Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I rise tonight to speak on the outcomes in the form of a declaration of the Mental Health Services Learning Network, or TheMHS, pre-conference consumer forum, 'Share our Power', this year hosted by Consumers of Mental Health WA. The declaration, 'Our Collective Voice', outlines consumers' vision for a national consumer voice. The declaration was created by people with lived or living experience of emotional distress, trauma, neurodiversity, mental health challenges and psychosocial disabilities. It seeks to outline a vision of a future where the collective voice of mental health consumers is heard, valued and central to the design and implementation of policy and care. I had the great privilege of being asked to accept this declaration, and, in accepting the declaration, I committed to the forum to table it in the Senate and to pursue a national voice for consumers. I now table the declaration, which I have taken to whips. It's the declaration from the consumer forum on mental health.