Having meaningful and productive conversations with young people can be challenging, especially when trying to discuss their mental health and what’s going on in their lives.
“We need more places that support mental health and housing, and we need to keep the NDIS. The NDIS has changed my life; every day I wake up happy, I’ve got a very good support worker and my life is going well now.”
This is Andrea’s message for Homelessness Week 2025 – a time to raise awareness of the impact of homelessness and the solutions needed to end homelessness.
Sanjiv’s life changed dramatically in 2019 when he began to experience serious mental health challenges. They led to him being hospitalised and left him unable to work.
Sanjiv (name changed for privacy reasons), 43, is a highly skilled professional chef who was working at top restaurants and hotels, in Melbourne and internationally for 15 years until he became unwell.
Free face-to-face mental health supports are now available at the new Mental Health and Wellbeing Local in Pakenham, Victoria.
Located at 16 Station Street, Pakenham, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Local was officially opened by Victoria’s Minister for Mental Health Ingrid Stitt on Wednesday 27 May 2026.
National Reconciliation Week (27 May - 3 June) is a time for reflection and, most importantly, action. It’s an opportunity for all Australians to consider the role we each play in advancing reconciliation and creating a more equitable future for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.
First Nations artist Lisa Michl Ko-manggén says it’s an honour to have her artwork featured on the walls of the new Cairns Medicare Mental Health Centre in Far North Queensland.
Like many of us, mental health has touched the life of Lisa Michl - a Cairns-based artist of the Kokoberrin language group - through her friends and community.
Thought provoking presentations and passionate discussions were the order of the day at the 2026 One Door Mental Health Symposium held in Sydney on Wednesday 20 May.
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