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Carolyn Nikoloski CEO,

Mental Health Australia  

● Mental Health Australia Updates

• Campaign announcement: World Mental Health Day, 10th October 2025
   

  Mental Health Australia is pleased to announce the theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day is “Connect with your community”. Stay tuned for further updates from our campaign team as we begin the countdown to 10th October!

● Mental Health Headlines

• Taking a stand against abusive technology

• Age assurance trial report reveals fatal flaws in proposed social media age ban

• Alcohol and other drugs inquiry re-referral

• Teens who lose teeth to decay and injury nearly twice as likely to be bullied, study reveals

• Insufficient GP health checks for children on antipsychotics

• Regional services under strain: New report warns of growing gaps in care

● Sector Updates

• Coming soon: Mind Australia’s Wellness Walk

Part of Mental Health Month 2025, the Wellness Walk is a family-friendly bridge walk promoting mental health awareness and reducing stigma.

Date: Sunday 12th October 2025

Location: Sydney/Newcastle NSW

• New Healthcare Sustainability and Resilience Module from the Australian Commission on Quality and Safety in Healthcare

• Mental Health Victoria: Strengthening Intersectionality and Diversity of the Lived Experience Workforce (SID-LLEW) grants

• Medical Research Future Fund – Preventive and Public Health Research Initiative grants

• Australian Government consultation: Reforms to the Disability Discrimination Act

• Prevention in Practice Summit 2025: Wednesday 24th September, Sydney

• Job opportunity: Chief Executive Officer, Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia (MIFA)

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