Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

As Senator Henderson has said, Victorians in some parts—they're doing it really tough. The government understand the severe nature of the COVID-19 restrictions in parts of Victoria, and we have therefore provided additional assistance to Victorians at this time, including the doubling of funding for the Better Access plan to increase access to mental health practitioners through Medicare. For support for young people through youth support, there's $12 million for service surge capacity to Victorians, including $5 million for headspace, with a particular focus on those in year 11 and year 12. Across all of Victoria, we are funding an additional 10 Medicare-subsidised psychological therapy sessions for people who are affected by the further restrictions or who are in quarantine or are required to self-isolate and have already used the 10 existing sessions that they have. We're also establishing 15 dedicated mental health clinics across Victoria and—