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Turning over a new leaf The Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne are the place to be this season. Wander through the twisting paths and drink in the display put on by an array of native Australian plants. if you’re lucky, you might even spy a small visitor to the gardens, like a shy bandicoot or jewel-coloured bird. Turn to pages 8-9 for a sample of the sights.
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Mental health fix Politicians have welcomed the recommendations handed down in the final report from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. In total, the report makes 65 recommendations to improve the struggling system. Some of these include the provision of beds, establishment of new local, area-based and statewide support services incorporating crisis response, collaboration with helpline
services, the establishment of community collectives for mental health in each local government area, the establishment of mentally healthy workplaces, support for mental health programs in schools and provision of support across all age groups. The State Government has committed to implementing every recommendation in the report. The report also uncovered a system riddled with problems, including inequitable access to services, an overreliance on medication as
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bourne. If it’s not our own direct experience, it’s people we know and love,” Ms Richards said. “This year we’ve lived through a global pandemic and all the stresses that have come with it. Now, more than ever, we need a new mental health system for all Victorians.” Bass MP Jordan Crugnale said the recommendations would ensure that residents in the Bass electorate would have access to better treatment, care and support closer to loved ones. Continued page 2
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treatment, an under-supply of community based services and a system that was struggling under the weight of demand. Welcoming the report, Cranbourne MP Pauline Richards said State Government recognised that the profound failures of the current system had sadly cost lives. She said the report would provide a plan for a new system, built from the group up and guided by expertise of those with lived experience of mental ill-health. “Mental health impacts all of us in Cran-
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