My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Mental Health, and the action I seek is for immediate funding to be provided to establish a mental health local in Horsham. Back in 2021 the royal commission handed down its final report, and within that was a recommendation to roll out mental health locals right across…
A Liberal and Nationals government will commit to get mental health reforms back on track and address the growing Victorian mental health crisis. The latest Kids Helpline Impact Report revealed the mental health service responded to 128,998 contacts in 2025 at an average of 353 per day. Alarmingly, counsellors were required to undertake 5,190 crisis…
Damning new figures reveal regional Victoria’s drug use is on the rise, with a substantial number of illicit drugs being consumed at a higher rate. Cocaine, Fentanyl, Heroin, Ketamine, MDA and Methylamphetamine consumption is higher since Jacinta Allan became Premier in September 2023, according to the latest report from the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program. The…
Horsham, Hamilton and Ararat communities are still waiting for the Allan Labor Government to fulfil its promise three years ago to increase mental health services. Labor announced in 2023 that it would build Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals in the three communities, but the continuing delay has prompted Nationals Member for Lowan, Emma Kealy, to…
I am deeply concerned by reports of hidden cameras discovered in the change rooms at Horsham Town Hall. My thoughts are with those impacted — especially parents, who expect their children to be safe in community spaces. This is a shocking breach of trust, and it will have a real impact on families across Horsham…
The Liberals and Nationals have successfully stopped the Allan Labor Government’s attempt to strip power from Victoria’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, protecting its independence and strengthening its ability to hold government to account. The Commission is the peak body responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. Labor’s…
In 2023 the then Minister for Mental Health announced mental health and wellbeing locals for Horsham, Hamilton and Ararat. Yet three years later there is no sign of any funding flowing, no buildings are being planned and most importantly there is no indication that there is any improved access to mental health supports. Our region…
Labor’s decision to fund just 10 Hospital-in-the-Home mental health beds in Melbourne’s west shows just how low a priority mental health and suicide prevention is for this government. It also serves as a reminder of how the $15 billion lost to CFMEU corruption could have assisted Victorians in need of mental health and suicide prevention…
I rise today to speak on the Justice Legislation Further Amendment (Miscellaneous) Bill 2025. This is an omnibus bill which has been reflected upon by previous speakers, and I am sure that each speaker will pick up a certain element of it that is relevant to their constituency, relevant to their personal interests, particularly aggrieves…
I also raise a separate matter for the Premier in relation to the mental health and wellbeing locals that were promised for my electorate back in May 2023. We were told back 2½ years ago that planning had begun for mental health and wellbeing locals in Horsham, Ararat and Hamilton, but we still have not…
