Visit, phone, write or email the below Ministers and do the following:
 

1. Advise them that mental health screening will result in more very young children on psychiatric drugs and request that they do not support funding for the screening and do not support the writing of national guidelines for states and territories so they can add mental health screening onto existing physical health checks.
2. Ask them to take action to ensure existing funding including the $54.2 million allocated for up to 15 “Head to Health kids mental health clinics,” for 0-12 year olds is re-directed to programs proven to help children and that don’t harm.
3. Request they implement the recommendation from the Productivity Commission’s Mental Health Inquiry, to require that all mental health prescriptions include a clear and prominent statement saying that clinicians should have discussed possible side effects and proposed evidence based alternatives to psychiatric drugs prior to prescribing. Advise them this was recommended to “start now” in 2020, but has not.
4. Ask for an inquiry that actually fully investigates all psychiatric treatments including psychiatric drugs as the reason behind Australia’s failing mental health system.

Prime Minister: Hon Anthony Albanese MP, PO Box 6022, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 • Phone: 02 6277 7700 • To email the Prime Minister: www.pm.gov.au/contact-your-pm

Opposition Leader: Hon Peter Dutton MP, PO Box 6022, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 • Phone: 02 6277 4022 • Email: Peter.Dutton.MP@aph.gov.au

Treasurer: Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP, PO Box 6022, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 • Phone: 02 6277 7340 • Email: Jim.Chalmers.MP@aph.gov.au

Shadow Treasurer: Hon Angus Taylor, PO Box 6022, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 • Phone: 02 6277 4362 • Email: Angus.Taylor.MP@aph.gov.au

Minister for Health and Aged Care: Hon Mark Butler MP, PO Box 6022, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 • Phone: 02 6277 7220 • Email: Minister.Butler@health.gov.au or mark.butler.mp@aph.gov.au

Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care: Senator the Hon Anne Ruston, PO Box 6100, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 • Phone: 02 6277 3073 • Email: Senator.Ruston@aph.gov.au

Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Hon Emma McBride MP, PO Box 6022, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 • Phone: 02 6277 4515 • Email: Emma.McBride.MP@aph.gov.au

Shadow Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention: Mrs Melissa McIntosh MP, PO Box 6022, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 • Phone: 02 6277 4492 • Email: Melissa.McIntosh.MP@aph.gov.au

PLEASE ALSO CONTACT YOUR LOCAL AND FEDERAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND LOCAL FEDERAL SENATOR AT:

www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/

For more information: https://cchr.org.au/all-under-5-year-olds-mental-health-screening