This parliamentary question scrutinises a significant reprioritisation of $29.7 million within the Mental Health Commission's budget for suicide prevention, seeking details on its allocation, justification, and the impact on other programs from which funds were diverted.

⏳ Awaiting AnswerQoN 2404Legislative Assembly
Asked
9 June 2026
Portfolio
Mental Health

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The 2026-27 Budget Papers identify $29.7m over four years for suicide prevention, noting that expenditure has been reprioritised from other areas
within the Commission’s Budget. Can the Minister advise:
(a) How is the funding to be spent;
(b) Is this in addition to the $2.1m identified in last year’s Budget for this initiative;
(c) What has prompted this significant increase in funding;
(d) What programs within the Commission’s Budget have been cut to deliver this funding; and
(e) What is the expected impact on those programs?
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This question is awaiting a response from the Minister.

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