Minister Hunt's media
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The Hon Greg Hunt MP
Minister for Health
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The Australian Government welcomes the #YouCanTalk campaign, which encourages Australians struggling with their mental health to reach out and find support.
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Read Minister Hunt's address at the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI) Dinner. Minister Hunt talks about the importance of medical research in Australia and 2 new grant rounds for suicide prevention and ovarian cancer.
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The Australian Government is taking a further step towards reducing the number of lives lost to suicide in Australia, by providing $8 million to support research aimed at identifying effective approaches to suicide prevention.
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The Australian Government has taken another important step in its ‘Towards Zero’ suicide prevention goal, with phase two of the Black Dog Institute’s Centre of Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention (CRESP II) officially launched in Sydney today.
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Community organisations, the health and government sectors and people with lived experience of suicide are working together towards a national approach to suicide prevention.
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A $7 million research investment in pharmacogenomics will improve the treatment and outcomes of people with mental illness.
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National headspace Day draws our attention to the important issue of young Australians' mental health.
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The Australian Government welcomes the release the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Causes of Death, Australia, 2018 report.
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Read the transcript of Minister Hunt talking about mental health, suicide rates and Indigenous health.
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The Australian Government is investing $400,000 in four innovative research grants to find new ways to protect people at risk of suicide and interventions to prevent suicide.
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Read the transcript of Minister Hunt’s announcement of $400,000 for innovative suicide prevention research.
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The Liberal National Government will commit to supporting the outcomes of the National Suicide Prevention Summit held in Canberra this week including development of a system which allow rapid responses to clusters of suicide in communities.
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The Australian Government will invest more than $36 million in national suicide prevention projects to raise awareness of the impact of suicide and to support Australians who may be at risk.
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The National Mental Health Commission advisory board will be strengthened with the appointment of four new members.
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Around four million Australians who experience a mental health condition will benefit from a strengthened mental health system under the Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan.
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As part of our over $4 billion annual investment in mental health, the Turnbull Government is today launching our new digital mental health gateway — Head to Health.
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September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day and this year’s theme, “Take a Minute, Change a Life”, captures the idea that each of us has a role to play in suicide prevention.
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Transcript of Minister for Health, Greg Hunt's doorstop at COAG Health Council, Brisbane regarding COAG Health Council outcomes; the Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan; support for doctors and nurses mental health; hospital funding; same-sex marriage.
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The Australian Government will provide a $47 million boost to front-line services for suicide prevention and directly address a growing community need.
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Four more regions across Australia with higher than average suicide rates will be the latest communities to take part in a $46 million trial aimed at delivering better mental health services.