On 12 February 2025, the Wellbeing and Prevention Coalition in Mental Health launched their pre-election submission, Transforming Australia's approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing.
AHPA is a proud member of the Wellbeing and Prevention Coalition in Mental Health, a group of like-minded organisations working together to enhance Australia’s approach to promoting mental health and wellbeing.
Our call to action:
Make this election a mental health election.
Our solution:
- Make Australia a world leader in preventative mental health
- Eradicate child maltreatment within a generation.
The submission includes a call to increase mental health spending. The evidence is clear—investing in prevention will improve lives, reduce long-term healthcare costs, and strengthen our communities. This investment is critical to achieving the National Preventative Health Strategy 2021-2030, which sets a target for preventive health spending to reach 5% of total health expenditure across Commonwealth, State, and Territory governments by 2030.
Read the submission here.
