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25 June 2025
No investment to grow the mental health workforce in today’s Queensland Budget

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Queensland Branch says the St...

24 June 2025
NSW Budget fails to deliver for patients seeking mental health care

Fifty-eight thousand people with severe and complex mental illness across New South Wales will conti...

20 June 2025
ADHD reform welcome but more training and support for doctors needed, SA psychiatrists say

The RANZCP SA Branch has welcomed the SA Government's recognition that more needs to be done to supp...

19 June 2025
Government data confirms severe psychiatry workforce shortages

Dire shortages in psychiatry are leaving people without vital specialist mental health care, as new ...

19 June 2025
WA’s mental health needs growing faster than its workforce, warn psychiatrists

Psychiatrists say today’s budget doesn’t do enough for West Australians missing out on mental health...

18 June 2025
Suicide plan must target those most at risk, psychiatrists urge

Psychiatrists have welcomed the Government's commitment to a comprehensive Suicide Prevention Action...

18 June 2025
RANZCP response to the Grattan Institute Report

Psychiatrists support Grattan Institute recommendations but say chronic underfunding of the mental h...

05 June 2025
Psychiatrists welcome workforce investment in South Australian Budget

With the state’s shortage of psychiatrists expected to intensify over the next three to five years, ...

03 June 2025
An Unacceptable Mental Health System

Last night’s Four Corners episode, Emergency, shone a light on the urgent need for reform of the men...

26 May 2025
RANZCP response to diagnosis and treatment of ADHD by GPs
23 May 2025
No lifeline for struggling mental health system in Budget, say psychiatrists

Halfway through its term, the Government still has no clear plan to fix a struggling mental health s...

20 May 2025
Budget delivers key mental health funding, but psychiatrists warn reform may be stalling

Psychiatrists in Victoria say today’s State Budget delivers important continuity for mental health s...