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25 May 2026

Media release

QLD psychiatrists seek greater transparency on how $1 billion mental health levy is being spent

The RANZCP Queensland Branch is calling on the state government to strengthen transparency and accou...

21 May 2026

Media release

RANZCP launches youth psychiatry training as AIHW data shows youth are biggest users of services

Australia's peak psychiatry body is launching a new subspecialty in youth psychiatry, as government ...

13 May 2026

Media release

Federal Budget delivers important mental health investments, but major reform still needed

Federal Budget delivers important mental health investments, but major reform still needed

08 May 2026

Media release

WA psychiatrists welcome biggest health budget but warn workforce crisis cannot wait

Western Australian psychiatrists have welcomed a suite of mental health measures in the State Budget...

07 May 2026

Media release

Psychiatrists warn NT Budget ignores Territory's mental health emergency

Psychiatrists are concerned about the NT Government resourcing ineffective punitive law and justice ...

05 May 2026

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RANZCP launches bold strategy to strengthen psychiatry and transform specialist mental health care

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has today launched its Strate...

20 March 2026

Media release

Closing the Gap suicide data highlights urgent need for investment in First Nations mental health

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is warning the latest Closing the Gap ...

18 March 2026

Media release

Mental health crisis demands urgent action as voters highlight access gap

Australians are sending a clear message ahead of the Federal Budget: access to mental health care is...

06 March 2026

Media release

Budget action needed to tackle Australia’s mental health crisis

Psychiatrists on the front lines of Australia’s mental health system have called for smart, targeted...

27 February 2026

Media release

RANZCP welcomes DVA's stronger safeguards on medicinal cannabis prescribing for veterans

Psychiatrists have welcomed the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ updated Medicinal Cannabis Framewor...

27 February 2026

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SA psychiatrists call on next government to establish landmark neurodiversity Centre of Excellence

The RANZCP SA Branch welcomes the growing cross-college support for establishing a South Australian ...

25 February 2026

Media release

"Criminalising homelessness and disadvantage" new move-on orders will harm vulnerable New Zealanders

Psychiatrists in Aotearoa New Zealand have raised serious concerns about new move-on orders which gr...