I continue on the Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Amendment Bill 2026. This is a very important piece of legislation because the aspiration, what the government is setting out to achieve, is a good thing and is important. We need to ensure that people who enter Victoria’s public health…
Serious questions have been raised of the Carroll Labor Government after series of revelations that it is failing key aspects of Mental Health reform. Among the issues to come to light this week include: Revelations a Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission report was altered to appear flattering to the government. The new Parkville Youth Mental…
A Liberal and Nationals Government will get Victoria’s mental health reforms back on track, despite the Carroll Labor Government’s decision to bundle the Mental Health portfolio with Health. Shadow Minister for Mental Health Emma Kealy said the government’s decision to put the portfolios together under the same umbrella created a real risk that mental health…
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…
Kids Helpline has been forced to manage a record surge in crisis interventions after the Allan Labor Government knocked back a modest $4.5 million funding request, with the service now recording its highest number of emergency callouts on record. Media reports this week revealed calls made in the first half of this year from children…
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…
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…
