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As we wrap-up Anti-Poverty Week 2025, Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) is calling attention to a striking truth revealed through the Assisting Communities through Direct Connection (ACDC) project. Over four years of door-knocking and community outreach, we’ve heard and seen firsthand what the research now confirms: financial distress is deeply intertwined with mental distress and […]

Every year on 10 October, the world comes together to mark World Mental Health Day. World Mental Health Day serves as a powerful reminder that there is no health without mental health. This year’s campaign focuses on the urgent need to support the mental health and psychosocial needs of people affected by humanitarian emergencies. “Investing […]

In September 2025, we joined delegates from across Australia, New Zealand and beyond at the 35th Annual TheMHS Conference in Brisbane. Held from 2 – 5 September at the Royal International Convention Centre, the conference brought together a rich mix of lived experience advocates, clinicians, researchers, policy makers, service providers and community leaders. The theme […]

Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) welcomes the joint call from Disability Representative Organisations (DROs) for clearer, fairer and more inclusive decisions about what the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will fund. Coordinated by Disability Advocacy Network Australia (DANA), the joint submission centres lived experience and puts forward practical solutions that help people, families and providers navigate the system with confidence.