Laverton electorate
Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (14:40): (77) My question is for the Minister for Mental Health. It has now been two years since our government delivered the final report on the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. What our government has done since is something no state or territory has done before: an unprecedented transformation from the ground up of our mental health system. Seventy-four recommendations were made in this report, and all of them will be delivered over a 10-year period. As I understand it, work is underway on 90 per cent of these recommendations, backed by $6 billion in investment. This funding will help reshape Victoria’s mental health system into one that it is responsive, safe, equitable and compassionate, driven by the lived experience of Victorians. My question to the minister is this: what will this investment and this change mean for mental health services in my Laverton electorate?