Footnotes

Inquiry into Mental Health Services in Australia

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 28 March 2007, No 140, p. 3707.

[2]        COAG, National Action Plan on Mental Health 2006–2011, p. i.

[3]        For example, Australian Health Ministers, The National Mental Health Plan 2003–2008; COAG, National Action Plan on Mental Health 2006–2011.

[4]        For an overview of other contemporary inquiries and reports see Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community, pp 11–14.

[5]        Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community, p. 19. The report mentioned was the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission report Human Rights and Mental Illness: Report of the National Inquiry into the Human Rights of People with Mental Illness, AGPS, Canberra, 1993 (generally known as the Burdekin Report).

[6]        Council of Australian Governments' Meeting, 10 February 2006, http://www.coag.gov.au/meetings/100206/index.htm#mentalhealth, accessed 8 April 2008.

[7]        Council of Australian Governments' Meeting, 10 February 2006, http://www.coag.gov.au/meetings/100206/index.htm#mentalhealth, accessed 8 April 2008.

[8]        COAG, National Action Plan on Mental Health 2006–2011, p. i.

[9]        COAG Plan, pp 9–11.

[10]      COAG Plan, p. i.

[11]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 45, p. 7.

[12]      See for example COAG Plan, Individual Implementation Plan on Mental Health Western Australia, p. 26.

[13]      Queensland Government, Submission 49, Chapter 3.

[14]      Victorian Government, Submission 41, p. 3.

[15]      South Australian Government, Submission 34, p. 7.

[16]      ACT Government, Submission 37, covering letter and Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 29.

[17]      The submissions are available through the Committee's website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate_ca

[18]      The Hon Nicola Roxon MP, Minister for Health and Ageing, Media Release 11 April 2008.

[19]      Budget Paper No.2 2008–09, p. 213.

[20]      COAG Plan, p. 10.

[21]      Proof Committee Hansard, 16 May 2008, p. 79.

[22]      Department of Health and Ageing, April 2008, Medicare Subsidised Primary Care Mental Health Services Fact Sheet.

[23]      www.health.gov.au/internet/mentalhealth/publishing.nsf/Content/better-access-through-mbs-1, accessed 10 June 2008.

[24]      COAG Plan, p. 9.

[25]      Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community, p. 476.

[26]      Senate Community Affairs Committee, Additional Budget Estimates, February 2008, 'Outcome 11 COAG Mental Health: Funding and Expenditure'.

[27]      Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community, p. 479.

[28]      Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community, Final Report, p. 16.

[29]      Senate Select Committee on Mental Health, A national approach to mental health – from crisis to community, Final Report, p. 15.