Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians) Share this | Hansard source

Access to mental health services for all Australians is one of the hallmark achievements of the Morrison government, and we continue in that vein. Yesterday, along with Minister Hunt and Assistant Minister Landry, I was very proud to announce that the Morrison government will invest an additional $24.2 million to reduce wait times and fast-track access to mental health services for younger people aged 12 to 25 seeking headspace appointments. This funding includes $3.9 million to provide 12 primary health networks with capital improvements at 16 headspace services; $17.6 million which will be provided to 17 PHNs to implement wait-time reduction strategies at 28 headspace services; and $2.6 million which will be provided to headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation to support this work. This builds on our $74 million package to support mental health and wellbeing for all Australians impacted by the coronavirus.