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.