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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 629 asked in the Legislative Assembly on 25 October 2022 by Ms L. Mettam

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

HEALTH SERVICES ACT — GOVERNANCE REVIEW —MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTORATE RECOMMENDATION

629. Ms L. METTAM to the Minister for Mental Health:

I have a supplementary question. How does this recommendation align with Labor's 2017 commitment to retain the Mental Health Commission and ensure the 10-year plan is implemented?

Ms A. SANDERSON replied:

Again, member, read the review. Do the work. It does not recommend abolishing the Mental Health Commission. That is not what it recommends, so stop spreading misinformation and fear amongst people. That is all you peddle. That is the only thing you trade on. Do the work.

Ms L. Mettam: Listen to the sector!

Ms A. SANDERSON: I talk to the sector all the time, and people in that sector know my personal commitment to this issue. They know that and they understand that. They speak to my office regularly. I speak to them regularly and I meet with people in the sector regularly. I understand their position and I absolutely support the incredible work that the Mental Health Commission does and has done, particularly around that development of peer workers, lived experience and the recovery model. Very little of that work progressed under the member's government—very, very little of that work. It is only under the Labor government that that work has progressed. I am proud of that work and I will continue to support that work.