Mind Australia

To mark National Reconciliation Week 2025, we asked Wayne McEwan to share his message for reconciliation. Wayne, a proud Bundjalung man who lives on Wadawurrung country, is Mind’s inaugural Manager – First Nations Relationships. 

A feature in The Age, “Number of mentally unwell Victorians killing their parents doubles…” includes a reference to a submission Mind Australia made in 2019 to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. This reference presents our submission in a different context.

Mind Australia has opened a new youth residential rehabilitation service for young people experiencing mental health challenges in Caboolture and Redcliffe, Queensland.

Mind Australia is very pleased that the LGBTIQA+ Aftercare, Youth Outreach Recovery Support (YORS) and Mental Health and Wellbeing Hubs programs have had their funding extended in the Victorian Budget, announced yesterday. 

Mind recognises the leadership of the Minister for Mental Health, Ingrid Stitt, for her ongoing support for the sector and mental health funding in Victoria.

More than 140 people from across the mental health sector gathered at the annual One Door Mental Health Symposium with a shared goal in mind – achieving meaningful change in the mental health sector.

Mind Australia held its second annual Stratford Lecture at Parliament House, Sydney, a setting in which the voices and perspectives of people with lived experience of mental health challenges have not sufficiently been heard or valued. Watch the Stratford Lecture on YouTube.