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Media release
Psychiatrists back Productivity Commission’s call to fix the mental health plan and systemUpdate
National NAIDOC Week 2026This week from 5-12 July 2026 is NAIDOC week. For five decades, NAIDOC Week has celebrated the voice...
Media release
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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Building Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership in mental healthNAIDOC Week is a time to celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures. This ...
President's message
Statement from the PresidentI agreed to participate in what I understood to be a discussion on gender, racism and leadership in ...
Media release
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 ...
President's message
From the President June 2026There are many ways our members contribute to strengthening psychiatry across Australia and Aotearoa...
Update
President's updateYou have heard from me quite a bit in recent weeks and with good reason. There is much happening acr...
Media release
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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Professor Andrew Stripp AM appointed as the RANZCP’s inaugural Independent DirectorThe RANZCP is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Andrew Stripp AM as the inaugural I...
