❓ Hon Helen Morton questions the Premier regarding community attitude monitor reports on mental health services. Hon Kim Chance declines to table the reports immediately but highlights increased funding for mental health services by the Carpenter government.
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COMMUNITY ATTITUDE MONITOR REPORTS — MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 418. Hon HELEN MORTON to the Leader of the House representing the Premier: (1) Will the Premier table the community attitude monitor reports prepared for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet by Synovate following the surveys undertaken in October 2007 and January 2008? (2) If not, why not? (3) Do the surveys continue to indicate that the vast majority of those surveyed consider that mental health services in this state are a serious problem? (4) Have these surveys continued to indicate that the majority of those surveyed believe that mental health services have not improved, but have got worse or stayed the same? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
COMMUNITY ATTITUDE MONITOR REPORTS — MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
(1) Will the Premier table the community attitude monitor reports prepared for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet by Synovate following the surveys undertaken in October 2007 and January 2008? (2) If not, why not? (3) Do the surveys continue to indicate that the vast majority of those surveyed consider that mental health services in this state are a serious problem? (4) Have these surveys continued to indicate that the majority of those surveyed believe that mental health services have not improved, but have got worse or stayed the same? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(2) If not, why not? (3) Do the surveys continue to indicate that the vast majority of those surveyed consider that mental health services in this state are a serious problem? (4) Have these surveys continued to indicate that the majority of those surveyed believe that mental health services have not improved, but have got worse or stayed the same? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(3) Do the surveys continue to indicate that the vast majority of those surveyed consider that mental health services in this state are a serious problem? (4) Have these surveys continued to indicate that the majority of those surveyed believe that mental health services have not improved, but have got worse or stayed the same? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(4) Have these surveys continued to indicate that the majority of those surveyed believe that mental health services have not improved, but have got worse or stayed the same? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
COMMUNITY ATTITUDE MONITOR REPORTS — MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
(1) Will the Premier table the community attitude monitor reports prepared for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet by Synovate following the surveys undertaken in October 2007 and January 2008? (2) If not, why not? (3) Do the surveys continue to indicate that the vast majority of those surveyed consider that mental health services in this state are a serious problem? (4) Have these surveys continued to indicate that the majority of those surveyed believe that mental health services have not improved, but have got worse or stayed the same? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(2) If not, why not? (3) Do the surveys continue to indicate that the vast majority of those surveyed consider that mental health services in this state are a serious problem? (4) Have these surveys continued to indicate that the majority of those surveyed believe that mental health services have not improved, but have got worse or stayed the same? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(3) Do the surveys continue to indicate that the vast majority of those surveyed consider that mental health services in this state are a serious problem? (4) Have these surveys continued to indicate that the majority of those surveyed believe that mental health services have not improved, but have got worse or stayed the same? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(4) Have these surveys continued to indicate that the majority of those surveyed believe that mental health services have not improved, but have got worse or stayed the same? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(1) No. (2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(2) The surveys, which were initiated by the Court Liberal government in March 1994, assist the government in understanding community attitudes and concerns for future action and will be tabled after they have been fully considered. (3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(3) Not applicable. (4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
(4) The Carpenter government has acted on the need for more funding of mental health services, with the state budget today including a massive 22.7 per cent increase in funding for mental health. More money has been invested in mental health over the past four years than ever before in Western Australian history. Almost $100 million has been allocated for additional mental health services in the 2008-09 state budget, bringing the total investment in the mental health strategy, on top of annual funding for the sector, to $560 million since 2004. Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
Hon Helen Morton : It is money wasted. Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
Hon KIM CHANCE : Key areas this year include additional funding for the early detection and treatment of mental illness in children and adolescents and improved investment in providing supported accommodation for people with mental illnesses. I am sorry that Hon Helen Morton thinks that expenditure on mental illness is a wasted resource.
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