This guide aims to empower managers and employees to work together to build inclusive workplace cultures and effective systems for promoting mental health in the Australian Public Service (APS).

The Australian government has made a commitment to tackling suicide within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities through increased investment for suicide prevention activity that is specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their communities. The strategy has been informed by extensive community consultation across Australia.

Over 2003-2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) committed nearly $NZ 2.5 million to fund two projects aimed at improving the mental health status of young people.

This document, launched by the Australian Health Ministers' Conference in November 2009, is the product of twelve months of development work, including a comprehensive stakeholder consultation process.

The vision of the National Mental Health Policy 2008 is for a mental health system that: enables recovery prevents and detects mental illness early ensures that all Australians with a mental illness can access effective and appropriate treatment and community support to enable them to participate fully in the community. The National Mental Health Policy...