Lowan electorate
Emma KEALY (Lowan) (14:40): (192) My question is to the Minister for Mental Health, and the information I seek is what ongoing mental health support will be provided to the Hamilton community to support their mental health needs following the tragic car accident that occurred over the weekend. As has been widely reported, four young people lost their lives in a car accident on Friday night, and a teenage girl Jorja, who is just 17, is now fighting for her life. I express my sincere condolences to their families and friends; the Baimbridge College and Monivae College communities, including the students, educators and parents; and their work colleagues. I am so sorry for your loss. There are extremely limited mental health support services in the Hamilton community. There has been a great effort, particularly from Kristen from Headspace national, to put in place an emergency response to mental health, including providing additional support to those two schools and setting up a community grief and support space. I understand 50 people in the community have accessed that support in the first day and a half. But Hamilton has a very, very low amount of ongoing mental health support, and so I ask the minister to outline what ongoing mental health support will be provided to the community.