Latest update from Frank Quinlan, CEO Mental Health Australia:

As noted in previous updates, Mental Health Australia is now managing the Mental Health in Multicultural Australia (MHiMA) Project until the end of June 2016. The Australian Government Department of Health has asked us to review previous project arrangements and outputs.

One of our key deliverables is to provide a report to the Department of Health containing advice and recommendations on possible future directions for the project. This report is due in March 2016. We will be working closely with the multicultural mental health and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) sector, including CALD consumers and carers, on this future direction.

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In FECCA’s Spring 2015 edition of Australian Mosaic, they partnered with the MHiMA project to present stories on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people and mental health. Below is a link to this edition.

Latest update from Frank Quinlan, CEO Mental Health Australia:

On 26 October 2015 in Canberra, staff from Mental Health Australia and I met with a number of former consortium members and stakeholders involved in delivering the Mental Health in Multicultural Australia (MHiMA) Project.

This one-day meeting focused on achievements to date and the future of the MHiMA Project. Participants discussed potential activities from now until the end of June 2016, and how Mental Health Australia can engage with the wider CALD sector for greater input into the MHiMA project.

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As advised in my previous update, Mental Health Australia has been engaged by the Department of Health to manage the MHiMA Project. I met with the MHiMA National Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Consumer and Carer Working Group (NCCCWG) on Tuesday 21 October. This was a very helpful and productive meeting, and I look forward to speaking further with the NCCCWG to inform the future of the Project. The engagement with the NCCWG will be an ongoing process as Mental Health Australia works to develop recommendations on the future of the MHiMA Project.

Mental Health Australia's CEO, Frank Quinlan, recently announced that the MHiMA Project will be managed by Mental Health Australia until the end of June 2016. Frank writes a weekly update with news and issues from around the mental health sector and will provide regular updates on the MHiMA Project via this newsletter. Many of you may already be familiar with the CEO Update but if not, please visit the Mental Health Australia website to subscribe for free here. 

The most recent update is below:

Mental Health in Multicultural Australia Project

I'm pleased to announce Mental Health Australia will be managing the Mental Health in Multicultural Australia (link is external) (MHiMA) project until the end of June next year. Many of you will be aware of the great work MHiMA has been involved in over the years and the Board and staff at Mental Health Australia remain committed to the national focus on the project which is to provide advice and support to providers and governments on mental health and suicide prevention for people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

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