government funded Perinatal Mental Health Centre now open at Stockland in Harrisdale.

The Australian Government, in partnership with Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia, are today launching the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy 2025-2035.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride and the Treasurer Jim Chalmers' press conference on Medicare mental health centres; MYEFO; childcare.

New and expecting parents in southern Brisbane can access free mental health care services, with the new Australian Government-funded perinatal mental health centre at Greenslopes Private Hospital.

More than half of the 61 Medicare Mental Health Centres being rolled out by the Australian Government are now open and providing free mental health care to everyone who walks through the door, in every state and territory.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview on ABC Radio Brisbane Breakfast with Loretta Ryan and Joel Spreadborough which covered Medicare Mental Health Centres.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's statement on mental health and suicide prevention in Australia below.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Kenny Heatley on the social media age limit

New and expecting parents in the Ballarat area can now access free mental health care and support through the government funded Perinatal Mental Health Centre now open at the Stockland Shopping Centre in Wendouree.

People in South Australia’s Mid North region have access to free, walk-in mental health support and care with the opening of a new Port Pirie Medicare Mental Health Centre.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech at the South Asian Suicide Prevention Summit 2024.

Delivering on the Australian Government’s election commitment, young people in Kiama and the surrounding region of the South Coast now have access to free mental health care and support with the establishment of a new headspace service.

Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Ashleigh Gillon on mental health.

Delivering on the Australian Government’s election commitment, young people across South-Western Sydney now have better access to mental health care and support with the opening of the new headspace Edmondson Park.

Read the transcript from Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Nick Rheinberger on the opening of the new headspace service in Kiama.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech from the headspace day event at Parliament House.

Delivering on the Australian Government’s election commitment, young people in Kiama and the surrounding region of the South Coast now have access to free mental health care and support with the establishment of a new headspace service.

The Australian Government has committed over $14 million in mental health research through the Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission to protect Australians for decades to come.

Read Assistant Minister McBride's opinion piece from the Daily Telegraph on the 30/9/2024.

The Australian Government is investing $7.37 million in the Mental Health First Aid Training Program to support medical, nursing, midwifery, and allied health students to manage their mental health.

Read the transcript of Minister Butler, Assistant Minister McBride and Member for Robertson Dr Gordon Reid's doorstop in Gosford, NSW on healthcare on the Central Coast, cheaper medicines, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, aged care reform, dementia care, superannuation and other topics.

People across Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region now have access to free, walk-in mental health support and care with the opening of the Medicare Mental Health Centre in Northam.

Children in Perth, Western Australia will soon get the early intervention and mental health support they need with the opening of a new Head to Health Kids Hub.