We do this through a variety of ways:

  • Advocating in and providing policy advice on committees and policy groups with government agencies, non-government organisations, and other stakeholders.
  • Commenting on policy and legislation.
  • Providing submissions to government inquiries:
    1. Review of the NSW Mental Health Commission, 21 June 2024 – Click here to download
    2. Submission to Joint Standing Committee on the NDIS, 23 February 2024 – Click here to download
    3. Submission to the NSW Special Commission of Enquiry into Healthcare Funding, 15 November 2023 – Click here to download
    4. Review of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977, 29 September 2023 – Click here to download
    5. Response to the Inquiry into Equity, Accessibility and Appropriate Delivery of Outpatient and Community Mental Health Care in NSW, 13 September 2023 – Click here to download
    6. Submission to the Review of the NDIS, 1 September 2023 – Click here to download
    7. Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, 14 December 2022 – Click here to download
    8. Response to the Open Justice Review, 3 August 2021 – Click here to download
  • Working closely with other advocacy groups.
  • Consulting with carers on issues to feedback into policy and legislative reform through our Mental Health Carers Advocacy Network – Click here for more info
  • Psychosocial disability advocacy through the Disability Advocacy Futures Project – Click here for more info

We are dedicated to working with and engaging carers in our policy and advocacy work:

  • Our Carer Connections Meeting meets monthly to engage with carers regularly on issues for advocacy – Click here for more info
  • Our Carers of Forensic and Corrections Patients Network meets monthly to advocate for change – Click here for more info

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