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New mental health strategy gets the vision right but needs stronger accountabilityThe RANZCP has welcomed the New Zealand Government’s new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, descr...
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Mental health levy transparency needed to reduce the toll on emergency departmentsDoctors are calling on the Queensland government to reveal where money dedicated to mental health, a...
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Psychiatrists welcome long-awaited shift towards health-led mental health crisis carePsychiatrists have welcomed the NSW Government's $270 million investment in health-led mental health...
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Counselling record review welcome, but survivors need stronger trauma informed court protectionsPsychiatrists are calling for broader reforms to make courts safer and less traumatising for sexual ...
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Every Australian State and Territory is short on child psychiatrists despite growing need, new data showsA new analysis by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) of its Chil...
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Mental Health Bill a significant step forward, but investment needed to support implementationTū Te Akaaka Roa, the New Zealand National Office of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of...
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Psychiatrists welcome NSW pokies reforms but say Federal gambling ad rules fall shortThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has welcomed NSW Labor's comm...
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Psychiatrists urge NSW Labor to scale back pokies as mental health harms escalateThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) warns that current levels of ...
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NSW psychiatrists say today’s budget is disappointing for mental healthPsychiatrists say ongoing neglect of community mental health services and underinvestment in health-...
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Psychiatrists welcome budget boost and levy transparency, but more needed for mental health careQueensland psychiatrists have welcomed new funding for mental health in the 2026–27 Queensland Budge...
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WA Psychiatrists respond to State Auditor-General's ICAMHS Audit reportRANZCP is deeply concerned by the Auditor-General's findings and the lack of progress in reforming t...
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Psychiatrists warn new South Australian abortion law will harm vulnerable womenThe Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) has expressed deep concern fo...
