Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness) Share this | Hansard source

To move:

That the following matter be referred to the Finance and Public Administration References Committee for inquiry and report by 16 August 2011:

The Government’s funding and administration of mental health services in Australia, with particular reference to:

  (a)   the Government’s 2011 12 Budget investments in mental health;

  (b)   changes to the Better Access Initiative;

  (c)   the impact and adequacy of services provided to people with mental illness through the Access to Allied Psychological Services program;

  (d)   services available for people with severe mental illness and the coordination of those services;

  (e)   mental health workforce issues;

  (f)   the adequacy of mental health funding and services for disadvantaged groups;

  (g)   the delivery of a national mental health commission;

  (h)   the impact of online services for people with a mental illness, with particular regard to those living in rural and remote locations and other hard to reach groups; and

  (i)   any other related matter.