Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Can I remind the Senate that it is important to take the view that we are committing a significant amount of funding to mental health, more than any other government has done, and we are doing it in a way that is about improving mental health. If you look at the work, the roadmap is not a funding plan like the COAG national action plan; the Commonwealth position is that the roadmap should provide governments, the community sector, consumers and the community with a measurable long-term national reform plan for mental health. In doing that it will guide where we focus our attention and funding over the ensuing 10 years. This is work that is ongoing and will continue to address the longstanding needs within the mental health area. (Time expired)