Mental Health Australia

Founded in 1997, Mental Health Australia is a non-profit network based in Canberra, Australia working on mental health, disability.

Mental Health Australia is the national, independent peak body for the mental health sector in Australia. It is a member-based organisation with over 150 members, including service providers, professional bodies, consumer and carer organisations, researchers and state and territory mental health peak bodies. It was originally established in 1997 as the Mental Health Council of Australia. The organisation advocates for mental health policy reform, makes submissions to government inquiries and budgets, supports the next National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement, and promotes the voices of people with lived experience, families, carers and kin. It runs an annual public awareness campaign each October for World Mental Health Day, conducts research and hosts the Grace Groom Memorial Oration. It does not provide clinical services.