National Mental Health Commission

Established on 1 January 2012 as an executive agency under the Public Service Act 1999 in the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio, as part of the 2011–12 Budget mental health reform package.

Legislation: Public Service Act 1999 (executive agency)

1. 2014Moved from the Prime Minister and Cabinet portfolio to the Health portfolio.
2. 2021The National Suicide Prevention Office was established within the Commission.
3. 1 July 2022Moved to the Health and Aged Care portfolio when the Department of Health became the Department of Health and Aged Care.

Ceased to be an executive agency on 1 October 2024, when its functions, staff and appropriations, together with the National Suicide Prevention Office, were transferred into the Department of Health and Aged Care as a non-statutory office, following an independent review of its workplace culture.

• Monitoring and reporting on mental health and suicide prevention system performance
• National report cards on mental health and suicide prevention
• Independent advice to government on mental health reform
• National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan implementation reporting
• National Suicide Prevention Office
• Engagement with people with lived experience of mental illness

Last in the portfolio of Department of Health and Aged Care.

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