Victorian State Election 2018

Who cares about your mental health?

This report card has been compiled from publicly available election policies and platforms from party websites current as at 16/11/2018. Parties and individual candidates were not approached to provide comment.
This content will be updated as new announcements are made and/or further information is provided.

• Animal Justice Party – will work with existing mental health experts to integrate animal care and interaction with existing programs.

• Australian Country Party – has stated an overhaul of Victoria’s failing mental health services to address the disparity between rural and metropolitan access to mental health services and patients falling through the cracks.

• Independent candidates Michelle Dunscombe (Eildon), Ali Cupper (Mildura), Tracie Lunde (Morwell), Jacqui Hawkins (Benambra), and Tammy Atkins (Ovens Murray) have all released a statement supporting better mental health outcomes and a royal commission into mental health.

A full verson of the report card is available for download here.

Orygen, Mental Health Victoria and Australians For Mental Health do not endorse any political party or candidate. The scores on the report card reflect an assessment of the party policies against our policy priorities.