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The community managed mental health sector is a key provider of mental health services and supports to people in the community.

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Mental Health Rights Manual

An online guide to help explain your legal and human rights in the mental health and human services systems in New South Wales.

Psychological Safety in the Workplace

Feeling safe and empowered to speak up in the workplace is even more important for mental health settings.

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Mental Health Peer Navigation

New accredited training for peer workers to support consumers with navigating the mental health system for their recovery journey.

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Mid-year update: our advocacy for the sector

23rd June 2025

The first half of 2025 has been a period of continued intensity across the community-managed mental health sector.

Crisis management is not the answer to fixing a mental health system at breaking point

3rd June 2025

Fixing the NSW mental health system at breaking point requires more than confronting images of emergency departments and stigmatising portrayals of people experiencing mental health challenges in distress – it demands investment in the community-based mental health services that prevent crisis in the first place.

CEO & Leaders Forum 2025: Shaping the future of mental health services in NSW

2nd June 2025

Mental Health Coordinating Council’s flagship event, the CEO & Leaders Forum 2025, co-hosted with NSW Parliamentary Friends of Mental Health, brought together sector leaders, advocates and Members of Parliament.

Investment to address unmet need for psychosocial support outside the NDIS

30th May 2025

Mental Health Coordinating Council, Mental Health Australia and all state and territory mental health peak bodies have written an open joint letter to all Health and Mental Health Ministers encouraging decisive action on investment in psychosocial support to meet need at their upcoming June meeting.

Underfunding and workforce shortages highlighted in healthcare inquiry

26th May 2025

Mental health services – alongside aged care, primary care, and First Nations health – are under-resourced and ill-equipped to meet growing demand. The Special Commission of Inquiry into Healthcare Funding in NSW report underscores the daily pressures, inequities, and unsustainable gaps in care that frontline mental health workers and services have navigated for years.

Welcome Giancarlo de Vera, new Board Director

21st May 2025

Mental Health Coordinating Council is delighted to welcome Giancarlo de Vera, CEO of BEING - Mental Health Consumers, as the newest member of our Board of Directors.

Crisis-driven mental health system failing as community care proves cheaper and more effective

14th May 2025

For too long, NSW’s mental health system has been dominated by crisis-driven, hospital-based care, leaving many people without access to the supports they need before reaching breaking point.

Federal election outcome raises stakes for delivering on mental health reform commitments

8th May 2025

Australia has voted, and the outcome of the federal election signals a renewed opportunity to advance mental health reform in Australia.

Welcoming the NSW Roadmap that reflects the sector’s priorities for stability and certainty

1st May 2025

The release of the NSW Government’s Secure Jobs and Funding Certainty Roadmap, a 2023 election commitment, is a step forward towards stability and sustainability for the community-managed mental health sector.

NSW Drug Summit Report calls for urgent reform to integrate mental health and drug services

24th April 2025

The NSW Drug Summit held in 2024 has delivered its Report, calling for urgent reform and swift action from the government to integrate mental health and drug services, and address the complex needs of communities impacted by substance use.

Election commitments welcome but it’s time for systemic long-term reform

10th April 2025

Our mental health system continues to fail those with severe and complex mental health challenges, as election commitments from both major parties ignore the long-term structural change the sector urgently needs.

Standing shoulder to shoulder with the Lithgow community

7th April 2025

After a seven-year hiatus, our team returned to Lithgow recently to host our first regional Meet your Neighbour networking event for 2025. The event reunited mental health workers from over 20 organisations to share experiences on men’s mental health and strengthen collaboration in the community to tackle this key issue for the region.

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Mid-year update: our advocacy for the sector

Crisis management is not the answer to fixing a mental health system at breaking point

CEO & Leaders Forum 2025: Shaping the future of mental health services in NSW

Investment to address unmet need for psychosocial support outside the NDIS

Underfunding and workforce shortages highlighted in healthcare inquiry

Welcome Giancarlo de Vera, new Board Director

Crisis-driven mental health system failing as community care proves cheaper and more effective

Federal election outcome raises stakes for delivering on mental health reform commitments

Welcoming the NSW Roadmap that reflects the sector’s priorities for stability and certainty

NSW Drug Summit Report calls for urgent reform to integrate mental health and drug services

Election commitments welcome but it’s time for systemic long-term reform

Standing shoulder to shoulder with the Lithgow community