The Hon Emma McBride MP

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.

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.