Thursday, 28 November 2024

 Emma KEALY (Lowan) (14:44): (944) My constituency question to the Treasurer is on behalf of the people in my electorate wondering where the mental health levy is being spent, and the information I seek is specific detail on how every dollar of the mental health levy has been expended, including the funded program, organisation responsible for delivering the program and the total amount granted and extended by financial year. We know that so many of the royal commission’s recommendations are now overdue, and I have quickly flicked through the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s annual report, which was tabled today, which identifies that 44 of the 65 recommendations are now overdue, with a further three of the seven interim report recommendations overdue. There are increasingly worse mental health outcomes for Victorians, and access to services is simply getting worse. The community want to know where the mental health levy is being spent, and I therefore ask the minister to provide that information.