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Mental health system damned Print E-mail
Written by Jason Frenkel   

Jason Frenkel
Herald Sun
2 0oct 05

AUSTRALIANS with a mental illness are despairing because of failures in the health system, a new report has found.

The Not For Service review of mental health services in Australia paints a bleak and damning picture, while calling for an overhaul of the system.

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Urgent action call on mental health Print E-mail
Written by By David Wroe and Carol Nader   

By David Wroe and Carol Nader
The Age
October 20, 2005

AUSTRALIA faces higher rates of suicide, homelessness, incarceration and poverty unless it fixes its dysfunctional mental health system, a major report says.
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Mental health debate Print E-mail
Written by David Wroe   

By David Wroe
*October 13, 2005
The Age

A HOWARD Government parliamentary secretary has called for a return to institutions for the mentally ill in a strongly worded letter to the Prime Minister.
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Mental health care system 'failing' Print E-mail
Written by The Age   

October 19, 2005
The Age

Australia's mental health care system is broken and failing, a new report has found.
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We've failed detainees - PM caves in Print E-mail
Written by By Louise Dodson and Joseph Kerr   

By Louise Dodson and Joseph Kerr
June 18, 2005
Sydney Morning Herald

John Howard has agreed to dramatically liberalise the immigration detention system, admitting it is "one of the many failings of this Government".
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