- Workforce
- October 21, 2026
Most people never stop to think about how jobs are officially named and counted. For the community mental health workforce, it matters a great deal. How a job is classified shapes the data governments collect, how the workforce is planned for, what training is funded and what career pathways look like. We are very pleased […]
- Conference
- October 20, 2026
People with lived experience, researchers, advocates and leaders from around the world connected at the 2026 Global Mental Health Summit in Boorloo Perth from 14-16 October 2026. Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) contributed to the conversation in partnership with Centre for Social Impact (CSI) with CMHA CEO Kerry Hawkins and CSI Senior Research Fellow Lisette […]
- Conference
- October 13, 2026
Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) CEO Kerry Hawkins was a keynote speaker at the William Glasser International Conference 2026, held in Coolangatta on the Gold Coast from 2 to 4 October 2026. The conference theme, Embracing Courage: Pathways to Connection and Wellbeing, brought together educators, researchers, mental health practitioners and leaders from Australia and around […]
- World Mental Health Day
- October 10, 2026
Today is World Mental Health Day, and this year’s global theme, Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change, asks the world to listen. “This year’s theme asks us to hear the voices of lived experience,” said Kerry Hawkins, CEO of Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA). “It asks us to listen to the Australians with lived […]
- Media
- October 9, 2026
Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) CEO Kerry Hawkins joined Jeff Bullen on RTRFM 92.1’s On The Record on Tuesday 22 September 2026 to talk about our report, Capturing the Economic Value of Psychosocial Support. The report was commissioned by CMHA and produced by Professor Paul Flatau and the team at the Centre for Social Impact […]
- Suicide Prevention
- September 10, 2026
Earlier this evening, Parliament House stood lit in yellow and orange. It’s a simple thing, light against a building, but it carries a lot. It says: we see you. We haven’t forgotten. This matters. Kerry Hawkins, CEO of Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) was there to mark World Suicide Prevention Day alongside Rachel Fishlock, CEO […]
- Mental Health System Transformation, Reports
- August 31, 2026
For decades, Open Dialogue has been one of the most talked-about ideas in mental health reform: a person-centred, family-and-community-oriented approach to crisis care, that puts relationships and continuity at the centre, rather than diagnosis and hand-offs between teams. Until now, the evidence behind it has come largely from long-term, non-randomised studies. That changed this year, […]
- Collaboration, Community, Human Rights
- August 27, 2026
Today, 27 August 2026, marks Gayaa Dhuwi Day, the anniversary of the Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Declaration. Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) acknowledges this day and stands in support of Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia and the leadership it has shown for over a decade. The Declaration set out a vision of a mental health […]
- Community
- July 12, 2026
This NAIDOC Week, Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) joins the national community in marking a significant milestone under this year’s theme, 50 Years of Deadly. Culture, identity and connection to Country are inseparable from wellbeing. For CMHA and the community-managed mental health sector, NAIDOC Week is a moment to reaffirm that mental health outcomes for […]
- Media Releases
- July 7, 2026
New research shows psychosocial mental health supports deliver strong value and significant cost savings, but Australia has barely scratched the surface of measuring their true economic worth. Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) engaged the Centre for Social Impact at the University of Western Australia (CSI UWA) to examine the economic evidence behind psychosocial support, the […]
