This week Mental Health Victoria announced its annual conference to take place 17-18 March 2020. Roberto Mezzina, Director of the Dipartimento di Salute Mentale, Trieste, Italy, will be amongst the highly regarded speakers at the Mental Health Across the Lifespan Conference 2020.

On 10 September, World Suicide Prevention Day, Mental Health Victoria welcomed the growing momentum for suicide prevention in Australia.

Mental Health Victoria has welcomed the Federal Government’s commitment to delivering the world’s best mental health system for Australia in its Long Term National Health Plan announced yesterday by Health Minister Greg Hunt.

Mental Health Victoria has released its omnibus submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria's mental health system. 

In the State Budget 2019/20 the Victorian Government announced an interim funding package to address some critical gaps in the mental health system ahead of the Royal Commission’s interim report which is to be released in November 2019.

On Friday 5 April, Mental Health Victoria submitted an initial submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Mental Health. The submission makes recommendations to improve mental health by supporting economic participation and enhancing productivity to ensure economic growth.

Mental Health Victoria (MHV) welcomes the $737 million commitment of new funding over seven years announced in last night’s Federal Budget, but says much more needs to be invested to meet urgent needs in the community.

On 28 March, 2019 Mental Health Victoria made a submission to Terms of Reference for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with a Disability.