Sue Boyce (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator Ludwig. Is the minister aware that Professor John Mendoza, in his letter of resignation as the Rudd government’s chief adviser on mental health, stated:

It is now abundantly clear that there is no vision or commitment from the Rudd Government to mental health … The Rudd Government is publicly claiming credit for the increased investment in mental health when almost all of this is a consequence of the work of the Howard Government.

In view of the condemnation of the Rudd government’s inaction on mental health by its own hand-picked principal adviser—