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Latest News

  • 27 Aug 2025

    Grant recipients receive a share of $70,000 for WA Mental Health Week

    The Western Australian Association for Mental Health has today awarded $70,000 worth of funding to more than 70 not-for-profit organisations across the state, through the 2025 WA Mental Health Week community grants program.

  • 22 Aug 2025

    Australia’s mental health could be the key to our productivity push

    As the dust settles on the federal government’s Economic Reform Roundtable, productivity has been the buzzword of the week. But why has the mental health of our workforce not been given more focus in our push for better productivity?

  • 15 Aug 2025

    Opinion: If symptoms persist, WA, it’s time to change your health system

    When the head of the Department of Health, Dr Shirley Bowen, said last week that our health system isn’t coping and we need a new model of care, she wasn’t wrong. But the real question is, why are we still saying this?

  • 22 Jul 2025

    Project to profile mental health workforce gets underway

    The Western Australian Association for Mental Health has today launched a vitally important project, to conduct WA’s inaugural community mental health workforce survey.

  • 13 Jun 2025

    WAAMH secures Australia’s international IPS status

    After more than a decade of advocacy and hard work by the WA Association for Mental Health’s IPS Works team, Australia has officially been invited to join an esteemed international group of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) providers, researchers and leaders.

  • 30 May 2025

    Ministerial action urged to build sustainable system

    In an open letter to all federal and state government health and mental health ministers, the Western Australian Association for Mental Health has joined a national call to address a historical gap in Australia’s mental health system.

  • 19 May 2025

    WAAMH farewells long-serving board Chair

    After more than eight years as Chairperson of the Board of Directors, WAAMH says farewell to Kerry Hawkins and welcomes Claire Timmel to the position.

  • 01 May 2025

    Funding extension confirmed for world-renowned employment model

    The Western Australian Association for Mental Health’s IPS Works team has received a funding extension from the Department of Social Services for an additional two years. The extension will allow the team to continue providing training and fidelity reviews to 50 headspace sites and two Medicare Mental Health Centres delivering the Individual Placement and Support model across Australia.

  • 14 Apr 2025

    Federal election 2025: Mental health pledges won’t plug all the gaps

    While last week’s election pledges for the mental health sector are welcome, there are inevitable gaps that won’t be filled by the major parties’ announcements. In particular, the safety net of mental health service delivery – community-based, psychosocial supports – have been overlooked.

  • 08 Apr 2025

    Federal Election 2025: Pressure on mental health workforce acknowledged

    At an early morning press conference at a headspace centre in Sydney’s west, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today announced his election commitment for mental health; while federal Minister for Health, Mark Butler, acknowledged the pressures facing Australia’s mental health workforce.