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The Victorian government has pledged to adopt all recommendations made in the interim report of the state’s mental health royal commission. From shutterstock.com

To really fix Victoria’s mental health system, we’ll need to bridge the state/Commonwealth divide

The interim report of Victoria’s mental health royal commission makes some worthwhile recommendations. But if we want to see broad-reaching system change, the state can’t do it alone.
State governments have recognised that treatment for mental health should be subject to more modern regulation. from shutterstock.com

As Australia reforms its laws to protect those with mental illness, is Queensland going backwards?

Recent Queensland reforms – due to take effect in March 2017 – do not include legislative safeguards for a certain group of people with mental illness.

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