On Thursday November 20th, National MLC Martin Aldridge, Minister for Mental Health Helen Morton, Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren and Labor MLC Stephen Dawson held the event ‘Celebrating Pride at Parliament’. The evening was spent celebrating cross-party support for the LGBT community and discussing the future of queer rights including same sex marriage. Greens MLC Lynn […]
Western Australia’s Mental Health Minister Helen Morton yesterday announced $600,000 of One Life Suicide Prevention small grants. The grants are to be allocated to community groups to run suicide prevention initiatives. This includes specific training to assist the lesbian, gay bisexual, transgender and intersex community. The ‘Opening Closets’ training aims to equip organisations with the […]
On World Suicide Prevention Day, Helen Morton, Member for Mental Health, Disability Service and Child Protection has announced two state initiatives aiming to reduce suicide rates and improve mental health. Morton today announced that the Mental Health Commission would be investing $340, 000 over the coming year to two programs: a partnership with Netball WA […]
The mental health needs of the West Australian LGBTIQ community are to be further assisted with the launch of the Opening Closets Mental Health Training program. $75,000 is to be invested into the initiative, aimed at addressing our rainbow community currently sitting at the bottom rung of mental health outcomes. Mental Health Minister Helen Morton […]
