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Mind Australia and the Victorian Government are delighted to announce the official opening of The Peer Healing Space - Victoria’s first lived experience residential service.
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2026 Stratford Lecture
The 2026 Stratford Lecture was co-presented by Rana Te Huia and Magdel Hammond, who both come to Australia from Aotearoa (New Zealand). They draw on their considerable experience in lived experience governance and developing peer led services to do a deep dive into the resistances and barriers to developing a truly lived experience led mental health system.
2 August 2023
Mind Australia is calling for the establishment of a lived experience-led advisory panel dedicated to supporting people with mental health challenges who are seeking NDIS support.
Establishment of the panel is one of 10 recommendations in a Housing with support paper Mind submitted to the NDIS Review, which is due to hand down its findings in October this year.
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NDIS and the lived experience of psychosocial disability for people presenting to the emergency department (ED) (In Progress)
Mind Australia and the University of South Australia have partnered on a PhD research project where Mind is sponsoring Heather McIntyre, a Lived Experience research candidate, in her PhD. Heather’s project is titled “NDIS and the lived experience of psychosocial disability for people presenting to the emergency department (ED): A mixed methods co-enquiry study”.
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Applications are now open for the 2025 Pilot Student Placement Program – an opportunity for students who are studying a Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work to start their career in the lived experience workforce in Victoria.
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Liam Annetts used Mind Australia’s support services and later became a Peer Practitioner himself. It has given him a unique perspective on the role peer support plays in helping people experiencing mental health challenges.
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Mind Australia’s new Youth Lived Experience Advisory Team (Youth LEAT) will ensure the voices of young people with lived experience are heard, and their ideas shape the design and delivery of Mind’s services.
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By Gill Callister - Mind Australia CEO
Revolution is not a one-time event.
So the quote goes from writer and activist, Audre Lorde. It’s a quote that comes to mind as International Women’s Day (8 March) rolls around again.
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A night alone high up in the Himalayas with a thunderstorm outside was an unexpected but pivotal moment of Katie Larsen’s path as a leader and advocate of a mental health system informed by lived experience led approaches.
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Four Mind Australia peer cadets with lived and living experience of mental ill-health are among the first graduates of the Victorian government’s Peer Cadet Program.